Plans to create stronger penalties for deliberate food contamination are being considered in New Zealand.
Nathan Guy, a member of parliament for the New Zealand National Party, has proposed a Member’s Bill to protect people
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Police investigating after needles found in Australian strawberries
Sewing needles have been found in six brands of strawberries sold at Woolworths in four Australian states.
Queensland authorities warned people who bought the Berry Obsession, Berry Licious, Love Berry, Donnybrook Berries, Delightful Strawberries, and
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Report: Food Recalls Have Nearly Doubled Since 2002
The number of U.S. food products recalled — and the costs associated with those recalls — have nearly doubled since 2002, according to a report by reinsurance company Swiss Re. In more than half
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As Online Sales of Breast Milk Rise, Experts Warn of Dangers
With information abounding on the health benefits of breast milk for infants, a growing number of under-producing mothers are eschewing formula and instead turning to online marketplaces to buy breast milk directly from other moms.
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Raw Milk: A Mother’s Story
My interest in health and nutrition began some 30 years ago. At 19 I quit smoking and for the first time in my life put on some extra pounds. (I’m sure it had something to
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Gulf Seafood Not So Safe for Pregnant Women, Children?
If people living on the Gulf Coast trusted the federal government all that much, they might be in trouble right now.
In the first peer-reviewed challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s)
Drips Could Ruin Shredded Lettuce, Says FDA
Zuccaro’s Produce Co. in Minneapolis received a May 9 warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration about drip or condensate in its building.
“Your plant and facilities must be constructed in such a
Refillable Soap Dispensers May Pose Risk
Liquid soap in bulk, refillable dispensers can become contaminated and actually increase the number of disease-causing microbes when people wash their hands with it, according to research published in the May issue of the journal
Seattle Lab Finds Tainted Grocery Store Chickens
A Seattle microbiologist reports that he found the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus on nearly half, and Campylobacter on more than half, of 100 raw chicken samples collected from area grocery stores.
The contaminated poultry included organic
Researchers Unlock One E. coli Mystery
By following a “guiding light,” USDA researchers were able to unlock one piece of the baffling puzzle about how the potentially fatal E. coli O157:H7 can contaminate spinach and other salad greens.
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Has China Learned from Melamine Scandal?
Whether it was Great Leap Forward turning out to be a reversal or the Cultural Revolution ending up in chaos, it was years before China’s top political bodies felt secure enough to talk about any