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...
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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...
EFSA Releases Study on PCBs in Food, Feed
Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, are a widespread class of persistent organic chemicals that accumulate in the environment and humans and are associated with a broad spectrum of health effects. PCBs...
Hong Kong Studies Cuisines Popular With Visitors
Hong Kong gets 30 million visitors a year, and they remain in the city for an average of 3.2 nights. Most of those visitors try Chinese regional cuisines sometime...
$300 Fine for Abusing Slaughterhouse Animals
Judge E.W. Coward of Canada's Lethbridge Provincial Court in southern Alberta has given local resident Andrew McMillan until Oct. 14 to pay a $300 fine.McMillan pleaded guilty on July 28...
European Agency Assesses Allergens in GMOs
The European Food Safety Authority's Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Panel has adopted a scientific opinion to determine the potential for an allergic reaction by genetically modified plants and microorganisms and...
UK Updates Food Hygiene Rating Scheme
The United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency has written to all local authorities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to inform them of an update to the Food Hygiene Rating System.The...
FDA Finds Seafood Importers have HACCP Problems
Seafood importers from Venezuela and Malaysia operating process facilities without proper Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plans recently received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.In...
Toronto Wendy's Worker has Hepatitis A
Toronto Public Health announced last week that at least one employee at the Wendy's restaurant located at 438 Nugget Ave. in Scarborough has tested positive for hepatitis A. Although the...
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...
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