Marler ClarkRestaurants Join in Clean Water Project
Next week, waitstaff at restaurants across the country will invite patrons to donate a dollar for their tap water to help UNICEF provide clean water to children across the globe.Waterborne...
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Helena Bottemiller
Helena Bottemiller is a Washington, DC-based reporter covering food policy, politics and regulation for Food Safety News. After years of being a self-described food policy wonk, Helena delved into the food safety world for the first time while writing her thesis on the politics of food regulation at Claremont McKenna College in Los Angeles, where she graduated with a degree in Government. In her spare time, Helena does volunteer media relations for Lumana Credit, a small microfinance non-profit serving rural Ghana.
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DeLauro: Food Safety Law Will Pass in 2010
The timing of legislation that would overhaul the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) authority and capacity to regulate the food supply has been in question since the House passed...
Bill Introduced to Improve Recall Notification
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill Monday that would set more specific guidelines for disseminating food recall information to consumers and health care providers, and it appears Democratic leaders...
HVP Recalls May Affect Meat Labeling
In the wake of hundreds of product recalls for Salmonella-contaminated flavor enhancer hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is telling...
Lead Found in Imported Indian Spices
Researchers in Boston recently tested imported spices and food products in 15 Indian specialty stores and found a quarter of the samples contained more than 1 microgram of lead per...
Study Finds Arsenic in Apple Juice
A study released yesterday found over 25 percent of apple juice boxes tested contained concerning levels of arsenic, a heavy metal known to cause various types of cancer.Florida's St. Petersburg...
Food Safety News Launches iPhone App
Since Food Safety News launched in September, we've been actively seeking new platforms on which to deliver breaking news and expert opinion. We've been growing our presence on Twitter (follow...
Q&A With Food Safety Expert Phyllis Entis
As a microbiologist and former Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) official, Phyllis Entis knows an awful lot about food safety. Her blog, eFoodAlert is an excellent resource for anyone who...
Libertarian Farmers Lobby Against S. 510
It is not every day you find Amish farmers serving raw milk in the U.S. Senate. But this week a group of libertarian, small, sustainable, organic farmers were serving up...
Slow Food Tracing Puts School Lunch at Risk
Several hundred schools may have received recalled beef, USA Today reported Wednesday. The beef, potentially contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, was not purchased by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA)...
US One of Top Five Food Safety Offenders
A new global monitoring tool identifies the United States as one of the top five worst food safety offenders, along with China, Turkey, Iran, and Spain. The findings are based...
Food Safety Key Concern in FDA Budget Hearing
Food safety concerns, including the ongoing hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) Salmonella recall, were discussed in a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on the president's 2011 budget request for the U.S. Food...
USDA Vet Blows Whistle on Food Safety Agency
Congressman promises "relentless" oversight after FSIS veterinarian blows whistle on humane handling and food safety violationsCongressional oversight subcommittee chairman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is vowing to increase oversight over USDA meat...
GAO: FDA Oversight on Additives Lacking
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not exercise adequate oversight over certain widely used food additives, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last week.The GAO,...
Wisconsin Bans BPA in Bottles, Sippy Cups
Wisconsin has joined a growing list of state governments taking BPA regulation into their own hands. Governor Jim Doyle signed a bill into law Wednesday banning the chemical from being...