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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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Baby Formula From Outside China's Highly Popular
Jul 30, 2015As Australian-based Chinese students and others are buying up whatever infant formula products are sitting on Australian retail shelves, China is currently considering introducing a registration system for first-time baby formula importers. ...
Tags: infant formula, milk powder
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L.A. Star Seafood Company Stop Operations at FDA's Behest
Apr 1, 2015At the behest of the US FDA, Los Angeles-based L.A. Star Seafood Company Inc. has been ordered by a judge to halt its operations until it can comply with the food safety laws and regulations. The company, owned by Sima and Sam Goldring, ...
Tags: FDA, Seafood Company, Food
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FDA Publishes Eight Warning Letters Issued to Food Manufacturers and Processors
Feb 27, 2014The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published eight warning letters last week that were issued to food manufacturers and processors mainly in February. Reyskens Dairy in Custer, OH, and Ed Vander Woude Dairy in San Jacinto, CA, received ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Has Published Nine Warning
Feb 27, 2014The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has published nine warning letters it issued to food manufacturers and processors at the end of January and the start of February. Orth Farms of Eaton, NY, B & E Dairy of Barstow, CA, and Hillegass ...
Tags: FDA, Warning Letters, Food Manufacturers
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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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Virginia, Bill Will Be Exempt From The Small Family Farm
Jan 23, 2014The cottage food movement that has gained traction in the states since about 2010 is continuing to take hold this legislative season. Current law recently crafted in Virginia permits unlicensed home kitchens operating without inspections ...
Tags: cottage food, food security
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A State Judge Would Issue an Order on Whether to Lift a Temporary Restraining Order
Jan 15, 2014After day-long testimony very similar to last October’s hearing examiner proceedings for a state ground water discharge permit, a state judgesaid Monday that he would issue an order Friday on whether to lift a temporary restraining ...
Tags: slaughter horses, temporary restraining order, Valley Meat, Court Judge
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2 Sisters Food Group Has Had an Action-Packed Year
Nov 26, 20132 Sisters Food Group has had an action-packed year. In June, its acquisition of Vion finally won approval from the Office of Fair Trading – safeguarding 5,000 jobs. But it wasn’t all good news for the food manufacturer. Its ...
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One in Six Americans Will Get Sick From Food Poisoning This Year
Oct 24, 2013The statistics can be staggering: one in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year (that's nearly 53 million people). A very likely place for food poisoning is in the home: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
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FDA and Agriculture Are Often on Opposite Sides of The Fence
Jun 23, 2013The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and agriculture are often on opposite sides of the fence. It’s a love-hate relationship of sorts. The federal agency in part works to protect the U.S. food supply. Yet the FDA has a mixed ...
Tags: Food-Safety, FDA, Agriculture&Food
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The US Food Industry Has Welcomed The Publishing of Two Major Requirements
Jan 8, 2013The US food industry has welcomed the publishing of two major requirements by the US Food and Drug Administration aimed at helping prevent foodborne illnesses and improve food safety. On Friday (4 January), the FDA released two draft rule ...
Tags: US, food industry, US Food and Drug Administration, foodborne illnesses
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Shanghai and Beijing Are Set to Introduce Tougher Laws for Food Companies
Jan 4, 2013Shanghai and Beijing are set to introduce tougher laws for food companies, in order to prevent food safety violations. In Shanghai, the companies engaged in unsafe food safety practices will be blacklisted and prevented from continuing in ...
Tags: food safety violation, Shanghai, Beijing, food safty, law
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Shanghai Strengthens The Enterprise Food Safety Regulation
Dec 31, 2012Shanghai is planning to ban companies that violate food safety laws as part of its efforts to curb food scandals that have killed several children in the recent years. According to the proposed law, companies using banned substances in ...
Tags: Shanghai, food safety laws, food scandals, food industry
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Fsa Is Inviting Researchers to Develop Innovative Proposals That Would Improve Food Safety
Jul 6, 2012The Food Standards Agency(FSA)is inviting researchers to develop innovative proposals that would improve food safety and help the agency address its strategic challenges. The focus of this call to tender,with a total spending pot of ...
Tags: FSA, food safety, strategic challenges