In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
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| Mar 15, 2013 |
''Arlington School District honored for fresh, local food'' "Two weeks ago, Arlington School District was named the Western Washington Fresh Food in Schools Champion by the Washington Sustainable Food and Farming Network." |
School Food |
| Mar 14, 2013 |
''Estimate: 1 in 6 Americans Will Get Food Poisoning This Year'' It is estimated that one in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. That's 48 million people. And the grim reality: some will suffer the rest of their life and others will die. The Food and Drug Administration wants to stop foodborne illness at the source with proposed changes to the way food is grown and processed . In Chicago Monday and Tuesday, the public is invited to weigh in. |
Food Safety |
| Mar 14, 2013 |
Representative Slaughter Leads Effort to Protect Public from Superbugs Meat and poultry producers routinely feed antibiotics to healthy animals to make them grow faster and to compensate for overcrowded and unsanitary conditions. These practices breed drug-resistant superbugs that make human diseases more difficult and costly to treat and more likely to cause death. Fortunately, on March 14, U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY) introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2013 (PAMTA) to restrict animal agricultural practices that threaten the public’s health. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 13, 2013 |
New Poll Shows Americans Support Nutritional Guidelines for School Foods A new poll conducted by Gallup indicates that two-thirds of Americans are in favor of a law to limit unhealthy food sold in schools. |
School Food |
| Mar 8, 2013 |
'''Nightmare Bacteria' Defy Even Last-Ditch Drugs'' 'Nightmare bacteria,' strains of superbugs resistant to even the most powerful antibiotics, have quadrupled in number in the last decade — and have been found lurking in hospitals in 42 states. |
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| Mar 4, 2013 |
Grantee VCU Releases Final HIA Offering Recommendations on Proposed Alternative Energy Facility Virginia Commonwealth University researchers release the first HIA in Virginia, which finds that a proposed alternative energy facility in the Shenandoah Valley might improve health risks related to water quality but contribute to air pollution. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Feb 21, 2013 |
''Feds Indict 4 in Peanut Butter Salmonella Outbreak'' A federal grand jury indicted four former employees of a peanut company linked to a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, leading to one of the largest recalls in history. |
Food Hazards |
| Feb 12, 2013 |
''Pig Manure Reveals More Reason to Worry About Antibiotics'' There's a global campaign to force meat producers to rein in their use of antibiotics on pigs, chickens and cattle. European countries, especially Denmark and the Netherlands, have taken the lead. The U.S. is moving, haltingly, toward similar restrictions. Now the concerns about rampant antibiotic use appear to have reached China, where meat production and antibiotic use have been growing fast. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Feb 12, 2013 |
Q&A: The Impact of Meal Standards on Kids' Health and School Costs The Kids’ Safe and Healthful Foods Project’s recent health impact assessment (HIA) revealed that updating national nutrition standards for snack foods and beverages sold in schools could help students maintain a healthy weight and help schools increase their food service revenue. Project director Jessica Donze Black (JDB) and lead economic analyst Neal Wallace (NW) discuss the findings and what they mean for schools’ bottom lines. |
School Food |
| Feb 10, 2013 |
''N.H. Ahead of Curve For School Snack Nutrition'' "The U.S. government is taking steps to further limit junk food in school vending machines and cafeteria lines, but it won’t mean a big change for New Hampshire students." |
School Food |
| Feb 8, 2013 |
''Program Lets Students' Taste Buds Decide New School Lunches'' "Students around the country have been pretty vocal about their school lunches since new USDA guidelines went into effect under the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. Now, 160 students from various schools along the Wasatch Front will have a say in what is served at schools during a Food Fair in which they tasted new offerings." |
School Food |
| Feb 8, 2013 |
''USDA Issues Ruling to Eliminate Junk Food from School Cafeterias, Vending Machines'' "At the urging of U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently issued its ruling to eliminate the sale of all junk food in schools, an effort that Senator Gillibrand led as part of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Schools Act to reform child nutrition standards that was signed into law in 2010." |
School Food |
| Feb 8, 2013 |
Risks Associated with Compounding Pharmacies The Pew Charitable Trusts has identified 20 pharmacy compounding errors associated with 982 adverse events, including 67 deaths, since 2001. Contamination of sterile products were the most common compounding errors, though some were the result of pharmacists’ and technicians’ miscalculations and mistakes in filling prescriptions. |
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| Feb 6, 2013 |
''Are Kids Going to Eat Less Junk at School?'' "The days of snacking on candy, soda and chips in schools may soon be over. Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced new proposed standards for snacks sold at schools. The standards limit the amount of calories, fat, sugar and sodium of most foods sold at school and encourage whole grains, low fat, fruits and veggies. A few examples: Yogurt, granola bars, trail mix, dried fruit and fruit bars, pizza on whole grain crust and baked potato chips are in. Candy, soda, sweetened fruit juice, and most cookies are out." |
School Food |
| Jan 31, 2013 |
USDA to Announce New School Snack Food Standards USDA to announce new updates to nutritional standards for school snack foods and beverages. |
Food Safety |
