Implementation Proving Hard, New Food Safety Rules
The FDA has faced tough opposition in the industry in implementing laws geared towards improving food safety within the nation. Earlier this month the agency was the recipient of a [...]
Hawaii E. Coli Outbreak Investigations
Last month, the Health Department of Hawaii announced an E. coli outbreak and to date, the source of the food poisoning has not yet been identified. Epidemiologists at the agency [...]
China’s Meat Safety Woes
The latest food scandal to taint China’s food safety image, the lamb meat scandal, continues to unfold as a gang of criminals dealing in the mislabeling of rat meat as [...]
Shopping Trends
The economy is not in the best shape and according to many people out there, the situation is likely to remain as it for some time. Fortunately, people always adapt [...]
Opposition to FDA Funding Strategies
While the government is currently trying to figure out new ways to fund efforts to safeguard the standards of food safety within the country, most of the industry players do [...]
NCC into the Antimicrobial Issue
After it was recently published in the Washington Post that the antimicrobials used in the processing of chicken posed a danger to the respiratory health of the plant workers and [...]
Dietary Supplement Found to be Carcinogenic
A dietary supplement, which is believed to enhance one’s memory, has been linked to growth of cancer tumors after a two-year-long study carried out on mice and rats. The research [...]
Cucumber Related Food-Borne Outbreaks
According to a report issued by the CDC, the Salmonella Saintpaul (as it is referred to) has infected a total of 73 people from 18 states, with the state majorly [...]