Three major tobacco companies in the US have dropped their lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over pre-approval for modifications in labelling. The FDA has previously regulated that the tobacco companies required to ...
ConAgra Grocery Products will pay $11.2m in fine for shipping contaminated peanut butter that caused salmonella poisoning across the nation from 2006 through 2007. This comes after a lawsuit was filed against ConAgra Grocery Products ...
Saudi Arabia has imposed a ban on imports of poultry meat and egg products from the Canadian province of Ontario over the detection of avian influenza at three farms. Recently, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed the ...
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Global beverage giant PepsiCo has announced it will remove artificial aspartame from its Diet Pepsi product in the US later in 2015, after consumer backlash against aspartame saw PepsiCo’s sales drop. The Company has said it will ...
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The Conservative Party has reiterated its plans to forge ahead with plain cigarette packaging legislation as well as promoting “clear food information”. In a section on health in its new manifesto, the party states: ...
A few big names in the tobacco industry have sued the US Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday over recent guidelines about mandating pre-approval of labelling changes in tobacco products. Companies including RJ Reynolds, Lorillard ...
After controversy has swirled for days around a group of weight-loss supplements containing a potentially dangerous chemical, many big retailers have pulled the product from their shelves. The supplements in question include the ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a proposed rule to amend and update its regulation on registration of food facilities, in a bid to enhance the food facility registration system. Besides improvement, this new development ...
It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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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