A bottled fruit juice from Australia has been recalled in three countries due to high levels of patulin.
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) in Hong Kong announced last week that a sample of the
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Researchers have described the first outbreak of apple juice-related cryptosporidiosis reported outside the United States.
Although it did not involve many people, it serves as a reminder that apple juice, and other beverages, may serve
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High Hill Ranch, based in Camino, CA, has recalled all unpasteurized apple juice sold after Oct. 6, 2015 after a consumer was apparently infected with Escherichia coli bacteria from drinking the product. That person was
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday proposed a limit for arsenic in apple juice, two years after testing by Dr. Oz and Consumer Reports spurred widespread consumer concern about the presence of the
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Nothing changed yesterday about arsenic in rice and rice products. Consumer Reports and National Chicken Council exchanged some shots, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not change so much as a comma
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Reps. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) are continuing to press the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to respond to reports of arsenic in juices and other foods.
On Wednesday, Pallone held a press
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U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone (D-NJ) and Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) introduced a bill Wednesday that would require the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to set safety standards for arsenic and lead in juices.
The “Arsenic
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Part II of a conversation with Michael Taylor, deputy commissioner for foods at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on a variety of issues facing the agency.
Q: The agency’s getting a lot of heat,
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Food fright, a phenomenon mostly experienced by parents, is 2011’s 8th most important food safety story.
Parents in 2011 have had to wade through scary stories about the purported dangers their children face if
Perhaps in response to Consumer Reports’ charges that levels of arsenic in children’s juices are so high that more restrictive standards would be healthier (see previous post), the FDA has done its own
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It seemed like fear-mongering in September when daytime TV star Dr. Mehmet Oz said some of the top-selling brands of apple juice were laced with high levels of arsenic, which indeed sounds very scary.
Most
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