In the News
In the News
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| 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 |
| Jan 22, 2013 |
''F.D.A. Seeks to Tighten Regulation of All-Metal Hip Implants'' "After an estimated 500,000 patients in the United States have received a type of artificial hip that is failing early in many cases, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing rules that could stop manufacturers from selling such implants." |
Medical Safety |
| Jan 18, 2013 |
''Food Safety Modernization Act Takes Effect'' A Missouri man is applauding the government for setting up a plan to prevent a significant national health risk he says killed his father. One in 6 people — about 48 million Americans — get sick every year and about 3,000 die because of food-borne diseases, according to the Food and Drug Administration. |
Food Safety |
| Jan 18, 2013 |
''Girl's Bout With E.coli Helps Toughen Food Standards'' The family of a girl who nearly died six years ago is feeling a sense of victory after the FDA announced it will release new guidelines to make food safer. |
Food Safety |
| Jan 17, 2013 |
''Jessamine Students Rate New Cafeteria Options from Manufacturers'' "Regulations from the Health, Hunger-Free Kids Act went into effect in the fall before manufacturers could create new products, Jessamine food-service director Karen Barden said. The result was smaller portions that drew the ire of parents and students.'' |
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| Jan 11, 2013 |
''FDA Warns Two Producers on Egg Safety'' Two large egg producers have received warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration, which said they violated a two-year-old rule aimed at preventing salmonella contamination. |
Food Safety |
| Dec 17, 2012 |
''Promise of Food Safety Law Largely Unfulfilled'' With thousands of Americans falling ill and public confidence shaken after a series of high-profile foodborne outbreaks several years ago involving consumer staples such as lettuce, peppers, peanuts and eggs, Congress and the White House moved aggressively to bring food safety into the 21st century. But two years after President Obama signed a sweeping food safety bill into law, the rules at the heart of the largest food safety overhaul in more than 70 years have yet to be put in place. |
Food Safety |
| Dec 11, 2012 |
Release Food Safety Rules -- Nearly 35,000 Signatures, One Message, Delivered to White House On Tuesday, December 11, The Pew Charitable Trusts delivered a petition signed by nearly 35,000 Americans to the White House, urging President Obama to release the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules. |
Food Safety |
| Dec 10, 2012 |
''Drug Overuse in Cattle Imperils Human Health'' "Two kids seriously injured in the Joplin, Mo., tornado in May 2011 showed up at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City suffering from antibiotic-resistant infections from dirt and debris blown into their wounds. Physicians tried different drugs, but at first nothing seemed to work. Blame the overuse of antibiotics in livestock, according to the doctors familiar with their cases." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Dec 4, 2012 |
''Good health checkup for biomass plant proposal near Lake Tahoe'' The Sacramento Bee reports on an independent HIA conducted by the Sequoia Foundation assessing the negative and positive effects of the proposed Cabin Creek Biomass Energy Facility in Placer County, California. |
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| Nov 27, 2012 |
IOM Report Shows Administration Must Lead on Transparency The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a new paper, "Harmonizing Reporting on Potential Conflicts of Interest," which notes that "the current process of disclosure (of financial relationships between healthcare professionals and the medical industry) is fragmented and burdensome" and, as a result, the need for a harmonized system has become "urgent and compelling." |
Conflicts of Interest, Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Nov 27, 2012 |
''FDA Halts Operations at Peanut Butter Plant'' The Food and Drug Administration halted operations of the country's largest organic peanut butter processor Monday, cracking down on salmonella poisoning for the first time with new enforcement authority the agency gained in a 2011 food safety law. |
Food Safety |
| Nov 21, 2012 |
FDA Faces Recruitment and Retention Challenges The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employs thousands of scientists, physicians, and engineers to fulfill its mission to protect and promote the public health. However, high turnover and difficulties recruiting staff hamper the FDA’s ability to ensure the safety and effectiveness of drugs and medical devices, according to a report from the Partnership for Public Service (PPS). |
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| Nov 21, 2012 |
''Illness Count Rises in E. coli Outbreak'' "The E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in New York linked to organic spinach and spring mix has spread to four more states, raising the number of illnesses to 28. A blended product under the Wegmans label is a likely source of the outbreak, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention." |
Food Safety |
| Nov 16, 2012 |
''FDA: Company Shipped Tainted Peanut Butter'' "A New Mexico peanut company linked to a recent salmonella outbreak distributed peanut and almond butters after its own internal testing showed the products were contaminated, the Food and Drug Administration says." |
Food Safety |
| Nov 12, 2012 |
Test Your Knowledge of Antibiotics Nearly nine in 10 Americans recognize that antibiotics are effective treatments for fighting bacterial infections like strep throat, but more than a third mistakenly believe the drugs are also appropriate treatments for viral infections such as the common cold. Test your antibiotics IQ and take the quiz. |
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| Nov 9, 2012 |
Laura Rogers, project director for the Pew Campaign on Human Health and Industrial Farming, is in Denmark this week meeting with farmers, government officials and public health experts to learn how the United States can adapt the country’s successful model. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Nov 1, 2012 |
Chicago Public Schools: Serving Meat Raised Without Antibiotics This November, the Chicago Public School System celebrate the one-year anniversary of the announcment that it would begin serving chicken raised without antibiotics to students in its 473 schools. |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Oct 31, 2012 |
Pew Presents at Annual APHA Meeting This year's American Public Health Association Meeting featured Pew staff presentations on such topics as snacks in schools, the overuse of antibiotics in healthy farm animals, and how health impact assessments can inform policy makers. |
School Food, Health Impact Assessment, Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Oct 25, 2012 |
''How Does Opening a Casino Impact Public Health?'' Would the economic benefits outweigh the negative health impacts of developing a casino in southeast Kansas? The Kansas Institute of Health, a grantee of the Health Impact Project, recently explored this issue, conducting a health impact assessment (HIA) to identify the costs and benefits to the community. |
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| Oct 24, 2012 |
New HIA Identifies Possible Health Effects of Casino Development in Southeast Kansas A new report on a health impact assessment conducted by the Kansas Health Institute, a grantee of the Health Impact Project, examines potential health benefits and risks of developing a casino in southeast Kansas. |
Health Impact Assessment |
