The French Agency for Food Health Safety (ANSES) has urged the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to classify BPA as a reprotoxic substance. Currently, BPA is classified under category 2 substance, which means suspected reprotoxicity. ...
India has extended the ban on import of milk and milk products from China till 2013 over concerns of poor quality standards. This ban affects chocolates, chocolate products, candies, confectionary, and food preparations with milk or milk ...
Tags: import of milk and milk products, poor quality standards
The US is unable to bring down the number of foodborne pathogen outbreaks to the desired goal, according to the preliminary data released by government for the year 2011. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that ...
The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have introduced a new tool that will help scientists improve the quality of data that is used to safeguard consumers ...
Tags: the quality of data, safeguard consumers, pathogen-related risks
The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is set to implement new testing methods to detect illegal drug residues in meat, poultry, and egg products, as a part of its effort to improve food safety and ...
Fuchs North America, a supplier of seasonings, flavor systems and taste solutions to the food manufacturing and foodservice industries, has received SQF 2000 certification for its main manufacturing facilities in Owings Mills, Maryland, US. ...
Tags: supplier of seasonings, flavor systems, taste solutions
Neogen has announced that the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a letter of no objection for the use of Neogen's NeoSEEK pathogen DNA detection method to detect Shiga toxin-producing strains ...
SDIX has announced that its RapidChek CONFIRM non-O157 STEC Immunomagnetic Separation (IMS) test kit has been incorporated by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as a tool for E.coli testing. On 4 June 2012, the USDA Food Safety ...
Tags: test kit, testing method, multiplexed lateral flow test strips
Stefano Foods, an establishment based in North Carolina, US, is recalling approximately 3,744 pounds of a chicken quesadilla product because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The product contains isolated soy protein, a known ...
Tags: chicken quesadilla product, misbranding, undeclared allergen
Kenosha Beef International is recalling approximately 37,600 pounds of frozen bacon cheeseburger patties as they may contain foreign materials—pieces of gasket material, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and ...
Tags: frozen bacon cheeseburger patties, foreign materials, gasket material
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has relaxed certain fish freezing requirements in the UK. Under the new requirements, certain farmed fish destined to be eaten raw in dishes like sushi no longer need to be frozen before use. This move ...
Tags: fish freezing requirements, farmed fish, a risk-based approach
Sunland,a US-based food company linked to Salmonella-contaminated peanut butter,has expanded the recall to include raw and roasted peanuts and has shut down its nut butter and peanut processing plant in New Mexico,US. With the expansion ...
Tags: peanut butter, Salmonella, roasted peanuts
Japan's health ministry is planning to relax the age limit on US beef from 20 months to 30 months, a move which will boost US beef imports to Japan. Japan's health ministry food safety department director Hideshi Michino said that the ...
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The European Commission has adopted two new legislations featuring an approved list of food flavoring substances. According to the commission, the flavorings featured on the permitted list only will be allowed for use by the food ...
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LSG Sky Chefs, an establishment based in Orlando, Florida, is recalling approximately 735 pounds of ready-to-eat chipotle chicken wrap products over Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the US Department of Agriculture's Food ...