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Advocates want answers from feds on infant formula outbreak and shortage; Congress, Biden act to ease situation

By Coral Beach on May 20, 2022

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

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Some leafy greens added to Dirty Dozen, strawberries still at top of the EWG’s list

By Coral Beach on March 18, 2021

This year’s Dirty Dozen list from the Environmental Working Group opens with a statement about COVID-19 and food safety, encouraging consumers to continue to eat fresh fruits and vegetables during the pandemic.

Officials with the…
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Raisins invade list as environmental group names ‘dirty’ fresh produce

By Coral Beach on March 26, 2020

The Environmental Working Group has finished crunching numbers from a government report and again says strawberries are at the top of the group’s Dirty Dozen list of fresh produce.

Every year the non-profit group takes…
Continue Reading Raisins invade list as environmental group names ‘dirty’ fresh produce

Activists take their campaign to ban Perchlorate to federal court

By Dan Flynn on October 30, 2019

“The dose makes the poison,” supposedly said the renaissance physician Paracelsus. The toxicology pioneer looked at everything as poison with only the dose making something, not a poison.

An environmental lawsuit filed Tuesday over perchlorate,…
Continue Reading Activists take their campaign to ban Perchlorate to federal court

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EFSA finds chlorpyrifos does not meet criteria for renewal

By News Desk on August 5, 2019

The pesticide chlorpyrifos could be banned in Europe from next year after the European Food Safety Authority said it does not meet criteria for renewal.

The approval period for the substance expires at the end…
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Triple play: EWG posts ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of fresh produce items

By Environmental Working Group on April 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Sonya Lunder, senior analyst for the Environmental Working Group, is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from …
Continue Reading Triple play: EWG posts ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of fresh produce items

Triple play: AFF says rest easy, eat your fruits and vegetables

By Alliance for Food and Farming on April 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This opinion contribution by the Alliance for Food and Farming is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from the Environmental Working …
Continue Reading Triple play: AFF says rest easy, eat your fruits and vegetables

Triple play: ‘Pro-choice nutritionist’ calls out produce guides

By Toby Amidor on April 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This opinion contribution by Toby Amidor is part of a three-piece presentation today by Food Safety News. To read views on the same topic from the Environmental Working Group and the Alliance …
Continue Reading Triple play: ‘Pro-choice nutritionist’ calls out produce guides

Antibiotic disclosure — another first for San Francisco?

By Coral Beach on October 2, 2017

Once again, San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the nation to take a legislative stand on a controversial topic. Its Board of Supervisors is set to vote tomorrow on an ordinance…
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The evolution of organic messaging moves away from fear

By Alliance for Food and Farming on July 24, 2016

Editor’s note: This opinion piece was originally posted July 18, 2016, by the Alliance for Food and Farming. At the inaugural Organic Produce Summit in Monterey on July 14, we witnessed a messaging evolution…
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