In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2012 |
''FDA chief wants more inspectors at Savannah port'' "The Food and Drug Administration's top official said Monday she wants more inspectors at the booming Port of Savannah, where the agency keeps a lookout for safety hazards ranging from spoiled fish to counterfeit drugs." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 4, 2012 |
''Federal report warns of lax food and medicine safety standards in exporting nations'' "Poor oversight of food and medical products in many exporting countries is putting American consumers at risk, the federal Institute of Medicine said in a report Wednesday." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 4, 2012 |
''Food Risk Rises as Import Reliance Makes U.S. Safety Harder'' "Imported food and drugs in the U.S. have tripled in the past decade, making it tougher on regulators to police the safety of products that Americans consume, the Institute of Medicine said." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 4, 2012 |
''Report: U.S., peers must cooperate on import safety'' "Food and drug regulators in the U.S., Europe and other developed countries should offer training, technology and expertise to developing nations in Asia, Latin America and other regions to better assure the safety of imported products, states a new report." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 4, 2012 |
''Panel: To Safeguard Food Imports, It's Not Just About Inspections'' "Locavores, a word with you. Local food may be gaining traction in all kinds of ways, but a report out today from the Institute of Medicine serves as a stark reminder of just how globalized our food system truly is." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 3, 2012 |
''FDA probes salmonella that has sickened 90 people'' "Federal health officials are investigating a growing outbreak of salmonella that has sickened 90 people in 19 states and the District of Columbia, according to a Food and Drug Administration memo." |
Food Hazards |
| Mar 19, 2012 |
"After reviewing cases of reported outbreaks from 2005 to 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 2,348 illnesses were linked to imported foods, with half of the cases occurring in 2009 and 2010." |
Food Hazards |
| Mar 14, 2012 |
''Disease Outbreaks Linked to Imported Foods Rising: U.S.'' "The frequency of disease outbreaks linked to imported food is rising, with fish and spices the most-common source of illness, a U.S. health agency said." |
Food Hazards |
| Mar 13, 2012 |
''Advocates frustrated with Obama administration over food safety law'' ''When Haylee Bernstein of Wilton was 3 years old, she and an older sister fell seriously ill and were rushed to the hospital.'' |
Food Hazards |
| Mar 5, 2012 |
"U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said Feb. 29 that if her agency does not get more money to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act, she can already predict an increase in foodborne illness and problems with imported food." |
Food Hazards |
| Mar 4, 2012 |
''Safety concerns, industry changes push U.S. to rethink approach to food inspection'' "There’s a growing recognition among food-safety experts that the government can be smarter about tackling food-borne hazards that sicken one in six Americans each year and kill about 3,000." |
Food Hazards |
| Mar 1, 2012 |
''FDA warns food industry about loses if funding is not provided for food safety'' "U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg is warning the food industry that foodborne illnesses threaten their operations because the public reacts negatively to outbreaks of food-related health issues." |
Food Hazards |
| Feb 14, 2012 |
''FDA seeks food-safety funds after Colorado cantaloupe listeria outbreak'' "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants a $220 million boost to its food-safety budget next year, citing a listeria outbreak from Colorado cantaloupe as primary proof the system needs work." |
Food Hazards |
| Feb 11, 2012 | "Between April and November, about 30 Americans will get seriously sick and about 15 will die after eating raw oysters or other shellfish contaminated with deadly Vibrio vulnificus bacteria." | Food Hazards |
| Feb 6, 2012 | "Billed as the “most sweeping change in food safety regulations in 70 years,” the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law last year by President Barack Obama. Federal regulators are working out specifics and effective dates, which could be released as early as March." | Food Hazards |
| Feb 3, 2012 |
''Egg recall in 34 states over Listeria concerns: Full details'' "Michael Foods, a Minnesota-based food company, is recalling more than one million hard-cooked eggs from 34 states, after tests revealed some may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria." |
Food Hazards |
| Feb 2, 2012 |
''FDA finds low levels of fungicide in orange juice set for sale in US, but no recalls planned'' The Food and Drug Administration says it has confirmed low levels of an illegal fungicide in orange juice samples taken from Florida manufacturers. |
Food Hazards |
| Jan 31, 2012 | "The Food and Drug Administration is trying to shutter permanently a cheese factory in Queens whose owners failed to clean up the plant after a potentially deadly bacteria was discovered on more than one occasion, according to the government." | Food Hazards |
| Jan 13, 2012 |
''Tainted juice episode calls FDA capabilities into question'' "The Food and Drug Administration is holding all orange juice being imported into the United States at the border while it tests for contamination with a fungus-killing chemical. The action is lowering stock prices for companies that sell orange juice and raising questions about the ability of the overstretched agency to protect the safety of the U.S. food system, critics say." |
Food Hazards |
| Jan 11, 2012 | "There were 16 significant or unusual multistate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. in 2011, with five of them involving fresh produce, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual year in review." | Food Hazards |
| Jan 10, 2012 |
''Cantaloupe processor largely ignored FDA guidelines, probe finds'' "A listeria outbreak that killed 30 people and sickened 146 others might have been avoided if a Colorado cantaloupe processor had followed U.S. guidelines and washed the fruit in chlorinated water, a congressional investigation found." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 21, 2011 |
''McDonalds dumps egg supplier after safety, cruelty concerns'' "McDonald's said on Friday it dumped a McMuffin egg supplier after a government agency found filthy conditions and "unacceptable rodent activity," and an animal rights group exposed cruel treatment of the chickens." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 21, 2011 |
''Tiny listeria survivor comes home for Christmas'' "The premature girl from Fishers, Ind., is one of the tiniest victims of last summer’s deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe, which sickened 146 people, including 30 who died." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 14, 2011 |
''FDA faulted over state inspections'' "The Food and Drug Administration is relying more often on states to inspect food plants but is failing to properly monitor those state inspections or follow through on their findings, the Department of Health and Human Services watchdog has concluded." |
Food Hazards |
| Dec 9, 2011 |
''The Surprising Ingredient In Raw Cookie Dough That Could Make You Sick'' "That's the lesson from a new study of a 2009 outbreak of E. coli bacteria, which sickened 77 people, most of them teenage girls and children. The outbreak was traced back to eating raw Nestlé Toll House cookie dough." |
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