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Consumer Reports promotes petition to FDA to ban Red Dye No. 3, the artificial color, in food

By Dan Flynn on January 17, 2023

In the current issue of its “On Health” newsletter, Consumer Reports calls on its member to sign a petition about one of its older causes.

The formal petition was submitted to FDA by the Center…

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U.S. steps up enforcement on imported food for pesticides, Salmonella and food additives

By News Desk on January 4, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to…

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FDA steps up import action for products with Salmonella, additives, pesticides

By News Desk on December 13, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to…

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EU sets the limit for additives in tuna to combat fraud

By Joe Whitworth on October 21, 2022

The European Commission has put maximum levels on three additives in tuna to tackle food fraud. The excessive levels can expose consumers to the risk of histamine, also known as scombroid, poisoning, said the Commission.…

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EU to tighten ethylene oxide rule for food additives

By Joe Whitworth on August 16, 2022

The European Commission is to change the rules around the presence of ethylene oxide in food additives.

A revision was made because of the challenge in enforcing the current law because of a lack of…

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Concerns raised over peanut traces in food additive from India

By Joe Whitworth on May 18, 2022

Batches of a food additive from India have been found to contain undeclared peanut protein prompting authorities to warn of a serious risk to allergic consumers.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland…
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Salmonella, food additives, pesticides lead to FDA enforcement actions on imports

By News Desk on May 3, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.

Recent modifications to…
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UK disagrees with EU position on titanium dioxide

By News Desk on March 9, 2022

Great Britain will not follow the European Union in banning titanium dioxide as a food additive at this time.

The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) said after reviewing the evidence, no safety concerns have been…
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UK finds rise in non-compliant products from the U.S.

By Joe Whitworth on December 20, 2021

Authorities in the United Kingdom have issued a warning because of a rise in the number of non-compliant food and drink products being imported from countries including the United States.

The problem was identified by…
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Chemicals in food continue to be a top food safety concern among consumers

By Guest Contributor on September 20, 2021
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By Tom Neltner, Environmental Defense Fund Chemicals Policy Director

The latest annual food industry survey demonstrates that U.S. consumers continue to have significant concerns about chemicals in food. Specifically,…
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