Food Safety
Review recommends food label changes
The National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Medicine Food and Nutrition Board is recommending an overhaul of food nutrition labels. In a recent report, IOM suggests listing calories, saturated and trans fats, sodium and sugars on the front of food labels.
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Meat and Poultry Research Conference sessions feature food safety, nutrition
This year’s inaugural Meat and Poultry Research Conference, to be held November 1-2, 2011, in Kansas City, Missouri will feature sessions on two of the most important topics to the meat and poultry industry today: food safety and human health and nutrition.
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Commentary: A lot at stake
Modern agriculture has become a villain of sorts, even though you’re producing significantly more food today than even 10 years ago, with much greater precision and less impact on the environment.
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FDA targets quick response to food illnesses
In the past five years, consumers have faced widespread outbreaks of foodborne illnesses tied to a varity of foods. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to prevent or shorten these outbreaks by developing tools to rapidly track down foods that may be contaminated.
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FREE-B runs through food and animal disease exercises
U.S. Food and Drug Administration has developed “The Food Related Emergency Exercise Boxed” called FREE-B, designed to assess food emergency response plans, protocols and procedures that are in place, under development or being revised.
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Food system summit features World Wildlife Fund official
The 6th annual Food System Summit: Food Choices - Challenges – Realities will present Jason Clay, senior vice president market transformation, World Wildlife Fund, as a keynote speaker.
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Commentary: The right and wrong way to raise food
Did you know you raise food the wrong way? If you raise hogs inside a building you do. At least that’s according to a new 2:20-minute animated film created by Chipotle Mexican Grill.
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USFRA adds Monsanto, plans town hall meeting
Monsanto has signed up with the U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance and will participate in the effort to answer Americans' questions about how their food is raised.
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Busting food-safety myths
A typical U.S. consumer will comb grocery stores to find foods they think are fresh and safe to eat. In truth, all foods, regardless of the way they were produced, need to be handled, stored and prepared properly in order to prevent the growth of harmful bacteria that can cause foodborne illness.
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Antibiotic debate gets new life
While it never really went away, the debate surrounding antibiotic use in food-animals is getting renewed attention. The recent recall involving ground turkey and a University of Maryland study on organic chicken are among the recent news items that are breathing new life into the issue.
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GMO food labeling march set for October
A coalition of organizations, businesses and individuals are planning to raise awareness and pressure the U.S. government about the lack of labeling of Genetically Engineered foods "people unknowingly consume." They've organized a Right2Know march from New York to Washington, D.C.
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