Food safety News
|
If you’re like most consumers, you check the “sell by” or “use by” label before you buy food products. But, is it OK to eat an item after the date stamped on the label? The FDA wants to change those confusing labels to reduce food waste.
|
|
Public health officials in Canada are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella infections involving five provinces: British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Quebec related to consuming cucumbers, as is Washington state across the border.
|
|
The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that ready-to-eat salads made by small suppliers across the country are being recalled because they might be contaminated with listeria and salmonella.
|
|
Businesses big and small across Canada are cooking up pot-laced goodies - even though edible products made with marijuana will not be legal until sometime in 2019.
|
|
A strip of plastic film may one day make "best before" dates irrelevant. Thanks to research being conducted at Canada's McMaster University, the food packaging itself may soon definitively tell you if the food is safe to eat.
|
|
Carrefour SA, the big France-based hyper grocery chain wants its customers to know if that chicken they purchased led a good life, and was treated humanely. To that end, your purchase will come with its very own story, thanks to blockchain.
|
|
Cold Spring, Minnesota-based GNP Company recalled approximately 55,608 pounds of chicken products late Saturday afternoon that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service.
|
|
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under fire from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for its inefficient and ineffective food recall procedures. It was also learned that CRF Foods has been in violation of food safety rules for years.
|
|
In the wake of the huge General Mills flour recall last week, more information has come out in the news media, including the story of one young teenager who was hospitalized, fighting for her life after taking a bite of raw cookie dough a few days before.
|
|
Poultry slaughter facilities around the country have only a few weeks left to get their act together and show they have implemented the new FSIS Pathogen Reduction Standards. But the feds expect almost half to fail.
|
|
Health Canada will propose changes to the Food and Drug Regulations next month that would allow the irradiation of packaged fresh and frozen ground beef for sale in Canada.
|
|
Following Canada's approval of GMO salmon on May 20, Friends of the Earth U.S. along with a coalition of groups against GMO salmon released an updated list of more than 80 retailers refusing to sell the product.
|
London -
In the U.K. the number of food safety inspections conducted at places where food is served to the public have declined by 15 percent, due to government cuts. Is this placing consumers at greater risk?
|
|
It's bad enough that we have to worry about E. coli and Listeria germs in our food products. Now we have to worry about glass in our food. In the past few weeks, four recalls have been issued over pieces of glass in a variety of food products.
|
|
Meat, eggs and milk could be produced in lab without killing or harming animals thanks to microbe cultures. The future of food as we know it may be forever changed, allowing even vegetarians and vegans to eat hamburgers and milkshakes again.
|
|
Food safety issues are in the news and it has nothing to do with recalled products. This time, food exports from Canada to the U.S. are possibly at stake, but the CFIA says any food safety issues have been addressed.
|
|
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) is given the task of ensuring consumer's meat, poultry and egg products are safe, wholesome, properly labeled and packaged.
|
|
It's been a bumpy year for Chipotle after frustrating outbreaks of E. coli and norovirus, so the company has decided it's time to take a short break and have a meeting with employees to discuss this unpleasant situation.
|
|
Food safety and protecting the public from pathogenic bacteria is the primary focus of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the FDA and the CDC. However, with all the regulations governing the safety of our food chain, there are harmful breakdowns.
|
|
Two people died today in the Carolinas from flooding brought on by heavy rains. And in the Bahamas, a very violent Joaquin continues to batter the islands with 130 mph winds, while the min. pressure of the storm has dropped further to 931 mb.
|
|
Washington -
September is National Food Safety month, although many of the issues raised are pertinent not only to the U.S. but also to most countries worldwide.
|
|
Bombay -
The Indian government is to sue Nestlé for $100 million over Maggi noodles. Maggi noodles were a popular snack in India before it was recently banned over food quality issues. The government claims that Nestlé have engaged in "unfair trade practices.”
|
|
The detection of metal contaminates in our food supply is important to our health and safety, but existing methods of inspection are limited. However, researchers at Toyohashi University Of Technology may have solved that problem.
|
|
Khapra beetles are a serious threat to food safety around the globe. They can destroy a significant portion of stored grains due to their "dirty eating" habits. They are difficult to control, and can survive anywhere, as long as it is warm.
|
|
In 2010, Congress passed a sweeping food safety law that gave the FDA broader powers in preventing foodborne illness outbreaks. But with all the new powers allowed, Congress failed to give enough funding to the agency to carryout the new laws.
|
|
Memorial Day is set aside to remember and honor the men and women who gave their lives to ensure America's freedom. It is also the unofficial start of summer, and many Americans will celebrate with cookouts, picnics and other food-related activities.
|
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put in place measures where mechanically tenderized beef sold in the U.S. must be clearly labeled.
|
|
Mumbai -
A report from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India indicates that over 68 percent of milk sold to consumers is substandard. In some cases milk has been adulterated with sugar, glucose powder and edible oil.
|
Edmonton -
At a news conference on Tuesday in Edmonton, the national president of Canada's Agricultural Union said the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) cutbacks in the number of inspections of processing plants is putting people at risk of foodborne illnesses.
|
|
The Reusable Packaging Association has responded to a number of reports critical of the safety of plastic shipping containers used to transport fruit and vegetables to markets. On March 10, the RPA issued new science-based protocols.
|
apis-397028 apis-379720 apis-379592 apis-378720 apis-370704 apis-363163 apis-308761 apis-308148 apis-307733 apis-307481 apis-307322 apis-306915 apis-302380 apis-300180 apis-299440 apis-297706 apis-295040 apis-293578 apis-285256 apis-283786 apis-280541 apis-279284 apis-275725 apis-275628 apis-273201 apis-272650 apis-267285
Food safety Image
A look inside a food safety laboratory. AFDO
I'll pass on getting this extra protein in my diet. Swaminathan
Westside Market on the Upper West Side of Manhattan displays fresh produce at the sidewalk. File photo / Billy Hathorn
Khapra beetle (Trogoderma granarium) in a bag of rice confiscated by the US Customs and Border Protection. U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Always use a food thermometer to check the internal temperature of burgers, steaks, chicken, and foods containing meat or poultry. OddJob/wikipedia
Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey includes hundreds of volunteers and over 100 group partners. Pictured here are some of the volunteers at the annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner
Climate change in impacting food production and food safety. Vince Bucello
Produce displayed in market in China. 朕邦萬広
Remember food safety guidelines during the holidays to keep the family healthy. YouTube
The new metal detector series AluScan is an intelligent magnetic field surface sensor, which detects the remaining magnetism from metallic contaminants. The products to be examined are magnetised on the conveyor before being transported through the metal detector. The non-magnetisable aluminium packages are thus invisible for the metal sensor. Contaminated products are detected and rejected. Arun Arondekar
X-Ray inspection machines are available in a variety of sizes, based on the size of the products to be inspected with larger products requiring a larger apeture which requires more powerful X-Ray scanning. Accuweigh
Infections from Listeria hit over 1,600 people a year in the U.S. resulting in 260 deaths. CBS Evening News
File photo: Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals can enter the environment through industrial and urban discharges, agricultural run-off and the burning and release of waste. Photo: UNEP United Nations Environmental Programme
For every Toronto resident reporting a food-borne illness, 277 cases go unreported. NutritionFacts.org.
|
|
