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Startup company offers vegan tuna in a can; some say it boosts food safety

Fish-free tuna in a can. How can that be? Turns out that an Israeli company, Vgarden Ltd. has developed what it calls a “game-changing’ vegan tinned tuna.” “Game-changing” in more

By Cookson Beecher

/ 14 Mar 2023

Startup company offers vegan tuna in a can; some say it boosts food safety

Some brands ‘safer’ but mercury levels in canned tuna hard to predict; shouldn’t be eaten during pregnancy

Pregnant women shouldn’t eat canned tuna and children and adults should eat less than the FDA recommends according to new research by Consumer Reports. The organization tested five brands

By Coral Beach

/ 9 Feb 2023

Some brands ‘safer’ but mercury levels in canned tuna hard to predict; shouldn’t be eaten during pregnancy

Tribes caught in food safety dilemma

Eat fish; it’s healthy. Except when it isn’t. That’s the quandary that many Pacific Northwest and Columbia River Basin tribal members face as they try to balance

By Cookson Beecher

/ 30 Jan 2023

FDA releases materials on safety of fish for National Seafood Month

October is National Seafood Month and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is releasing new educational materials on the food safety of fish. FDA recommends eating fish as part

By News Desk

/ 13 Oct 2022

FDA releases materials on safety of fish for National Seafood Month

FDA asks experts to study safety of seafood for infants and children

This week the FDA announced it will initiate a study on the role of seafood in child safety, growth and development. The Food and Drug Administration has enlisted the National

By News Desk

/ 12 Oct 2022

FDA asks experts to study safety of seafood for infants and children

EU finds faults with Egypt’s fish checks; backs Croatian controls

Two audits by the European Commission’s health and safety unit have looked at checks to ensure fish product safety in Egypt and Croatia. A remote DG Sante audit, in

By Joe Whitworth

/ 8 May 2022

EU finds faults with Egypt’s fish checks; backs Croatian controls

How to avoid processed baby foods and accompanying heavy metals

– OPINION – By Jenny Shell On Feb. 4, 2021, the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released a report detailing its findings and concerns about the presence

By Guest Contributor

/ 11 Mar 2022

How to avoid processed baby foods and accompanying heavy metals

CDC study investigates luster dust baking decorations’ connection to poisonings

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a study on cake decorating “luster dust” associated with toxic metal poisonings. Decorating foods with luster dust and similar products is

By News Desk

/ 1 Nov 2021

CDC study investigates luster dust baking decorations’ connection to poisonings

WHO wants data on heavy metals in food

The World Health Organization (WHO) has called for data on two heavy metals in a range of food types. The first covers methylmercury and total mercury in orange roughy, pink

By News Desk

/ 27 Jul 2021

Lawsuits piling up against baby food firms over potential damage to infant brain development

There are reports of more than 80 lawsuits filed against firms that were named in a February congressional report about highly dangerous levels of arsenic and other poisons in baby

By Jonan Pilet

/ 23 Jun 2021

Lawsuits piling up against baby food firms over potential damage to infant brain development

FDA announces ‘Closer to Zero’ plan to reduce toxic elements eaten by babies and young children

Janet Woodcock, the acting Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and Susan T. Mayne, director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) Thursday announced Closer to Zero, a

By News Desk

/ 9 Apr 2021

FDA announces ‘Closer to Zero’ plan to reduce toxic elements eaten by babies and young children

WHO wants data on mercury in fish

The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting data on methylmercury and total mercury in certain fish species. Fish types for which maximum limits have already been established are excluded. People

By News Desk

/ 24 Sep 2020

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Startup company offers vegan tuna in a can; some say it boosts food safety

Some brands ‘safer’ but mercury levels in canned tuna hard to predict; shouldn’t be eaten during pregnancy

Tribes caught in food safety dilemma

FDA releases materials on safety of fish for National Seafood Month

FDA asks experts to study safety of seafood for infants and children

EU finds faults with Egypt’s fish checks; backs Croatian controls

How to avoid processed baby foods and accompanying heavy metals

CDC study investigates luster dust baking decorations’ connection to poisonings

WHO wants data on heavy metals in food

Lawsuits piling up against baby food firms over potential damage to infant brain development

FDA announces ‘Closer to Zero’ plan to reduce toxic elements eaten by babies and young children

WHO wants data on mercury in fish