An email from the Nature Conservancy landed in my inbox earlier this evening touting that the FDA will release their long awaited proposed rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) tomorrow and it will be in the Federal Register on Monday (damn, no weekend reading). There will be a 120-day public comment period.
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Here is May and June 2012:
Kleenex-brand Luxury Foam Hand Sanitizer is under recall because of microbial contamination.
Health Canada said Thursday that product tests by manufacturer Kimberly-Clark Professional Corporation detected bacteria that may pose health risks to people with weakened immune systems, especially those with cystic fibrosis.
The recalled Kleenex-brand Luxury Foam Hand Sanitizer is sold in 1 litre and
We the undersigned are writing to offer another perspective on Michael Taylor, the deputy commissioner for foods at the Food and Drug Administration, and the subject of a petition that SignOn.org, which is sponsored by MoveOn.org, is circulating on the Internet. The petition attacks Taylor based on his former employment at the controversial agricultural biotechnology
Laboratory test results show that the Campylobactor jejuni bacteria that caused diarrheal illness among 16 individuals who drank unpasteurized (raw) milk at a school event early this month in Raymond, Wisconsin was the same bacteria strain found in unpasteurized milk produced at a local farm, according to officials from the Department of Health Services (DHS)
In addition to the news that a new, highly dangerous strain of E. coli is to blame for 18 deaths and over 1,600 sickened in Europe, today it was announced that a new and dangerous strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has been found in cow’s milk and numerous human samples. As reported by
Today the USDA announced that the minimum safe cooking temperature for pork has been lowered from 165 °F to 145 °F. In addition, a 3 minute resting period after removing the meat from the grill has been added to the recommendation. The new lower temperature recommendation and resting period comes after several years of
The Ukranian Prime Minister, Mykola Azarov, announced recently that the regional heads of state administrations would be held personally responsible if any violations lead to food poisoning of children at this year’s summer camps. The regional heads are those tasked with oversight of youth summer camps. The camps host nearly 18,000 children during the summer
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has been pushing for over a decade to get out the message on the risk to at risk-populations of contracting the Listeria bacteria from cold cuts of meat, such as hot dogs and deli meat. The CDC urges those over the age of 50, and especially those over 65
China has had its fair share of food safety issues over the past several years (remember the 300,000 kids sickened and at least 6 killed by melamine-tainted milk?), resulting in a global negative perception over the safety of Chinese-made food products.
In response to concerns over the safety of its food supply, it