The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it will hold a public meeting on April 4 in College Park, MD, to discuss the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed rule to establish standards for the growing, harvesting, packing and holding of produce for human consumption (“Produce Safety Proposed Rule”). FDA also said it is extending the public scoping period for the EIS to April 18.
Today in remarks at the National Farmers Union National Convention in Santa Fe, NM, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new and expanded efforts to connect small- and mid-sized farmers and ranchers with U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) resources that can help them build stronger businesses, expand to reach new and larger markets, and grow their operations. Several of those efforts are focused on enhancing food safety.
A new study published In the February 2014 issue of the Journal of Food Production takes a look at the effects of temperature fluctuations during transit and in retail storage and display with respect to the growth of pathogens in bagged salads. In this case, the pathogens examined were E. coli 0157:H7 and Listeria monocytogenes.
A slight cut in one and a tiny bump in the other might sum up President Obama’s proposed budgets for federal food safety, an area which doesn’t even ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported dozens of new illnesses tied to salmonella contamination of fresh Foster Farms chicken, now putting the total number of affected persons at 481 and reopening the investigation.
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Roka Bioscience announced today that its Atlas STEC EG2 Combo Detection Assay for the detection of E. coli O157:H7 and other non-O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) has received AOAC Performance Tested Methods certification from the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI).
Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States contain azodicarbonamide (ADA), a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical, according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and advocacy group.
The Government of Canada yesterday announced it is proposing to amend the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalities Regulations (AMPs Regulations) to expand Administrative Monetary Penalities (AMPs) to the Meat Inspection Act and the Meat Inspection Regulations, enacted in 1990. The proposed regulatory amendments will enable the issuance of monetary penalties for violation of these laws.
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