A new rule to protect the nation's food supply from terrorism has been introduced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency announced Friday. The proposed rule would require the largest food businesses in the United States and ...
The U.S Food and Drug Administration has filed its rule on intentional adulteration under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), keeping to a court-ordered deadline of Dec. 20. "Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against ...
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Four foreign journalists were honored with Press Freedom Awards Tuesday evening recognizing their work in the face of severe reprisals, including physical threats and imprisonment. The Committee to Protect Journalists' 2013 International ...
After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
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The U.K.’s intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has reportedly built an automated system to track the hotel bookings of foreign diplomats when travelling abroad for international summits or work meetings. ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Yahoo is expanding its efforts to protect its users' online activities from prying eyes by encrypting all the communications and other information flowing into the Internet company's data centers around the world. ...
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The MoD plans to commission three new ocean-going Offshore Patrol Vessels for the Royal Navy in a deal that will sustain jobs in the UK's warship building industry. The new ships, which will be built by BAE Systems at their shipyards on ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta received accreditation from the Emergency Management Accreditation Program. Accreditation requires a program to complete the six step EMAP process, including a self-assessment, an ...
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) last week conducted an International Consequence Management (I-CM) training course in Hanoi, Vietnam, as part of Vietnam’s preparation for building a nuclear power plant. In ...
Proposals in Congress to end the National Security Agency's bulk collection of U.S. telephone records would compromise the agency's ability to find and track terrorists, representatives of the intelligence community said Monday. The USA ...
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As British businesses increasingly seek growth opportunities in politically volatile regions of the world, Beazley has moved to make its market leading political violence cover, developed at Lloyd's, available across the UK. The cover ...
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Andrew Parker, Director General, MI5 The head of MI5 has said that the Prism data leaks scandal has damaged the UK’s efforts to counter terrorism. Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute in London last night, director ...
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Phoenix Aviation Managers has introduced a new policy Aviation Manufactured Products Liability Coverage for the manufacturers of non-critical aircraft parts and components. The new product offers liability limits of up to $50m CSL ...
Bermuda-based AXIS Capital has set up a new syndicate to expand its global underwriting platform, and provide access to Lloyd’s worldwide licenses and distribution network. Named AXIS Syndicate 1686, will be managed by Asta Managing ...
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The UK International Underwriting Association (IUA) has urged the US government to keep providing its support for writing of terrorism insurance. "Without a renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), private provision of ...
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