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- USDA Announces Winners of the MyPlate Fruits and Veggies Video Challenge
- FDA approves shared system REMS for TIRF products
- USDA Streamlines Guidance on Live Animal Imports
- FDA Creates Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance
- Protect Youngest and Oldest Relatives from Foodborne Illness When Preparing Chitterlings
- FDA Takes "Aggressive" Action - Nine Years Later
- USDA Launches New Online Nutrition SuperTracker in Time for Those Healthy New Year Resolutions
- FDA: Chicago-area sandwich manufacturer agrees to stop production2
- Obama administration releases food safety tips, new report on efforts to protect consumers from foodborne illness
- Apple juice safe but arsenic guidance still being considered - FDA
- Killer listeriosis: Canadian govt draws 'final' line in sand as union attacks
- Monsanto soybean trait for lower saturated fat gets USDA deregulation
- USDA Announces Biotechnology Regulatory Actions
- Report damns 'significant weaknesses' in FDA food safety oversight
- EU lags behind US in food testing integration - report
- Meat Industry Again Asks for Delay on Non-O157 Policy
- USDA Revises National Nutrient Management Standard to Achieve Maximum Agricultural, Environmental Benefits
- CDC Identifies Source of E. Coli Outbreak
- FDA warns against unsupported claims of HCG diet drugs
- USDA Announces Proposed Rule to Streamline Generic Labeling Approval Processes
- FDA: Syntec dietary supplements seized by U.S. Marshals
- Apple Juice Is Still Safe, FDA Says
- FDA apple juice arsenic guideline U-turn expected
- FDA Seeks Comments on Recall Guidelines
- FSIS Announces Public Meeting On Non-O157 E. Coli Implementation Plans
- Salmonella Lurks From Farm to Fork: Part 2
- Salmonella Lurks From Farm to Fork: Part 1
- WHO: U.S. COOL Labeling Rule Violates Trade Rules
- FDA Issues Warning on Chicken Jerky for Dogs
- CDC: Cargill Ground Turkey Outbreak Has Ended
- CDC: 157 Salmonella Chicken Liver Cases in NY, NJ
- USDA CONSUMER ALERT: Keeping Food Safe During An Emergency
- 'Labelling flaws in IIT food ingredients'
- FDA Cites Idaho Sprout Grower for Food Safety Lapses
- FDA Seeks More Input on Food Facility Preventative Control Guidelines
- Food Safety and Raw Milk ? FDA
- Clearing the Way for Irradiation
- FDA warns consumers not to eat Wegmans' bulk Turkish pine nuts
- Senate Potato Bloc Finds Way Around USDA
- FDA Issues Advice on Flooded Food Crops
- US: A win for FDA's food safety mission
- New DEHP water limit will not cost consumers: FDA
- USDA Convenes Public Meeting on Pre-Harvest Food Safety
- USDA backs acrylamide reduction project for processed potatoes
- USA - New food safety rules amid daily meat recalls
- FDA enters inter-agency food safety agreement
- USDA Announces Determination of Nonregulated Status for Insect Resistant Soybean
- FDA: U.S. Marshals seize foods stored at Washington State facility
- UK Food Safety Publication Turns to GM Food Debate
- FDA grant will fund national food safety training program
- FDA commissioner Hamburg renews call for food safety funds
- USDA to Hold Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for the 33rd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses
- Safe packaging guide will be 'core EU reference', ECMA
- FDA Works to Improve Transparency
- FDA Reopens Comments for Phytosterol Claims
- New Egg Rule Trips Up Minnesota Egg Producer
- FDA Hopes to Improve Retail Food Safety
- The Politics of Food Safety
- 'Corn sugar' in the crosshairs of FDA, sugar makers (and the public at large)
- CDC Updates Illnesses, Deaths Linked to Listeria-Tainted Cantaloupe
- FDA Lifts Import Alert on Guatemalan Cantaloupes
- Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Pureed Pork Products That May Contain Foreign Materials
- FDA Warns Consumers Not to Eat Raw Oysters Harvested from Hood Canal Area 4 in Washington State
- USDA Highlights MyPlate: Make Half Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables
- EFSA chief warns EU vulnerable to food safety threats
- Avebe slams Chinese restrictions on EU potato starch suppliers
- Food additives: NGOs dismiss EFSA defence of its scientific independence
- Schumer Calls for Juice Standards
- Bachmann Blasts 'Overkill' Meat Safety Regulation
- FDA confirms Listeria monocytogenes on Jensen Farms' Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupes
- National Advisory Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection to Meet on Pre-harvest Measures
- USDA Pistachio Marketing Order Vote Set for Oct. 3-4
- FDA, CDC investigate listeriosis outbreak's source
- FDA CORE Network Combats Foodborne Illness
- FDA warns consumers not to eat Rocky Ford Cantaloupes shipped by Jensen Farms
- Vilsack, Hagen Tout New Non-O157 E. Coli Policy
- IFT to lead FDA product tracing pilot studies
- USDA Takes New Steps to Fight E. Coli, Protect the Food Supply
- What They're Saying: Businesses and Consumer Advocates Applaud USDA Steps to Improve Meat Safety
- FDA investigates multistate outbreak of listeriosis
- National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods to Hold Public Meetings
- USDA Expands Export Opportunities for American Cherry Producers
- FDA Issues Warning on French-made Tapenade
- FDA warns consumers of botulism risk in La Ruche tapenade, spreadable tomato paste
- EU eases meat import restriction measures
- FDA: Pilot projects to explore ways to trace sources of foodborne illness
- Washington Warns Burger King of Undercooked Beef
- FDA: Unsanitary Conditions at Herb, Mushroom Operation
- Mythbusters: Learn the Truth About Home Food Safety
- CSPI says Del Monte lawsuit could have 'chilling' effect on food safety
- USDA Caution on Organic Fraud from China
- The sociology of food security
- FDA opines on its new food safety powers
- Industry Commends USDA for Codex Support
- Rule vacuum places food buyers' health at grave risk
- FDA: U.S. Marshals seize food products held at North Carolina warehouse
- FDA requests seizure of adulterated seafood at California company
- FDA working with Mexico to protect safety of imported papayas
- USDA Offers Food Safety Tips In Advance of Hurricane Irene
- Test Finds Too Much Juice in CA Dairy Cow
- Purac Applauds EFSA Opinion on Lactic Acid
- After School Food Safety Tips for Kids Snacking at Home Alone
- FDA calls for modernization of regulatory science
- Questions Over Water Quality at Philly Airport
- Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves
- EPA Seeking Comments on Microbial Risk Assessment Guidelines
- BARDA supports development of new drugs to treat radiation injury
- Plan for Food Safety for Community Events
- USDA Seeks Comment on the Risk Analysis Evaluating the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Status of Japan
- USDA Proposes the Addition of 25 Member States of the European Union to List of Regions Free of Newcastle Disease
- FDA issues draft guidance on device changes that warrant new premarket review
- Foodborne outbreak potentially associated with papaya distributed by Agromod Produce, Inc.
- EFSA experts publish review on non-plastic food contact materials
- USDA Launches Contest to Celebrate Success in the Summer Food Service Program
- Antibiotics Lesson for GOP Staff Tops FDA Meetings
- FDA Announces FREE-B, A New Tool for Food-Emergency Readiness
- Bird Excrement Found in Washington Lentils
- Taking a Look at Hagen's FSIS Meeting Calendar
- Feds Seek Comments on GE Soybeans
- Foodborne outbreak associated with raw milk from Tucker Adkins Dairy of York S.C.
- Lawmakers Tell FDA to Back Off on GE Salmon
- Restrictions on Rice Imported From Countries Where Khapra Beetle Is Known To Occur
- USDA Restricts the Importation of Commercial and Noncommercial Quantities of Rice from Countries Where Khapra Beetle Is Known to Occur
- HHS announces new investment in school-based health centers
- USDA Launches Fresh Produce Program for Florida, Michigan Schools
- FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Egg Rule
- 'Test and Hold' Harder for Small Companies
- Hawaii Might Ditch New Food Safety Law
- EFSA holds applicants' hands through food enzyme safety process
- Agriculture Deputy Secretary Highlights School Meal Improvements to National School Nutrition Advocates
- Did FSIS Blow a Chance to Make Beef Even Safer?
- FSIS Issues Notice on Program to Curb Salmonella
- USDA Expands Salmonella Initiative Program to Reduce and Eliminate Pathogens
- FSIS announced today that it will expand and move ahead on the Salmonella Initiative Program (SIP) to help reduce Salmonella in raw meat and poultry products
- FSIS denies AMI's 2005 petition for low-dose beef irradiation
- Publisher's Platform: FDA, FSIS Non-O157 Conflict
- USDA Issues Instructions to Reduce Allergen and Other Ingredient-Related Recalls
- FDA Seeks Permanent Injunction Against CA Veal Farm
- FDA Completes 2 FSMA-Mandated Tasks
- FDA issues anti-smuggling strategy and draft guidance on new dietary ingredients
- EFSA OKs Tooth-Friendly Labeling
- The FDA considers any disease-causing strain of E. coli in food to be illegal. What is FSIS's Position?
- USDA Responds to Regulation Requests Regarding Kentucky Bluegrass
- FDA, Justice Department take action against California calf hauler
- IDFA runs food safety training to help dairy processors with new US regulations
- A Decade of Inaction at USDA on Non-O157 E. coli
- USDA Secretary Vilsack and HHS Secretary Sebelius Launch First Joint National Multimedia Campaign to Help Families Prevent Food Poisoning
- USDA Seeks Public Comment on Draft Environmental Assessment for Genetically Engineered Soybean
- USDA Announces Decision to Deregulate Genetically Engineered Corn Seed
- FDA: Do not eat Evergreen Produce brand alfalfa sprouts or spicy sprouts
- USDA Funds Research to Reduce Foodborne Illness
- NJ Raw Milk Bill Is Neither Moving Nor Dead
- DeLauro Presses OMB on Non-O157 E. coli
- Two More Seafood Processors With Violations
- FDA Shuts Down Maryland Kimchi Maker
- FDA outlines strategy for food import safety
- FDA unveils new global strategy to help ensure safety and quality of imported products
- FDA: California seafood handler enters into consent decree
- Federal and State Officials Announce Tree Survey Efforts in Ohio Due to the Discovery of Asian Longhorned Beetle
- Salmonella Enteritidis Found in Ohio Egg House
- USDA Makes Permit Inspection Findings Available Online
- FDA
Inspections Target Two Juice Makers
- FDA: DDS probiotic products seized
- USDA Holds Public Meeting to Address Agenda Items for the 34th Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
- USDA Releases Plan to Promote Agroforestry as Means to Improve the Environment, Make Better Use Of Land and Help Landowners Find Other Sources Of Revenue
- FDA statement on E. coli O104 outbreak in Europe
- FDA seizes elderberry juice concentrate at Kansas company
- FDA Food Safety Budget Cuts Advance in the House
- OMB Stalls Move to Make Non-O157 STEC Adulterants
- Register Now for FDA Public Meeting on FSMA
- FDA seeks injunction concerning uneviscerated seafood and other fish at Minnesota company
- FDA Launches Food Safety Enforcement Web Portal
- Agriculture Secretary Vilsack Renews Interim Directive Covering Roadless Areas in National Forests
- State Investigation Brings FDA Warning for Dairy
- FDA approves injectable gel to treat fecal incontinence
- FDA approves treatment for Clostridium difficile infection
- USDA Proposes to Require Horse Industry Organizations to Follow Minimum Penalty Protocol
- USDA Establishes a New Category in Regulations Governing Nursery Stock Importation
- FDA Seeks Comment on Preventive Controls Against Foodborne Illness
- Begin the Summertime Grilling Season with a Food Safety Home Run
- USDA Food Safety Tips for Areas Affected by Recent Spate of Tornadoes
- USDA Announces Public Meeting on Veterinary Biologics Labeling
- Do not feed SimplyThick to premature infants
- United States requests seizure of adulterated cheese products at Wisconsin company
- FDA clears first test for recent infection with toxoplasmosis parasite
- FDA approves Victrelis for Hepatitis C
- California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Deli Meat Products for Possible Listeria Contamination
- USDA Prepares Draft Environmental Assessment for Drought Tolerant Corn
- USDA Prepares Draft Environmental Assessment for Pest-Resistant Cotton
- FDA seeks permanent injunction against Tennessee food warehouses, owner
- USDA Food Safety Tips for Flooded Areas in the Southeast United States
- Consumers warned to avoid eating oysters from area 1642 in Apalachicola Bay, Florida
- FDA requests input on development of user fee program for biosimilar and interchangeable biological products
- USDA Introduces Mobile Ask Karen, Food Safety on Your Smartphone
- North Carolina Firm Recalls Portobello Mushroom Flavored Pork Loins Due to Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- USDA Holds Bovine Tuberculosis and Brucellosis Regulatory Working Group Public Meetings
- USDA and Navajo Nation Holds a National Veterinary Stockpile Exercise on Tribal Land
- USDA Reopens Comment Period for High Pathogenic Avian Influenza Requirements for Importing Birds, Poultry and Hatching Eggs
- FDA issues first new rules under Food Safety Modernization Act
- FDA, FTC act to remove fraudulent STD products from the market
- USDA Wildlife Specialists Dust Prairie Dog Burrows to Combat Plague
- USDA Distributes Oral Rabies Vaccine in Florida
- Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Reduced Sodium Chicken Noodle Soup Due to Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- Washington Firm Recalls Beef Jerky Products Due to Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- USDA Announces New Outreach Campaign to Prevent the Spread of Gypsy Moth
- FDA requests seizure of adulterated breaded seafood at Wisconsin firms
- Michigan Firm Recalls Teriyaki Flavored Beef and Poultry Products Due To Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- Salesman Indicted for Federal Meat and Poultry Inspection Act Violations
- USDA Allows Interstate Movement of Citrus Nursery Stock from Certain Quarantine Areas
- USDA Offers Food Safety Tips During Flooding and Power Outages in Midwest States as More Rainfall is Forecast in Tennessee and Ohio River Valleys
- FDA seeks permanent injunction against Pennsylvania dairy
- USDA Treats Trees in Suffolk County, Mass., Against Asian Longhorned Beetle
- USDA Announces Availability of Compliance Guide to Help Reduce Foodborne Illness
- USDA Distributes Oral Rabies Vaccine in Massachusetts and Ohio
- FSIS Announces Final Rule for Interstate Shipment of State-Inspected Meat and Poultry Products
- FDA warns companies to stop making MRSA claims for over-the-counter products
- FDA ‘Strategic Priorities 2011 – 2015’ now available
- Draft Guidance: Testing for Salmonella Species in Human Foods and Direct-Human-Contact Animal Foods5
- USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Flooding and Power Outages for States in the Southeast and Midwest United States
- Public Meeting to Seek Comments on Positions of Food Labeling Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission
- USDA Prepares Draft Environmental Assessment for Altered Colored Roses
- USDA Announces Proposed Test and Hold Requirement for Meat and Poultry Products
- USDA Announces Recent Animal Welfare Act and Horse Protection Act Enforcement Actions
- FDA clears test for bacteria that can cause serious intestinal disease
- USDA Launches National Environmental Policy Act Pilot Project
- FDA acts to prevent contamination problems with Triad antiseptic products
- FDA launches consumer-friendly Web search for consumers during recalls
- Minnesota Firm Recalls Turkey Burger Products Due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
- Alabama Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Fillet Products Due to Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- FDA proposes draft menu and vending machine labeling requirements, invites public to comment on proposals
- California Firm Recalls Pizza Products Due to Mislabeling and Undeclared Allergen
- USDA Posts Video on Oiling of Resident Canada Goose Eggs
- USDA Announces Public Meeting, Seeks Comments on Positions of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission
- USDA Announces Interim Rule Regarding the Importation of Horses from Contagious Equine Metritis-Affected Countries
- Spring Clean Your Kitchen to "Be Food Safe"
- Pennsylvania Firm Recalls Lebanon Bologna Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
- USDA Launches New Asian Longhorned Beetle Science Curriculum
- California Firm Recalls Kashi Southwest Style Chicken Products Due to Mislabeling and Undeclared Allergen
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USDA Sets New Standards for Reducing Foodborne Pathogens in Chickens and Turkeys, Preventing Up To 25,000 Illnesses
- Food and Water Safety During Hurricanes, Power Outages, and Floods
- Raw Milk May Pose Health Risk
- South Carolina Firm Recalls Spaghetti And Meatball Entrees That May Contain Foreign Materials
- "Pine Mouth" and Consumption of Pine Nuts
- Maryland sprout processor enters into consent decree with the FDA
- Minnesota Firm Recalls Honey Cured Turkey Stick Products Due To Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- Minnesota Firm Recalls Jerky Products Due To Mislabeling And Undeclared Allergens
- USDA Offers Food Safety Tips in Preparation for Tsunami Warnings in Hawaii and Along the West Coast
- USDA Treats Worcester County, Mass., Trees Against Asian Longhorned Beetle
- FDA, Justice Department take action against McNeil-PPC Inc.
- New York Firm Recalls Bologna Products Due To a Processing Deviation and Possible Contamination with Staphylococcus aureus Enterotoxin
- Kansas Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
- USDA Veterinarian to Serve One-Year Deployment to Assist Agriculture Officials in Pakistan
- FDA: E. coli O157:H7 cases linked to hazelnuts
- California Firm Recalls Chicken and Mushroom Pie Products Due to Mislabeling and Undeclared Allergen
- USDA Announces U.S. Seed Potato Growers Gain Additional Access to Thailand
- Virginia Firm Recalls Whole Chicken Products That May Be Adulterated
- USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Flooding in the South Central United States
- USDA Announces Public Meeting, Seeks Comments on Positions for Codex Committee on Fish and Fishery Products
- Arkansas Firm Recalls Various Meat and Poultry Products Produced Without Inspection
- Reportable Food Registry Annual Report
- USDA Announces Proposed Rule for the Inspection of Catfish and Catfish Products
- Colorado Firm Recalls Chili Products Due to Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- FDA seeks to invest in foodborne illness prevention, medical product safety and countermeasures
- USDA Announces Decision to Deregulate Genetically Engineered Corn
- Alabama Firm Recalls Barbecue Pork Products Due To Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- USDA Announces Additional Funding to Control European Grapevine Moth in California
- Quarterly Summary on FDA Inspections Under the Egg Safety Rule
- Public Meeting to Review Positions of Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food
- A Announces Additional Funding to Control European Grapevine Moth in California
- California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
- USDA Announces Partial Deregulation for Roundup Ready Sugar Beets
- USDA CONSUMER ALERT: Keeping Food Safe During An Emergency
- California Firm Recalls Frozen Veal Ravioli Products Due To Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- USDA ALERTA AL CONSUMIDOR: Cómo Mantener los Alimentos Sanos Durante una Emergencia
- Keeping Food Safe During An Emergency
- Reportable Food Registry Annual Report
- USDA: "Referee a Safe Super Bowl Party"
- USDA Announces Public Meeting, Seeks Comments on Positions of Pesticide Residues Committee of Codex Alimentarius Commission
- USDA Amends High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Requirements for Importing Birds, Poultry and Hatching Eggs
- Public Meeting to Review Positions of Codex Committee on Food Additives
- USDA Seeks Public Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Bird Hazard Reduction at New York City Airport
- Maine seafood processor enters into consent decree with FDA
- New Jersey Firm Expands Recall of Ground Beef Products Due To Possible Adulteration
- Colorado Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Mislabeling and Possible Adulteration
- FDA seeks to halt processing, distribution at New York juice company
- Food Safety: A Farm to Fork Effort
- Under Secretary for Food Safety Shares Some Insight on the Humane Handling of Livestock
- USDA to Hold Secretary's Advisory Committee Meeting on Animal Health
- FDA launches website to help regulated industries save time, resources
- California Firm Recalls Tamale Products Due to Mislabeling and an Undeclared Allergen
- FDA Don't Eat Certain Lots of Tiny Greens Brand Alfalfa Sprouts or Spicy Sprouts
- FDA Rolf's Patisserie recalling all desserts made after November 1
- FDA Consumers should not eat Sally Jackson cheese due to risk of Escherichia coli O157:H7
- FDA
Tainted products marketed as dietary supplements potentially dangerous
