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 ways than one because tuna
Continue Reading Startup company offers vegan tuna in a can; some say it boosts food safety
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 of tuna to check mercury levels.
Continue Reading Some brands ‘safer’ but mercury levels in canned tuna hard to predict; shouldn’t be eaten during pregnancy
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 their strong historic and cultural ties to salmon
Continue Reading Tribes caught in food safety dilemma
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
Continue Reading FDA releases materials on safety of fish for National Seafood Month
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
Continue Reading FDA asks experts to study safety of seafood for infants and children
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,
Continue Reading EU finds faults with Egypt’s fish checks; backs Croatian controls
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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
Continue Reading WHO wants data on heavy metals in food
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
Continue Reading Lawsuits piling up against baby food firms over potential damage to infant brain development
