Daily Harvest CEO Rachel Drori admits that her company has identified tara flour as the cause of more than 470 reported illnesses.
Tara flour comes from the seeds of tara trees which are native to
Continue Reading Consumer Reports warns that tara flour isn’t safe and should be avoided
The question members of a Senate subcommittee wanted answered by FDA officials involved how to make food safety a priority at the agency. The FDA commissioner said much of the answer would come out when
Continue Reading Senators ask FDA leaders if food safety is a priority at the agency
Consumer groups continue to call for faster and more efficient work from FDA on a variety of topics including heavy metals in baby food and the recent outbreak of cronobacter from infant formula.
The advocacy
Continue Reading Public action groups call for separate food arm at FDA to streamline food safety
One-third of samples tested by Consumer Reports showed Salmonella contamination of ground chicken, including product from one of the nation’s largest producers.
The investigation by the non-profit consumer watchdog group included testing of 75 samples
Continue Reading Salmonella contamination not unusual in chicken
A member of Congress and consumer groups are expressing shock and asking hard questions about reports of additional infant deaths attributed to baby formula from Abbott Nutrition.
Following a report on Wednesday citing a Food
Continue Reading U.S. representative livid about new information in infant formula crisis
The shortage of infant formula and the food safety reason behind it are front and center for groups like Consumer Reports and the Environmental Working Group, which are calling on Congress to take action.
Representatives
Continue Reading Advocates want answers from feds on infant formula outbreak and shortage; Congress, Biden act to ease situation
– OPINION –
By Brian Ronholm Director of Food Policy at Consumer Reports, and Liz Hitchcock Director at Safer Chemicals Healthy Families
The next time you order takeout at a favorite restaurant, there is a
Continue Reading It’s time for Congress to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging
– OPiNION –
By Mitzi D. Baum and James Kincheloe
The recent media coverage and public outcry over illnesses and two infant deaths associated with recalled powdered infant formula due to Cronobacter contamination is the
Parents, consumer groups, and a congresswoman want to know why it took the FDA months to begin investigations into infant formula after learning of the beginning of a cronobacter outbreak that has seen at least
Continue Reading Questions loom as FDA remains quiet on investigation into infant formula outbreak
A coalition of physicians, scientists, and public health and environmental organizations Thursday sent a formal petition to the Food and Drug Administration calling on the agency to rescind its approvals for bisphenol A (BPA) in
Continue Reading Groups petition FDA to restrict bisphenol A in food packaging for harmful effects
