The Expanded Food Safety Investigation Act to give the Food and Drug Administration FDA new powers to investigate livestock feedlots and animal confinement facilities has been introduced in Congress.
Sponsored by Rep.Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, the legislation would allow investigations when such animal units are implicated in foodborne illness outbreaks.
“It
Continue Reading Bill to put animal confinement under FDA regulation for food safety purposes introduced in House
It’s been 10 years in the making, but the FDA has announced final guidance on the levels of arsenic in apple juice, seen as crucial for children’s safety.
The new guidance sets the level at 10 parts per billion (ppb), the same as the agency’s draft guidance issued in 2013.
Continue Reading FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice
Eleven organizations that work closely with the Food and Drug Administration are asking bipartisan congressional leaders to work with them on “several pressing food safety issues this year.”
The eleven who’ve written congressional leaders include:
–Steven Mandernach, Executive Director, Association of Food and Drug Officials
–Donna Garren, Executive Vice President
Consumer Reports and the Environmental Working Group are halfway home in their strategy to ban harmful chemicals in food. They’ve focused on California where a slow but steady approach has landed a favorable 54-11 Assembly vote for AB 418 banning five harmful chemicals from candy, cereals, and other processed food.
Continue Reading California Assembly passes first-in-the-nation ban on chemicals in processed food
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I am frustrated that Consumer Reports and other companies will not distinguish us and other small producers who offer a premium troll caught canned tuna. Yes it costs more money and no it is not in every store in the US. Since our tuna is canned in
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna
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Consumer Reports is supporting a proposal announced April 25 by the USDA to declare salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products at low levels so that the agency can more effectively respond to foodborne illness outbreaks. CR praised the proposed rule as an important first
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: CR supports USDA work to make chicken safer
The California Assembly Health Committee Tuesday was scheduled to consider Assembly Bill 418, introduced in February by Assembly member Jesse Gabriel, D-San Fernando Valley, which seeks to ban five harmful food additives which are already prohibited from use in the European Union.
The bill was one of about
Continue Reading Food chemicals ban moves forward in California Assembly
Consumer Reports is out with a new analysis of what it describes as risky foods consumers should know about.
The list was compiled after the organization looked at data from 2017 through 2022. The researchers focused on widely consumed foods that had recalls during the study period. They did not
Continue Reading Consumer Reports compiles a list of 10 ‘risky foods’ to watch out for
A coalition of consumer and industry groups is seeking a meeting with a Senate committee regarding the head of the FDA and his response to a recent report calling for a reorganization of the agency.
The coalition is made up of the Consumer Brands Association, Consumer Reports, STOP Foodborne Illness
Continue Reading Coalition wants an audience with the Senate committee to discuss FDA leadership
Fish-free tuna in a can. How can that be?
Turns out that an Israeli company, Vgarden Ltd. has developed what it calls a “game-changing’ vegan tinned tuna.”
“Game-changing” in more ways than one because tuna is the most popular fish in the world. Open up a food cupboard in just
Continue Reading Startup company offers vegan tuna in a can; some say it boosts food safety