Food Safety
Obama Signs Bill To Improve Nation's Food Safety
Foreshadowing the coming power struggles between the White House and a more Republican Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation's food safety system as some lawmakers complained that it's too expensive and threatened its funding.
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NFU Applauds Enactment Of Food Safety & Modernization Act
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement after President Obama signed the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act into law:
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Obama To Sign Bill To Improve Nation's Food Safety
When salmonella-laced peanut products sickened hundreds during a recent scare, President Barack Obama said consumers should be able to have confidence that their government will keep peanut butter-eating children safe - and that included his daughter Sasha.
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California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products
First Class Foods, Inc., a Hawthorne, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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Milk Recalled Over Pasteurization Concerns
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker alerted consumers on Tuesday that Bethel Livestock Farm, Swan Lake, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling certain milk products due to improper pasteurization. Proper pasteurization heats milk in order to effectively eliminate all pathogenic bacteria, such as Listeria and Salmonella.
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UN Concerned About China's Food Safety Activists
China has made "remarkable progress" in growing sufficient food to feed its people but its official efforts to silence people who alert the public to food safety problems are worrisome, a U.N. official said Thursday.
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Durbin's Food Safety Bill Passes House, Goes To President For Signature
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act passed the House today marking most comprehensive reform of the nation's food safety system in over a decade.
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House Sends Food Safety Bill To President
The House has passed a sweeping bill aimed at making food safer following recent contaminations in peanuts, eggs and produce, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
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Debunk-tion Central
The theories of one of the anti-biotech community’s more prolific critics are sliced, diced and ultimately shredded by a team of scientific experts on a new pro-GMO website—well worth a look.
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Senate Passes Food Safety Bill, Again
The Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping bill to make food safer, sending it to the House in the waning days of Congress.
It was the second time the Senate passed the bill, which would give the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food.
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Texas Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Mislabeling & Possible Adulteration
Winn Meats Co., a Dallas, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 25,600 pounds of ground beef products that were improperly labeled and potentially adulterated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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