In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
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| Jan 21, 2011 |
''Feeding Animals Antibiotics: Not Helping U.S. Meat Export'' "At a 2010 Congressional briefing sponsored by Rep. Louise Slaughter, I warned the continued and routine overuse of antibiotics in U.S. meat production could be shooting the global competitiveness of that industry in the foot." |
Antibiotics in Food Animal Production |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| Nov 24, 2011 |
''Food safety inspections give false sense of security'' "A Colorado cantaloupe farm linked by federal regulators to one of the deadliest food outbreaks since the 1920s was graded as having “superior” safety practices just one month before consumers became ill from eating the fruit." |
Food Hazards |
| 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 |
| Oct 9, 2012 |
Funding from Kaiser Permanente Colorado Will Support Sustainable HIA Program in Denver Metro Region The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, today announced that Kaiser Permanente Colorado will support one health impact assessment (HIA) program grant, of up to $250,000, in the Denver metropolitan region. |
Health Impact Assessment |
| 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 |
| Oct 26, 2010 |
''Glaxo to Pay $750 Million for Sale of Bad Products'' "GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug giant, has agreed to pay $750 million to settle criminal and civil complaints that the company for years knowingly sold contaminated baby ointment and an ineffective antidepressant — the latest in a growing number of whistle-blower lawsuits that drug makers have settled with multimillion-dollar fines." |
Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| 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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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Apr 12, 2011 |
''Group Faults the F.D.A. on Oversight of Devices'' "The Food and Drug Administration is allowing some high-risk devices like artificial hips to be sold without strenuous testing, despite promises that it would address regulatory issues affecting them, a federal watchdog group plans to testify on Wednesday." |
Drugs and Devices at the FDA |
| Dec 17, 2010 |
''Harkin, Bennet Applaud Dingell Drug Safety Bill'' "Washington, DC – Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO) today praised the introduction of U.S. Rep. John Dingell’s bill to protect consumers and American families by improving the safety and quality of pharmaceutical drugs."
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Drug Manufacturing and Distribution, Drug Safety |
| Feb 20, 2006 |
''Have we learned our lessons about pandemics?'' If a serious flu pandemic occurs, where you live and how well your community has prepared could mean the difference between life and death.No one can say when a pandemic will begin or how severe it will be, but the SARS outbreak in 2003 showed us how quickly a new disease can spread. The 2004 flu vaccine shortage prompted panic and long lines at clinics, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina brought home the alarming reality of American citizens stranded at a time of need. |
