A plant commonly referred to as female ginseng and used to make soup is being recalled because of excessive levels of heavy metals.
Murray Int’l Trading of Brooklyn, NY,
Almost half of the new trade issues discussed in a WTO committee in 2020 mentioned food safety, according to a report on the meeting.
Of the 36 new specific trade
The European Commission has set new maximum levels for lead and cadmium in a range of food products to protect public health.
Measures will apply beginning Aug. 30 for limits
There are reports of more than 80 lawsuits filed against firms that were named in a February congressional report about highly dangerous levels of arsenic and other poisons in baby
A Codex committee has recommended new maximum levels (MLs) for cadmium in chocolate.
The levels set for cadmium are 0.3 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) for chocolate containing up
Janet Woodcock, the acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and Susan T. Mayne, director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Thursday announced Closer to Zero, a
The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting data on methylmercury and total mercury in certain fish species.
Fish types for which maximum limits have already been established are excluded.
People
Some adults in Finland are exposed to amounts of heavy metals in food that could pose a risk to their health, according to an assessment.
The Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto)
An analysis by Norwegian scientists has found a low level of heavy metals in processed fish products in the country.
Commercially available items were collected from 2015 to 2018 and
Researchers have presented updated data on the global disease burden caused by foodborne chemicals and toxins.
The data were discussed at a symposia in Arlington, VA, at the annual meeting
Sen. Chuck Schumer wants immediate action from the FDA to address toxic metals in baby food. He is also demanding the agency tell the public what it’s going to
Laboratory analysis of 50 big-name baby foods showed the presence of at least one heavy metal in all of them, with two-thirds having “worrisome” levels, according to information from Consumer
