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Food Safety Five Ep. 6: FDA Sets Limits for Lead in Food for Babies and Children

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Bailee Henderson
January 21, 2025

This episode of Food Safety Five discusses a recent report showing that FDA has not met its mandated food inspection targets since 2018. Also covered are FDA’s new action levels for lead in foods for babies and children, and the success of Canadian regulations to control Salmonella in raw, frozen and breaded chicken products.


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Swedish Food Basket Survey Shows Exposure to PFAS, Dioxins, Salt Decreasing

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Bailee Henderson
December 5, 2024

The Swedish Food Agency has published the results of its latest food basket survey, which show a decreasing trend in the levels of dioxin and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure. Dioxins and salt remain the largest health risks. 


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IFT Offers Resource to Help Mitigate Heavy Metals in Foods

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
October 22, 2024

A new whitepaper from the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) explores solutions to reducing exposure to toxic heavy metals in food. 


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Second U.S. Baby Food Producer Promises to Publish Product Test Results Guided by EU Standards

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
October 2, 2024

Babylife Organics has become the second U.S. baby food producer to announce a product testing initiative guided by EU standards; specifically, for toxic heavy metals, tested at four points along production, and measured in parts-per-billion.


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Baby Food Company First in U.S. to Set EU-Aligned Safety Standards, Share Test Results for Contaminants

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Bailee Henderson
September 25, 2024

Baby food producer Little Spoon is the first U.S. company in the sector to promise to never sell product that exceeds EU-aligned limits for toxic heavy metals, pesticides, and plasticizers, and to voluntarily publicize its product testing results.


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‘Safe School Meals Act’ Addresses Pesticides, PFAS, Food Dyes, and More in School Lunches

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Bailee Henderson
September 23, 2024

Senator Cory Booker’s Safe School Meals Act proposes widespread reforms that would reduce the presence of toxic heavy metals, pesticides, artificial food dyes, and chemicals in school lunches, and would mandate research to progress remediation methods for environmental contaminants polluting farms.


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Study Shows Conflicting Effects of Irrigation Management on Cadmium, Arsenic in Rice

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
September 13, 2024

A recent University of Delaware study has shown that, although certain irrigation management approaches can reduce the levels of either cadmium or arsenic in rice crops, irrigation management may not be able to simultaneously mitigate both of the chemicals.


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Study Explores Mitigation Strategies for Heavy Metal Absorption in Leafy Greens

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Food Safety Magazine Editorial Team
September 6, 2024

A new study has revealed how leafy greens like spinach absorb various toxic metals differently and offers strategies to reduce uptake, highlighting practical solutions for farmers, food processors, and consumers.


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EFSA Identifies Emerging Chemical Risks to Food Safety

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Bailee Henderson
August 22, 2024

A recent European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) technical report has summarized emerging chemical risks to food safety identified by the agency and its processes for doing so, covering the period 2020–2023.


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Study Shows Arsenic, Lead in U.S. Chocolates Decreased Over Time; Still Exceed Some Levels Considered ‘Safe’

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Bailee Henderson
August 1, 2024

A recent, 8-year-long analysis of U.S. dark chocolate and cocoa products revealed a significant portion of samples to contain cadmium and lead levels exceeding California Proposition 65 maximum allowable limits, although concentrations of toxic heavy metals were seen to reduce over time.


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