In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 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 |
''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 |
''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 5, 2012 |
''NIH names Dr. Gary H. Gibbons director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute'' Preeminent clinician-scientist and cardiologist takes the helm at the NHLBI. |
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| 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 10, 2012 |
''Stop feeding antibiotics to livestock'' "I was pleased to see the recent editorial ("Troublesome antibiotics," April 3) addressing the widespread practice of feeding antibiotics to livestock ... " |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 11, 2012 |
''FDA lays out steps to reduce overuse of antibiotics in animals grown for food'' "The Food and Drug Administration called on drug companies Wednesday to help limit the use of antibiotics given to farm animals, a decades-old practice that scientists say has contributed to a surge in dangerous, drug-resistant bacteria." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 11, 2012 |
''U.S. Tightens Rules on Antibiotics Use for Livestock'' "Farmers and ranchers will for the first time be required to get a prescription from a veterinarian before using antibiotics in cattle, pigs, chickens and other animals, federal food regulators announced on Wednesday ... " |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| Apr 15, 2012 |
''FDA criticized for secrecy in food-illness probes'' "The 2009 E. coli outbreak began like a far more notorious cantaloupe listeria outbreak two years later: Tests from ill patients in separate counties arrived at the Colorado health department, and sounded alarms by matching perfectly." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 17, 2012 |
''Citing contamination, FDA aims to shut down 2 state fish processors'' "Government health and food safety officials are seeking to close down two fish processing plants in California, citing concerns over the spread of bacteria and toxins in contaminated products." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 17, 2012 |
''If the food's in plastic, what's in the food?'' "In a study published last year in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers put five San Francisco families on a three day diet of food that hadn’t been in contact with plastic ... " |
Food Additives |
| Apr 17, 2012 |
''Sushi-linked salmonella outbreak reaches 20 states, yellowfin tuna recalled'' "Yellowfin tuna has been flagged as the culprit associated with a 20-state salmonella outbreak that has sickened 116 people, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 19, 2012 |
''First lawsuit filed in salmonella outbreak tied to sushi'' "The first lawsuit spawned by a salmonella outbreak that appears to be linked to sushi -- which has now sickened 141 people in 20 states plus the District of Columbia -- was filed late Wednesday against Moon Marine U.S.A. Corp, a Cupertino, Calif., seafood importer." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 23, 2012 |
''How Making Food Safe Can Harm Wildlife And Water'' "Environmental advocates say a single-minded focus on food safety has forced growers of salad greens to strip vegetation from around their fields, harming wildlife and polluting streams and rivers." |
Food Hazards |
| Apr 26, 2012 |
''200 now sick in salmonella sushi outbreak'' "At least 200 people in 21 states and Washington, D.C., now have been sickened by raw scraped tuna contaminated with not one but two rare strains of salmonella, government health officials reported Thursday." |
Food Hazards |
| May 2, 2012 |
''Gov't to speed tracking of E. coli in meat'' "The government plans to speed up the process for tracking E. coli in meat, a move that will help authorities more quickly find the source of bacteria outbreaks and hasten recalls of tainted food." |
Food Hazards |
| May 3, 2012 |
''U.S. to partner with Big Pharma for drug discovery'' "The U.S. government will help drug companies find treatments for a host of diseases through a new collaboration in which researchers will test experimental drugs provided by manufacturers." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| May 8, 2012 |
''Heavy Metal Rocker Sues Over Sushi Outbreak'' "A heavy metal band's lead singer says he was rocked by food poisoning while on tour. Now he's suing a California company over a recalled sushi product that allegedly made him sick." |
Food Hazards |
| May 16, 2012 |
''Lawyers: Criminal probe into 2010 salmonella outbreak targets ex-egg industry titan, son, aide'' "Lawyers representing a disgraced egg industry magnate, his son and one of their company’s financial officers say their clients are potential targets of a criminal investigation into the 2010 salmonella outbreak that sickened thousands of Americans and led to a massive recall of their products." |
Food Hazards |
| May 19, 2012 |
''Salmonella case numbers slow in Asheville area, but still climbing'' "The number of reported cases in a three-month Buncombe-based salmonella outbreak is still climbing, but health officials say they’re seeing fewer and fewer new cases of the disease each week." |
Food Hazards |
| May 21, 2012 |
''Mexican papaya alert continues, as do recalls'' "Scrutiny of whole fresh Mexican papayas for salmonella and other pathogens continues, with shipments routinely held and rejected at the border after the Food and Drug Administration issued an import alert August 2011." |
Food Hazards |
| May 25, 2012 |
''Jensen Farms files bankruptcy in wake of cantaloupe listeria deaths'' "Jensen Farms, the southeastern Colorado cantaloupe growers who were the source of a deadly listeria outbreak last year, filed for bankruptcy Friday." |
Food Hazards |
| Jun 5, 2012 |
''Egg Producer Knew of Salmonella Months Before Massive Recall'' "The egg producer whose eggs were linked to a nationwide salmonella outbreak that sickened nearly 2,000 people was told that hens at its farms were contaminated four months before the salmonella outbreak led to the recall of 550 million eggs." |
Food Safety |
| Jun 8, 2012 |
''E. Coli Hits 11 as Officials Race Against the Clock'' "Georgia officials who're just beginning their investigation of an E. Coli outbreak are racing against the clock to solve the mysterious food poisonings before the epidemic spreads, with the number of cases now at 11 across four southern states." |
Food Hazards |
