Stories Tagged "food safety"
FDA to Investigate Caffeine Additives
posted on May 3, 2013 at 4:21 PM
New Deadline Ordered For FDA Food Safety Reforms
posted on April 26, 2013 at 2:26 PM
Two nonprofits, the Center for Food Safety and Center for Environmental Health, alleged the agency failed to meet the deadlines and sued.
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White House Warns Of Food Safety Cuts
posted on February 15, 2013 at 2:04 PM
Department of Agriculture inspectors could be furloughed for up to 15 days, meaning meatpacking plants would have to intermittently shut down and there could be less meat in grocery stores.
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Ireland: Test Shows Polish 'Beef' 75 pct Horsemeat
posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:52 PM
The discovery of horsemeat poses no danger to consumers but highlights the inaccuracy of food labels on some processed meat products and points to potential fraud in the industry. Horsemeat costs a fraction of beef.
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Market to Market (January 11, 2013)
posted on January 11, 2013 at 7:22 PM
Report: Beef industry using risky procedures
posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Officials with the American Meat Institute, an industry lobbying group, defended the tenderizing process as safe.
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FDA Halts Operations At Peanut Butter Plant
posted on November 30, 2012 at 4:37 PM
41 people in 20 states were sickened by peanut butter manufactured at the plant.
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Federal Food Safety Program To End In Minnesota
posted on November 21, 2012 at 11:50 AM
Agriculture officials are phasing out a federally funded program that allows them to test produce for contaminants
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Salmonella Confirmed in Peanut Butter Plant
posted on October 5, 2012 at 11:58 AM
Health officials have confirmed the presence of salmonella in a jar of peanut butter found in a victim's home.
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Georgia Conducting Food Inspections Based on Risk
posted on September 28, 2012 at 12:38 PM
Previously, Georgia food inspectors aimed to inspect each food manufacturing facility once every six months.
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Farmer Acquitted in Minnesota Raw Milk Trial
posted on September 28, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Minnesota Department of Agriculture officials issue statement saying the jury made a "narrow finding" on whether enough evidence existed.
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Food Safety Program Temporarily Spared the Ax
posted on July 18, 2012 at 3:52 PM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The Agriculture Department grudgingly extended the life of the nation's largest produce-safety testing program Monday, just as the initiative was slated to be shut down.
The tiny program samples thousands of high-risk...
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Gov't Expanding E. coli Tests In Meat
posted on June 1, 2012 at 10:48 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is expanding E. coli testing in some raw meat, a move expected to prevent more people from contracting the bacteria that can cause severe illness or death.
Starting Monday, the meat industry will have to...
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GMO Labeling Law Wins Backing In Connecticut
posted on March 23, 2012 at 3:26 PM
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut took the first step requiring producers to label genetically modified food Wednesday, as a legislative committee overwhelmingly backed a measure promoted as giving consumers more information while...
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National Grocers Stop Buying "Pink Slime" Meat
posted on March 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — At least three national supermarket operators have decided to stop buying ground beef that contains the filler now known as "pink slime."
Federal regulators say the filler, known in the industry as "lean, finely...
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