The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that became law in January gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority to impose and collect fees from food producers when
After contaminated pet foods killed more than 8,500 U.S. cats and dogs in 2007, the Food and Drug Administration and its federal and state health partners decided they
Four years after the Food and Drug Administration proposed guidelines for gluten-free labeling, the issue of what qualifies as “gluten-free” is back on the table.
Today the agency
California state health officials confirmed Tuesday that the nationwide
Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to ground turkey has claimed one
life in Sacramento County. According to the Centers for Disease Control
The latest salvo by proponents of genetically engineered (GE) salmon [“Big Salmon Says Science Is On Its Side” by Dan Flynn, July 28, 2011] takes direct aim at letters sent
Seafood companies operating without an adequate Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan often produce only a product or two.
That’s not the case at Capt’n Chucky’
Michigan’s De Jong Dairy in Hickory Corners and New York’s Valmont Dairy at Lowville are the latest to cross the U.S. Food and Drug Administration over drug
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with public health officials across the country and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to
Nestle Purina PetCare Company (NPPC) is recalling a limited number
of 3.5- and 7-pound bags of its Purina ONE Vibrant Maturity 7+ Dry Cat
Food because some of
At least 18 people have now been sickened in an outbreak of Campylobacter infection associated with raw milk from a cow-share farm in Alaska’s Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su)
Five people have been sickened with Yersinia enterocolitica after drinking pasteurized milk in glass bottles from the same dairy, according to the Pennsylvania departments of Health and Agriculture and the
It’s time for the government to establish universal requirements for gluten-free labeling, say U.S. Senators Ron Leahy (D-VT) and Ron Wyden (D-OR).
In a letter