The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to
Continue Reading Pesticides, food additives, Salmonella spark FDA to act on imported foods
Seven in 10 Americans are concerned about the presence of chemical products in food, according to a survey.
The poll by Mérieux NutriSciences and bioMérieux found 70 percent of respondents were troubled about this topic
Continue Reading Chemicals in food are a main safety concern for majority of Americans
Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This
Continue Reading FDA’s food additive regulations fail to address toxic chemicals in food
Fast casual restaurant chain Panera is expanding the list of additives they won’t allow in their food. The company announced Tuesday that, by the end of 2016, all of the food in its U.S. bakery-cafes
Continue Reading More Artificial Ingredients Coming Off Panera’s Menu
The Nutrition Facts label can be the conscious consumer’s best friend, but it often leaves shoppers more confused than informed. It may be comforting for someone to find a list of common and easily recognized
Continue Reading Food Ingredients: Many Routes to Safety Approval
Food ingredients such as butylated hydroxyanisol, acesulfame potassium or methyl salicylate may sound scary, but the only thing threatening about them is their name, according to a new guidefrom the International Food Information Council
Continue Reading New Guide Puts Unfamiliar Ingredient Names in Consumer-Friendly Terms
Raw meat and poultry products are sometimes marinated or injected with water, salt water, flavorings and other additives, but consumers may not know that unless they read the fine print on the package.
Now the
Continue Reading USDA Wants Meat Labels to Disclose Additives
