Senate Health Chairman Lamar Alexander, R-TN, has announced the confirmation hearing on the nomination of Dr. Stephen M. Hahn to serve as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. The
Dr. Stephen Hahn, a chief medical executive at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, likely will be the next Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Commissioner.
President
The Food Standards Agency is currently more concerned about issues relating to food standards than hygiene, according to the authority’s chief executive.
Emily Miles, chief executive of the Food
An estimate of 17 percent of children who have food allergies are allergic to sesame, according to research published in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. Sesame is one of the 10
The problem of Salmonella contaminated poultry meat from Thailand detected at the European border is likely to continue, according to a report.
DG Sante, the European Commission’s unit for
Opinion
Note: At this time, the credibility of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is not to be trusted. Both agencies
“The dose makes the poison,” supposedly said the renaissance physician Paracelsus. The toxicology pioneer looked at everything as poison with only the dose making something, not a poison.
An environmental
A funny thing happened to R-CALF, the scrappy organization of mostly western cattlemen. It sued USDA on Oct. 4 over a factsheet about the electronic identification of cattle and bison
More than 1,000 reports of food crime were made to the National Food Crime Unit last year, according to the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS).
A CIPS
The European Commission has launched a funding call for help to support food safety systems of the future.
Proposals must aim to develop a research and innovation platform for collaboration
Sen. Chuck Schumer wants immediate action from the FDA to address toxic metals in baby food. He is also demanding the agency tell the public what it’s going to
The number of food safety incidents involving an international network declined based on figures from the most recent quarter.
The International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 18
