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Food Safety
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San Francisco Board Votes to Restrict Fast Food Toys
Nov. 4, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- San Francisco is taking the "happy" out of Happy Meals for McDonald's, and the company is pretty steamed about it. With an 8-3 vote, the Board of Supervisors banned toys from meals that have more than 600 calories,...
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Doubt Cast on Safety of Gulf Seafood
Nov. 4, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- Is Gulf of Mexico seafood safe to eat? Earlier this week two federal agencies, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), gave Gulf seafood products...
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Debate Brews on Legalization of Raw Milk
Nov. 4, 2010 /EIN Presswire/-- Some consumers want the freedom to drink natural, locally grown milk instead of industrialized, pasteurized milk, and that desire is is spurring debate against laws that prohibit the sale of raw, unpasteurized...
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Lead Found in Imported Candy
Nov. 4, 2010 /EIN Presswire/-- The California Department of Public Health urged consumers to not eat Casa De Dulce Salted Plums w/Chile after finding high levels of lead in the Taiwanese product. According to a California Department of Public...
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FDA Needs $5 Billion to Ensure Food Safety
Nov. 4, 2010 /EIN Presswire/-- The Food and Drug Administration needs approximately $5 billion to ensure the safety of the nation's food supply, according to David Acheson, former FDA Associated Commissioner for Foods. The food industry has...
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Food Safety Act in Jeopardy of Stalling Out
Nov. 3, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- Food safety advocates were mulling the results of Tuesday's elections for signs that may help or hurt passage of food safety legislation this year. The bill, S. 510, already has passed the House. A similar...
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Food Manufacturers Get Proactive against BPA
Nov. 3, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- Health officials from many nations continued to reach a consensus in Toronto about the safety of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, but the food industry already seems to have come up with its verdict:...
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Want Raw Milk? Buy Part of a Cow
Nov. 2, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- Raw milk proponents believe they have found a way to legalize unpasteurized milk sales: allow people to buy a share of a cow or goat and claim the right to use the milk as owners. It will take state legislation...
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Enfamil Maker Cited by FDA
Nov. 1, 2010 /EIN Presswire/---The Food and Drug Administration has cited infant formula maker Mead Johnson with failure to comply with packaging requirements and has given the firm 15 days to take corrective action. Mead Johnson changed...
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Pork Products Recalled
Oct. 29, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ - A total of 54,000 pounds of ready-to-eat pork products distributed by a California firm has been recalled. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service says the products were not...
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Feds Seize Rodent-Infested Warehouse
Oct. 28, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ - A food warehouse which FDA inspectors found to be crawling with "live and dead rodents" was busted today by U.S. Marshals who seized $700,000 in rice and other packaged products. The action stemmed from an...
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$2 Million Grant to Improve Food Safety
Oct 27, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $2 million grant to a Kansas State University lab to help improve food safety in beef and dairy farms. Kansas State's department of diagnostic medicine and pathobiology...
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FDA Recommends Restaurants Employ Food Safety Managers
Oct 27, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ - The Food and Drug Administration, in its drive for improved food safety, has issued a recommendation that all restaurants hire food safety managers. The recommendation, which garnered praise from the National...
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FDA Cautions Against Alcoholic Energy Drinks
Oct 27, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- The Food and Drug Administration has been questioning the safety of caffeinated alcoholic drinks like Four Loko, which sent nine university students to the hospital. Health officials worry that increasing...
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FDA Contradicts Itself on Food Safety Best Practices
Oct. 27, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today called for stepped up efforts to improve food safety practices in retail food establishments, even though the FDA's own manual permits rat hairs and insect fragments...
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