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FDA Says BC Cannery Retort Operation Needs Fixing

A Nanaimo cannery on Canada’s Vancouver Island could see its canned sockeye salmon blocked from entry to the United States if it does not quickly fix its low-acid canning

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Oct 2010

Evergreen State Seafood Processor Gets FDA Warning

Pickled herring, pickled wild salmon, and smoked salmon—all refrigerated products–from a Washington state seafood processor are all adulterated or impure, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Oct 2010

FDA Aims to Update Its Regulatory Science

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday unveiled an overview of initiatives to advance regulatory science and help the agency assess the “safety, efficacy, quality and performance of FDA-regulated

By Helena Bottemiller

/ 6 Oct 2010

Straight Talk About Feeding Antibiotics to Animals

It is time for some straight talk about the risks of using massive amounts of antibiotics in livestock and poultry. I don’t know one infectious disease expert who would

By Ralph F. Loglisci

/ 5 Oct 2010

FDA Warns Seafood Processors Over HACCP Plans

Seafood processing facilities located in New Mexico and Ohio were found with serious violations of the federal seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations. The two companies, Above

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Sep 2010

DeLauro Bill Would Require Labels on GM Fish

As a federal regulatory panel mulls over whether to approve genetically modified salmon for human consumption, a new effort to require labeling for the engineered fish is afoot. Rep. Rosa

By Helena Bottemiller

/ 29 Sep 2010

Three Pennsylvania Dairies Sold Drugged Animals

Three Pennsylvania dairy farms are abusing penicillin, neomycin, and flunixin–all drugs used to treat animals, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In warning letters to

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Sep 2010

FDA Finds Violations at Tribal Food Warehouse

Significant violations of federal food regulations were found during an inspection of a food commodity warehouse owned by the Quinault Indian Nation located on Washington state’s Pacific Coast. The

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Sep 2010

Cut Salad Greens: How Cold is Cold Enough?

When Anne Schwartz, co-owner of Blue Heron Farm, a 20-acre organic farm in Western Washington, talks about the cut salad greens she sells at local farmers markets, she uses the

By Cookson Beecher

/ 28 Sep 2010

Egg on Their Faces: Plenty of Blame to Go Around

Meat&Poultry magazine reported “AIB International on Sept. 23 issued a statement saying that while it conducted its GMP inspection in three of six in-shell egg grading/sorting facilities

By Chuck Jolley

/ 26 Sep 2010

Vilsack Asked to Clarify Position on Antibiotics

U.S. Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have asked the Obama administration to clarify its position on antibiotic use in food animals. In a letter to

By Mary Rothschild

/ 24 Sep 2010

The Squabble over GM Salmon

A federal Food and Drug Administration panel has wrapped up its hearings on genetically modified salmon with no immediate recommendation on whether to approve the so-called “supersalmon” for distribution to

By Ross Anderson

/ 23 Sep 2010

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FDA

FDA Says BC Cannery Retort Operation Needs Fixing

Evergreen State Seafood Processor Gets FDA Warning

FDA Aims to Update Its Regulatory Science

Straight Talk About Feeding Antibiotics to Animals

FDA Warns Seafood Processors Over HACCP Plans

DeLauro Bill Would Require Labels on GM Fish

Three Pennsylvania Dairies Sold Drugged Animals

FDA Finds Violations at Tribal Food Warehouse

Cut Salad Greens: How Cold is Cold Enough?

Egg on Their Faces: Plenty of Blame to Go Around

Vilsack Asked to Clarify Position on Antibiotics

The Squabble over GM Salmon

Your Support Protects Public Health