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Harman Joins Hands with Ultrahaptics to Add Haptic Sensation Technology to Connected Car

Mar 1, 2017

Harman has partnered with Ultrahaptics to bring custom haptic sensations to the connected car. HARMAN International, the premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced the ...

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Preferred Meals Offers New Food Allergy Meal System

Oct 8, 2016

Preferred Meals announces a new Food Allergy Meal System for breakfast and lunch meals that is available for the first time this 2016-2017 academic year. These unique, kid-friendly foods are free of gluten and the top 8 allergens: milk, ...

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Ancera Raises $8.9m for Technology to Detect Food Contaminants

Jul 5, 2016

US-based Ancera has raised $8.9m in Series A funding to develop technology that assists food producers to identity contaminants quickly. The funding round is led by existing investor Glass Capital, with participation from Packers ...

Tags: Food Contaminants, Ancera

Mariana Figueiro Presents At NIH Workshop On Light At Night

Mar 21, 2016

Rensselaer Professor Mariana Figueiro, Light and Health Program Director at the Lighting Research Center was an invited speaker and panelist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Workshop: Shift Work at Night, Artificial Light at ...

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South Korea Bans Imports of US Poultry Due to Bird Flu

Feb 2, 2016

South Korea has stalled the imports of US poultry and poultry meat following new cases of bird flu. This ban comes just two months after the Asian country resumed the shipments. However, imports of poultry meat treated with heat are not ...

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Taylor Farms Issues Recall of Celery Products Over E. Coli Contamination Fear

Dec 3, 2015

California-based Taylor Farms Pacific is recalling products containing celery and onions over fear of these products containing E. coli 0157:H7, a bacterium that causes diarrheal illnesses. The discovery came to light when samples ...

Tags: celery, onions, E.coli 0157:H7

US Food Regulator Releases New Guidelines for Food Processors to Control Allergens

Nov 19, 2015

The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released new rules for food processors to control allergens. The new guidelines by FSIS aim to help poultry, meat and processed egg product ...

Tags: poultry, meat, egg product

Excessive Drinking Cost $249bn to US Economy: CDC

Oct 21, 2015

Excessive alcohol consumption affected the US economy to the tune of $249bn or $2.05 per drink in 2010, compared to $223.5bn, or $1.90 per drink, in 2006, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found. Reduced ...

Tags: alcohol consumption, alcohol

US Watchdog Finalises Two Rules to Prevent Food Safety Risks

Sep 14, 2015

In the wake of several foodborne illness outbreaks in the US, the country's watchdog has finalized two rules that requires firms to identify food safety risks and detail measures to prevent or minimize such risks from occuring. ...

Tags: Food Safety Risks, US Watchdog

The Bill Will Be Tested in a One-Year Pilot From January 1, 2016

Jul 13, 2015

The Illinois General Assembly has passed a bill requiring pharmacy firms to provide numerical locking device for bottles containing prescribed painkillers, to avoid abuse by children. The bill will be tested in a one-year pilot from ...

Tags: Illinois General Assembly, locking device, packaging machine

The US Government Has Urged Communities to Participate in Local Foods

Jul 2, 2015

The US government has urged communities to participate in Local Foods, Local Places, a federal initiative providing direct technical support to build strong local food systems as part of a community's emerging economic action plans. Under ...

Tags: Local Foods, health foods

Child Resistant Packaging Bill Is Passed

Apr 24, 2015

The North Carolina Senate has passed a bipartisan bill that would make child-resistant packaging and warning labels mandatory for liquids used with electronic-cigarette vaporizers. Once approved, the law that would be effective from 1 ...

Tags: E-Cigarettes, Child Resistant Packaging

Canada Beef Products Are Faced with Temporary Ban From Peru, Belarus and Taiwan

Feb 26, 2015

Peru, Belarus and Taiwan have imposed a temporary ban on beef product imports from Canada, over the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak. Earlier this month, Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed the presence of ...

Tags: Beef Products, beef exports

Commercial Toddler Food in The US Contains Sodium and Sugar

Feb 4, 2015

Commercial toddler food in the US contains sodium and sugar levels that are far beyond the permissible limits, setting an early preference among children for salty and sugary products, according to a study by Centers for Disease Control and ...

Tags: toddler food, sugary products

FDA's First Weight-Loss Device TP for Obese Adults to Dieting and Having Bariatric Surgery

Jan 19, 2015

The EnterMedics Maestro Rechargeable System weight loss treatment device is effective although scientists are unclear why. The FDA has approved the first weight-loss device since 2007, giving obese adults an alternative to dieting and ...

Tags: weight-loss device, bariatric surgery, Health

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