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 of a healthy diet. However, they
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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 Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and
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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 May and June 2021 in Egypt,
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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 of heavy metals,
Continue Reading How to avoid processed baby foods and accompanying heavy metals
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 a current trend, popularized on
Continue Reading CDC study investigates luster dust baking decorations’ connection to poisonings
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 cusk-eel and all toothfish and
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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 food.
The report, requested by
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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 new action plan for
Continue Reading FDA announces ‘Closer to Zero’ plan to reduce toxic elements eaten by babies and young children
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 are mainly exposed to methylmercury
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Some adults in Finland are exposed to amounts of heavy metals in food that could pose a risk to their health, according to an assessment.
The Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto) studied the exposure of working-age
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