The apple that fell on Newton’s head led him to develop the theory of gravity, but hazelnuts falling from trees in Oregon this autumn came loaded with a different
On March 11 President Obama expressed his “deepest condolences” to the Japanese people for that day’s earthquake and tsunami. Later the same day he announced that he’d dispatched
Consumer concern about food contaminated by radiation from damaged nuclear power plants in Japan is unwarranted at this time. The level of radiation that could potentially reach the USA is
Fear is spreading faster than contamination following leaks of radioactive material at the damaged nuclear power plant in Japan. While the situation is changing rapidly, so far any potential threat
Over the past decade, the local food revival in the U.S. has gained tremendous momentum, with more consumers interested in where their food comes from, how it’s grown,
Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Margaret Hamburg made her case for upping resources at FDA for fiscal year 2012 before a House appropriations committee on Friday,
It was a cold, stormy Wednesday morning at Bainbridge High School during second period when I walked down to the lunch room to see if I could talk to Brian
NSF International, a global not-for-profit public health and product safety organization, opened a lab in Shanghai this week to expand testing and certification services to China–and they could use
Two months ago, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released revised estimates of foodborne illness in the United States, plenty of people tried to put a positive spin
As part of an initiative to improve food safety practices in retail and foodservice establishments, FDA has developed a poster and flyer designed to raise awareness of sanitation concerns with
Legally used in certain countries outside the United States as a prescription medical treatment for asthma in humans and airway obstruction in horses, clenbuterol, classified as a beta2-adrenergic agonist, is