In the News
In the News
| Date | In The News | Topic |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 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 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 |
''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 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 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 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 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 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 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 |
