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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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Ethylene oxide scandal spreads to food additive

By Joe Whitworth on July 20, 2021

European countries are facing more ethylene oxide related recalls after the substance was detected in a food additive used in a range of products.

Belgium first raised the alarm in September 2020 about ethylene oxide…
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Suspected Clenbuterol poisonings in Mexico under investigation

By News Desk on August 25, 2020

Officials in a Mexican state have issued a warning after suspicions that more than 50 people fell sick from eating meat contaminated with Clenbuterol.

Health services in Morelos called on people to remain vigilant for…
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NZ company fined for adding sulfites to ground beef

By News Desk on July 27, 2020

A company has been sentenced in New Zealand for adding sulfites to ground beef.

Food manufacturer and wholesalers Machi, operated by Diversity Foods Limited and based in Auckland, was charged under the Food Act 2014…
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FDA’s food additive regulations fail to address toxic chemicals in food

By Guest Contributor on June 15, 2020
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Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This …
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Gel cups recalled from 25 countries because of choking risk

By News Desk on June 15, 2020

Mini jelly cups from Taiwan have been recalled from more than 25 countries because they may pose a choking risk.

ABC jelly fruit cup sweets are subject to recall because of the presence of gel-forming…
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Food safety risks, costs, waste likely to increase in ‘clean’ era

By Dan Flynn on November 14, 2017

Two veteran food science and human nutrition experts at Iowa State University are worried about food safety eroding and food waste piling up because of millennials’ demands for “clean food.”

ISU Professors Ruth MacDonald and…
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EU agency looks at substances in food for newborns

By News Desk on June 1, 2017

babywithbottle_406x250The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) approach for assessing substances found in food intended for infants younger than 16 has been updated to take into account for newborns’ unique diets.

The change will further support…
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EU food safety commissioner says science must prevail

By Vytenis Andriukaitis on October 27, 2016

author mug Vytenis AndriukaitisEditor’s note: These are the prepared remarks delivered by Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety 2014-2019, this past week. Many of the challenges and actions he describes mirror situations in the U.S. …
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Would you like to supersize your gut bacteria with that?

By News Desk on March 23, 2016

London’s Solution Sciences Ltd. is not going to be stopped by the “ick” factor. It’s plans on making the bacterium M. aurum a “novel” food ingredient in Europe. The application is currently before the Food …
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