Marler ClarkCA Rejects BPA Ban for Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups
The California Senate defeated a bill Tuesday that would have banned the use of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in baby bottles, sippy cups, and infant formula packaging intended for use by...
Contributing Writers
Helena Bottemiller
Helena Bottemiller is a Washington, DC-based reporter covering food policy, politics and regulation for Food Safety News. 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. Her work also appears on Civil Eats and Obama Foodorama and is widely cited in online and print publications. In her spare time, Helena does volunteer media relations for Lumana Credit, a small microfinance non-profit serving rural Ghana.
Articles Written by Helena Bottemiller
Federal Egg Recall Investigation Widens
Federal officials are widening their investigation of two Iowa farms at the center of a large-scale egg recall and multistate Salmonella outbreak. The criminal division of the Food and Drug...
Food Scandals Prompt Organic Growth in China
Food safety scandals have helped propel rapid growth in the the organic food sector of China's economy, according to the Telegraph."Interest has been promoted by a series of scares including...
Russian Poultry Dispute Complicated by Egg Fiasco
The headline-grabbing recall of over half a billion eggs for Salmonella contamination in the U.S. is complicating the ongoing dispute with Russia over the acceptance of U.S. poultry products."In light...
FDA Finds 'Objectionable Conditions' at Egg Farms
Flies "too numerous to count," rodents, wild birds, maggots, and open piles of manure four to eight feet high were among the observations released by the U.S. Food and Drug...
USDA E. coli Policy Questioned After Beef Recall
Late Friday night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Cargill Inc. was recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination.According to the USDA, two E. coli...
E. coli O26 Illnesses Spark Ground Beef Recall
Late Friday night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Cargill Inc. is recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination.According to the USDA, two E. coli...
$12 Million Settlement Recommended in Peanut Case
A federal judge is recommending the approval of a $12 million settlement to compensate those sickened and the families of people killed in the 2009 nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to...
Massive Egg Recall Prompts Hearing on Food Safety
Massive Egg Recall Prompts Hearing on Federal Food Safety SystemHouse Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak (D-MI) yesterday announced that the Subcommittee on...
FDA Salmonella Tests Link 2 Iowa Farms to Outbreak
FDA Investigators Find Salmonella Linking Iowa Farms to Outbreak, CDC Reports Jump in Illnesses Food and Drug Administration officials said yesterday their preliminary investigation has identified Salmonella-positive samples, linking two...
Congress Widens Egg Recall Investigation
Lawmakers are widening the scope of their investigation into the nationwide recall of over 500 million eggs. The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday asked both the Food and Drug...
Egg Gaps Illustrate Fractured Food Safety System
Eggs Slip Through the Cracks of a Fractured Food Safety SystemDES MOINES, IA--As consumers scramble to check their egg cartons and federal officials investigate two Iowa farms at the center...
Half-billion Eggs Recalled, Lawmakers Want Answers
As a nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to 550 million recalled eggs continues to unfold, key lawmakers are pressing federal regulators and the Iowa farms at the center of the recall...
Russia Slowly Approving U.S. Poultry Imports
American poultry is inching closer to full Russian acceptance as a months long trade dispute drags on.Russian officials declared in January they would no longer accept imported poultry processed with...
FDA: Farms Involved with Recall Need to Clean Up
The Iowa farms behind a recall of over half a billion eggs did not have adequate food safety standards in place, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told...