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How to recognize industry groups in disguise

Michele Simon and the Center for Food Safety have just come out with a new report: Best Public Relations Money Can Buy: A Guide to Food Industry Front Groups.  This report explains how how Big Food and Big Ag promote their agendas through organizations with consumer-friendly names such as the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance, the Center for [...]

Ecolab Introduces STEALTH® Fusion Fly Light to Help Enhance Food Safety for Foodservice Operators

Ecolab Introduces STEALTH ® Fusion Fly Light to Help Enhance Food Safety for Foodservice Operators Captures up to two times more flies than traditional indoor fly lights ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ecolab introduces the STEALTH...Show More Summary

California produce officials prep for safety changes

SAN DIEGO — From upgrading food safety training to taking a possible role in verifying compliance, the Sacramento-based California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement is responding to the Food Safety Modernization Act on several fronts...

Industry comments urged on FDA produce safety rule

SAN DIEGO — Once produce safety regulations become final under the Food Safety Modernization Act, the industry will have to live with them for a long time.

Leading Supermarket Group Adopts Food Safety Solution from ReposiTrak

Leading Supermarket Group Adopts Food Safety Solution from ReposiTrak Adoption positions ReposiTrak as the industry standard for tracking and tracing food and drugs throughout the global supply chain Commitment represents 20% of theShow More Summary

How a Food Store Inspection Turned Into a Hazmat Emergency

Two food safety emergencies in College Station, TX – an E. coli outbreak and a fumigant problem in a grocery store –  do not have anything to do with one another. “At this time, the two incidents do not appear to be related,” Sara Mendez of the Brazos County Health Department told Food Safety News.... Continue Reading

After Latest Scandals, Chinese Premier Urges Tighter Food Safety Controls

During a nationwide teleconference on Monday Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged “strict market supervision and harsh penalties” to improve food safety and assure costumers that something like the melamine milk scandal will never happen again. Show More Summary

Budget Cuts Have Left Massachusetts Unable To Inspect Food Plants, Hospitals, And Air Quality

A half-decade of budget cuts has left Massachusetts’ public health department so understaffed that it cannot keep pace with a massive backlog of safety inspections for public facilities and investigations into Americans’ complaints about medical mismanagement and malpractice. Show More Summary

Birko releasing antimicrobial spray for processing

A food safety material supplier is targeting fresh-cut processors with its latest product release, with a goal of complying with food safety regulations.

Policy Points: Make Cosmetics Safe and Support Industry Innovation

The current law guiding the manufacture of cosmetics dates back to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act of 1938. This legislation granted oversight of cosmetics safety to the cosmetics industry itself, meaning that the FDA has almost no authority. Show More Summary

Center for Food Safety Lists ‘Food Industry Front Groups’

After a 40-year absence, enemies lists are making a comeback in Washington D.C. The ordinarily mild-mannered Center for Food Safety (CFS) Tuesday put out a list of what it called “food industry front groups” that it charged with being guilty of deceptive practices. “Front groups like these have long served as an industry tool to... Continue Reading

Yum Faces IT Supply Chain Hurdles in China Expansion

Bloomberg News Yum Brands Inc. was cleared last week of meat quality issues in its Little Sheep Group Ltd. chain of restaurants in China, after Shanghai food safety regulators had earlier said the company received shipments labeled as...Show More Summary

Safe juicing and blending

Before you turn on the juicer or blender, be sure to read these food safety tips.

Briefly: Food Allergy Tips, Jetstar 2-For-1 Deal, Richmond $1 Land Block Sale

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers including: Buy one Jetstar ticket get one free, Richmond Shire Council teases $1 land block sale, Food Allergy Week safety guide. More »      

USDA, FDA Issue Major Report on Reducing Deadly Listeria in Deli Products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have released a detailed draft risk assessment aimed at reducing Listeria monocytogenes in deli products reaching consumers’ plates. Show More Summary

Seth Shulman: Got Science? ALEC Threatens Food Safety With 'Ag Gag' Laws

Ironically, "ag-gag" laws are being pushed at a time of heightened public concerns about healthy eating and the safety of the food supply. Nonetheless, ALEC's strategy, while receiving relatively little press, has proved alarmingly successful so far.

Seth Shulman: Got Science? ALEC Threatens Food Safety With 'Ag Gag' Laws

Ironically, "ag-gag" laws are being pushed at a time of heightened public concerns about healthy eating and the safety of the food supply. Nonetheless, ALEC's strategy, while receiving relatively little press, has proved alarmingly successful so far.

GlobalGAP produce standards recognized

The Global Food Safety Initiative has recognized GlobalGAP’s Integrated Farm Assurance program and Produce Safety Standard. Officials with Baltimore, Md.-based GlobalGAP North America Inc., said the GFSI recognition meets retailer benchmarking expectations in a big way,

Ecolab Introduces New EPA & FDA Cleared Antimicrobial Fruit and Vegetable Treatment

Ecolab Introduces New EPA & FDA Cleared Antimicrobial Fruit and Vegetable Treatment Developed to help improve food safety practice CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ecolab Inc. introduces Antimicrobial Fruit and Vegetable Treatment (AFVT) --...Show More Summary

Wrigley Halts Rollout of Caffeinated Gum in Response to FDA Concerns

Candy giant Wrigley announced last week that it will temporarily remove its new caffeinated gum from the market after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expressed concerns over the product’s safety. The gum was greeted with skepticism immediately after its release late last month by FDA and consumer groups alike. The federal food safety agency... Continue Reading

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