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Food Standards Agency Warns 700, 000 Contaminated Eggs Distributed to UK
Aug 14, 2017The UK Food Standards Agency said investigations into the Fipronil incident in Europe continue and it has now established that more eggs from affected farms than previously identified came to the UK. It is very unlikely that these eggs ...
Tags: eggs, processed foods
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Neogen Extends Food Safety Genomic Testing
Jun 21, 2017Neogen has made available next generation sequencing services for the food industry, which will allow food companies to accurately find all bacteria in a sample in a single genomic test. Neogen's new NeoSeek genomic services utilize a ...
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Event Planning Lessons From The 2016 Olympics
Aug 12, 2016Despite all the negative press that the Olympic Games have received, I can’t resist the draw of the drama, and hope, that they generate – from the spectacle of the opening ceremony to the dedication of the athletes and the ...
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USDA Provides $4.7m Grants for Food Safety Education, Training and Technical Assistance Projects
Apr 20, 2016The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing $4.7m grants for food safety education, training, and technical assistance projects, which will enable farmers and small food processors, vegetable and fruit merchants and others to ...
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Rating for Headlights of 31 Vehicles Raises Safety Concerns
Apr 5, 2016The Toyota Prius v is the only car which has got a good rating for headlights among 31 vehicles, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). A vehicle's price tag does not guarantee the quality of ...
Tags: Toyota Prius v, IIHS, Headlights
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Property Casualty Insurers Association of America Supports Drive Against Distracted Driving
Apr 5, 2016With increase in distracted driving, which is contributing to increase in motor vehicle crashes and fatalities, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) is supporting the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's ...
Tags: Property Casualty Insurers Association, NHTSA, Distracted Driving
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Google Makes Push To Clear Self-Driving Car Roadblocks In US
Mar 21, 2016Google has laid out a proposal to bring self-driving cars to market in the United States sooner rather than later. In a letter to transport officials, Google has requested new rules enabling autonomous vehicles that pass federal safety ...
Tags: Google, Self-driving car
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California Senate Committee Passes SB 819 To Ban Powdered Alcohol
Mar 15, 2016Alcohol Justice and the California Alcohol Policy Alliance (CAPA) are reporting that the first of two proposed bills to ban powdered alcohol in California has been passed by the powerful California Senate Governmental Organization (GO) ...
Tags: Powdered Alcohol, CAPA, GO, SB819
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SurePure Announces Publication of Efsa Landmark Opinion That UV-Treated Milk Is Safe
Feb 8, 2016SurePure, a global leader in liquid photopurification, announced the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its opinion stating that cow's milk treated by SurePure's UltraViolet light photo purification technology after ...
Tags: UV-Treated Milk, SurePure
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Chinese Court Penalises OSI and Jails Employees Over Food Safety Concerns
Feb 3, 2016A Chinese court has penalised two units of US-based food processing company OSI Group with up to $364,875 and sentenced imprisonment to 10 of its employees claiming that it sold outdated products to fast-food chains such as KFC and ...
Tags: Food Safety, McDonald's
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Gene Editing Removes Major Barrier to Pig-to-Human Organ Transplant
Dec 29, 2015Thanks to a powerful new gene-editing technique, scientists have overcome a major hurdle for humans to receive life-saving organ transplants from pigs. In a paper in the U.S. journal Science this week, the researchers described using the ...
Tags: Gene Editing, Organ Transplant
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China Baby Boom Formulates a Baby Formula Frenzy
Nov 3, 2015On Friday 30 October 2015, Australia’s leading complementary healthcare product-maker Blackmores and Australian dairy group Bega Cheese announced the two companies would be teaming up to produce and sell infant formula for consumers ...
Tags: infant formula, Baby Formula
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New York Rolls out Pilot LED Lamp Project to Monitor Air Quality at Nail Salons
Oct 14, 2015Pegasus Capital Advisors In 2015, Pegasus Capital Advisors committed to catalyzing healthier working conditions and improved air quality in New York City’s nail salons. An issue largely overlooked, nail polish contains many volatile ...
Tags: New York, LED lamp, air quality monitor, nail salon
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Chinese Cosmetics are Challenging International Giants
Sep 8, 2015While many domestic cosmetics brands are challenging international giants like L'Oreal and Estee Lauder in China, one brand is slowly encroaching on their home turf. Herborist, a herbal medicine-based cosmetics line owned by Shanghai ...
Tags: Cosmetics, Chinese Cosmetics
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NHTSA Seeks Details From VW and Takata on Airbag Ruptures
Aug 19, 2015The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US has sought details from automaker Volkswagen and Japanese airbag manufacturer Takata about the explosion of a side airbag in a 2015 Volkswagen Tiguan. Volkswagen was not ...
Tags: automobile manufacture, auto parts, auto accessories, Volkswagen, airbag
