At the behest of the US FDA, Los Angeles-based L.A. Star Seafood Company Inc. has been ordered by a judge to halt its operations until it can comply with the food safety laws and regulations. The company, owned by Sima and Sam Goldring, ...
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La Terra Fina has voluntarily recalled its organic spinach products and also expanded its recall due to the potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes. According to US Food and Drug Administration, the recalled products include ...
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Taiwan has recalled food products illegally imported from five Japanese regions affected by the earthquake in 2011 and consequent nuclear disaster. According to Food and Drug Administration director General Chiang Yu-mei, country's health ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that six varieties of potatoes genetically engineered by J. R. Simplot are as safe and nutritious as their conventional counterparts. Simplot's Innate potato varieties including ...
Mumbai-based private equity firm Kedaara Capital has forayed into the packaging sector by investing close to $32m (Rs 200 crore) in an unlisted folding cartons and paper packaging company, Parksons Packaging. The company said that it ...
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China's drug watchdog is soliciting public opinion on tighter supervision rules for the production of cosmetics. According to the temporary rules on production and inspection released by the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) on ...
The health ministry of India has developed a track and trace mechanism that will enable consumers to check the authenticity of a drug with the help of the internet. The move comes after allegations from some international markets that ...
Arkansas-based poultry producer Tyson Foods Inc. has cut out gentamicin, a key human antibiotic, from its hatcheries. The US' largest chicken producer told Reuters that gentamicin and other similar antibiotics had been removed from its 35 ...
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Drinking coffee may be associated with a lower risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore. The study, published in February 2015 and to be presented at ...
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As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp recently announced ...
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US-based packaging components manufacturer West Pharmaceutical Services has launched a new sterile drug vial seal, the Flip-Off PlusRU seal. While these new ready-to-use seals will help pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical manufacturers ...
Salamtex, a textile manufacturing company in Egypt, has created a groundbreaking anti-microbial textile named ‘Guard Textiles’ providing protection against the transmission of infection in health care facilities, according to ...
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US President Barack Obama has proposed the establishment of a single food safety agency that will consolidate the responsibilities of the Food and Drug Administration, Food Safety Inspection Service, and other related agencies. Proposed ...
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Posted in Mobile Health by Chris Newmarker on January 30, 2015 Why would two women who visit the doctor with identical early symptoms of multiple sclerosis have vastly different outcomes 10 years later? That’s what pharmaceutical ...
Bosch Packaging Technology has expanded its portfolio for the serialisation of pharmaceutical packaging to help drug manufacturers comply with potential legislation changes about to be introduced by governments round the globe in the fight ...