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FDA Issues Draft Guidance to Food Industry for Voluntarily Reducing Sodium in Processed and Commercially Prepared Food
Jun 3, 2016The US Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Average sodium intake in the U.S. is approximately 3,400 mg/day. The draft ...
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US FDA Gives Green Signal for Folic Acid Fortification of Corn Masa Flour
Apr 18, 2016The US Food and Drug Administration has given green signal for folic acid fortification of corn masa flour. The approval will allow manufacturers to voluntarily add up to 0.7 milligrams of folic acid per pound of corn masa flour, making ...
Tags: folic acid, Corn Masa Flour
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European Regulators Affirm Glyphosate Safety
Nov 18, 2015European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
Tags: herbicide, glyphosate, fruits, vegetables
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US FDA Orders Food Companies to Phase out PHOs in Processed Foods
Jun 18, 2015The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ordering the food companies to phase out partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) in processed foods over the next three years. The elimination of PHOs, which are the primary dietary source of ...
Tags: FDA, food companies, processed foods
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GMO Food Labeling Law Was Signed by Vermont
May 12, 2014Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has signed a law requiring the labeling of genetically-engineered foods, making the state the first in the country to mandate genetically modified organism (GMO) labeling. Under the new law, foods that ...
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CFS Has Filed Another Lawsuit Against The U.S. Food
Feb 27, 2014After settling a dispute about final rule deadlines for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) earlier this week, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) has filed another lawsuit against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration – this time ...
Tags: Center for Food Safety, FDA, GRAS
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Regarding The Deadlines for Publishing Final Rules Implementing The FSMA
Feb 21, 2014The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has?reached a settlement with?the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Center for Environmental Health?regarding the deadlines for publishing final rules implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
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97 Percent of Retail Chicken Breasts Were Contaminated with Some Form of Gut Bacteria
Feb 14, 2014At the end of 2013, Consumer Reports made national headlines by reporting that 97 percent of retail chicken breasts were contaminated with some form of gut bacteria. Granted, not all of those bacteria are likely to make consumers sick, but ...
Tags: Chicken, Apples, Oranges, gut bacteria, Salmonella, Food Safety
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Issued 11 Warning Letters
Feb 13, 2014In the first month of 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 11 warning letters to food manufacturers and processors. The first two warning letters of the year were delivered to a seafood processing facility in Hawaii and a ...
Tags: FDA, FOOD SAFETY
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Members of House and Senate Appropriations Committees Released Their Appropriations Bill
Jan 16, 2014Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees released their consolidated?appropriations bill?for FY 2014 on Monday night, and the House of Representatives passed it with bipartisan support on Wednesday. It is also expected to ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, FDA
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The Healthy People 2020 Initiative Recently Held a Public Webinar to Update Stakeholders
Jan 15, 2014The Healthy People 2020 initiative recently held a public webinar to update stakeholders on progress toward food safety objectives. Addressing the goals to reduce infections from pathogens commonly transmitted through food, Roberta ...
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FDA Released a Draft Risk Assessment on The Levels of Contaminants in Spices
Jan 14, 2014In October 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft risk assessment on the levels of contaminants in spices. The report made headlines nationwide for including the finding that 12 percent of spices imported to the U.S. ...
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The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Denies The FDA Appeal to Delay The Food Safety Regulation
Nov 7, 2013The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) appeal to delay the upcoming food safety regulations. As per the court ruling, the agency will have time till 20 December to publish draft ...
Tags: Food Safety regulations
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Blumberg Grain Has Signed a Letter of Intent with The Nigerian Federal Government
Aug 2, 2013Blumberg Grain, a US-based multi-national food security firm, has signed a letter of intent with the Nigerian federal government to invest around $250m in the country's agribusiness sector. The investment will be used for the ...
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The Department Release The First Phase Testing of a Targeted Food Surveillance Project
Jun 9, 2013A testing conducted to assess the use of sulphur dioxide in meat revealed that all 140 fresh meat samples passed the test, according to Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD). The ...
Tags: Meat, Sulphur Dioxide