It’s not really going down like the plot of “Braveheart,” but the coming 2014 on Scottish Independence is already having large ramifications on food safety regulation in the United Kingdom. The Scottish Government is pulling
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India to Implement Standards for Street Food
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For the first time, street food vendors in India will soon be required to meet a set of sanitation regulations, announced the government Tuesday. Street food is a popular option in India because it’s convenient…
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GAO Reports on USDA Contracts for School Meals
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The Government Accountability Office urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to strengthen its oversight of the safety of food purchased for the federal school meal program in a report released this week. Among the top
It's Time to Move on non-O157:H7 STECs
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Editor’s Note: This opinion piece was written by Carol L. Tucker-Foreman and Richard A. Raymond, M.D. [1]
It’s Time to Move the Needle on non-O157:H7 STECs
The massive 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli
USDA Unveils New School Lunch Standards
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Fat and salt-laden school food beware. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Thursday unveiled proposed nutritional standards for meals served through the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs, the first major upgrade to nutritional requirements