Traveling long distances by plane, car or train over the holidays can pose health risks if you don't take steps to protect yourself, an expert warns. "One health risk to consider when traveling is simply sitting for too long," Dr. Clayton ...
Tags: travel health, holiday, health risks
Sainsbury's, a UK-based retailer, is recalling its own brand Kids 20 Pork Cocktail Sausages as some of the packages might have been labeled with an incorrect 'use by' date of 25 December 2013. The products should have been labeled with a ...
Tags: Sainsbury's, Recall, Kids 20 Pork, Cocktail Sausages
Sainsbury’s, a UK-based retailer, is recalling its own brand Taste the Difference Goats' Cheese and Beetroot Bakes with Roast Beetroot Salsa, as they may contain a product with egg as an ingredient which is not mentioned on the label. ...
Denmark-based biotech firm Novozymes has introduced Acrylaway HighT, a thermostable solution that helps reduce acrylamide formation in breakfast cereals and other foods processed at high temperatures. Naturally formed in food when baked, ...
Tags: Processed Foods, biotech firm
A common dietary fallacy among many people, resulting from misinformation in media outlets, is fear of fats. If you still harbor lingering anxieties about consuming any type of oil for fear you will have a heart attack, fear no more. A ...
Tags: Fried Foods, Oils
A ban on State purchases of vegetable oil processed from imported rapeseeds is to protect domestic farmers' economic interests and does not mean the government is concerned about the safety of genetically modified food, an industry insider ...
Tags: Oil, Agriculture, Food, vegetable oil
Cook Trading is recalling a batch of Cook 4 Portion Braised Beef in Brandy & Mushroom Sauce, as it is labeled incorrectly with beef bourguignon ingredient information, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) said. The recalled product is Cook ...
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The news comes as the government announced that supermarkets and large stores will be imposing a compulsory charge of 5p on carrier bags. The FPA, who represent the UK manufacturers and distributors of foodservice packaging including a ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, carrier bags
Pharmaceutical products manufacturer Vita Health has voluntarily recalled various health products from the Canadian market due to labeling issues. The labels suggest that the packages are child resistant when they are not, or are missing ...
UK-based establishment Loch Duart Artisan Smokehouse is recalling Oak Smoked Salmon as Listeria monocytogenes has been detected in the product and may pose a health risk, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The product ...
Hagee Foods, dba Penny's Salsa, is recalling hummus products in the US as they may be contaminated Listeria monocytogenes. The retail hummus products come in 8 oz. and 12 oz. clear plastic packages and were distributed to retail stores ...
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that manufacturers and importers of flavor packets are responsible for identifying food allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites on the labels of their products that they ...
Tags: Flavor Packets, Allergen
UK-based supermarket chain Tesco is recalling Belgian Chocolate Crowns as the products may contain nuts that is not mentioned on the label, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The products are labelled as containing 'no nuts'. ...
Tags: Chocolate Crowns, Allergy Concerns
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), a swine virus that can cause death in piglets, has been identified in two hog farms in North Carolina. The virus has been rapidly spreading across several states in the US since it was first ...
Tags: Swine Virus, Food
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing new requirements for labeling beef products that have been mechanically tenderized, including adding new cooking instructions, so that ...