From an Op-ed on the Hill this week. Here is an excerpt:
This week the CDC reported that at least 47 people were stricken with Salmonella, with one death, likely linked to papayas imported
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DNA Sequencing Helps FDA Project Combat Seafood Fraud
In the 1990s, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) used proteins to identify seafood, but the profiling method could only match to a standard sample. They had to have frozen tissues from all of
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Proposed Trade Deal Prompts Concern Over Imported Shrimp
Members of the U.S. shrimp industry are voicing concerns that elements of a major trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, could weaken the ability of regulators to reject unsafe seafood imports. The concern arises as more
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FDA Rejects Several Snack Products From India for Contaminants
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has rejected a number of snack imports made by Indian company Haldiram Snacks for concerns over high levels of pesticides, mold and bacteria. The move comes as global
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FDA Publishes Draft Guidance for Expedited Importer Program
One requirement of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to develop a program to expedite food imports to the U.S. from importers with a proven food safety
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As Toxin Fears Grow, More Chinese Are Buying Imported Rice
Despite being the number-one producer and consumer of rice in the world, more Chinese citizens are buying rice imported from Japan and elsewhere due to fears about heavy metals and other toxins, according to Reuters
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Louisiana Senator’s Bill Seeks to Enhance the Safety of Imported Seafood
U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) introduced a bill this past week that would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ensure the safety of imported seafood. According to the American Shrimp Processors Association
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FDA’s Taylor Visits China to Strengthen Food Safety Ties
Today, 15 percent of America’s food supply is imported from other countries, including 80 percent of seafood and 50 percent of fresh fruit. An increasing amount of that food is coming from China, a country
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Groups Call on Seafood Fraud Task Force to Require ‘Robust’ Traceability
Earlier this summer, the White House established a Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud and requested comments from the public to help inform and advise the task force
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USDA Petitioned to Block Imported Meat From Privatized Inspection Systems
Food and Water Watch has petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture to revoke equivalency status for four meat inspection programs in Canada, Australia and New Zealand because they have replaced government meat inspectors with company
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South Korea Granted Poultry Inspection Equivalency
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has added South Korea to the list of countries eligible to export poultry products to the U.S. after determining that the country’s poultry-inspection system is equivalent to ours. “Under this
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