In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
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| 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 16, 2012 |
''NashVitality Week preaches healthy Nashville'' "The final piece of NashVitality Week is a series of health impact assessment workshops. The first takes place today; another will take place Friday and the third on Jan. 25." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 24, 2012 |
''Could Rising Healthcare and Utility Bills Get Kentucky Off Coal?'' "The Health Impact Assessment on Coal and Clean Energy Options in Kentucky, prepared by the Kentucky Environmental Foundation collates all the available peer-reviewed reports on the health impacts of both coal production and various types of renewable energy production, in an attempt to encourage legislators who have historically ignored the environmental impact of coal to take a look at the health impacts associated with various energy production decisions." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| Jan 24, 2012 |
''Building for Health: Improving Our Cities, Homes and Lives'' "How does where we live impact our health? It's a big and complex question, but Richard Jackson, MD, MPH is leading the way towards answers -- and interventions." |
Health Impact Assessment |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Feb 2, 2012 |
The HIA built relationships between technical advisors and the Corridor’s many ethnic groups while encouraging community leadership in science-based policy proposals for equitable land-use decisions |
Health Impact Assessment |
| 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 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 7, 2012 |
''Recall Reveals An Egg's Long Path To The Deli Sandwich'' "More than 1 million eggs bound for supermarkets, delis and convenience stores have been recalled since late January for possible contamination with listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium that causes fever, nausea and diarrhea, and can be deadly in children and the elderly. No illnesses have been reported." |
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| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 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 22, 2012 |
''Breaking News: Judge Orders FDA to Examine Safety of Ag Drugs'' "A district judge in New York has ruled in favor of a coalition that sued the Food and Drug Administration in order to compel the agency to follow through on its 35-year-old attempt to exert control over antibiotics in animal feed known as 'growth promoters' ..." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 23, 2012 |
''Steps Set for Livestock Antibiotic Ban'' "The Obama administration must warn drug makers that the government may soon ban agricultural uses of some popular antibiotics that many scientists say encourage the proliferation of dangerous infections and imperil public health ..." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 23, 2012 |
''More On Court Ordering FDA Hearings on Farm Antibiotics'' "Since I posted last night on the judge’s order that the Food and Drug Administration examine the safety of farm antibiotics -- via hearings that the FDA scheduled, but never held, back in 1977 -- a lot has happened." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 23, 2012 |
''Court orders FDA to examine antibiotics use on animals'' "A federal court on Thursday ordered the FDA to follow through on a 35 year old proposal that would have banned the use of certain antibiotics in animal feed ... " |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Mar 24, 2012 |
''Court orders FDA action on antibiotic use on farms'' "WASHINGTON (AP) A federal court judge has ordered the Food and Drug Administration to take action on its own 35 year old rule that would stop farmers from mixing popular antibiotics into animal feed ..." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 1, 2012 |
Take Action: Urge the Obama Administration to Strengthen its Antibiotic Policies On April 11, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a series of measures designed to protect human health from drug resistant superbugs by curbing the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in meat and poultry production. |
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| 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 |
