The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to
Continue Reading Pesticides, food additives, Salmonella spark FDA to act on imported foods
The Environmental Working Group has released its annual best and worst lists of fresh produce based on pesticide residues.
The lists — released under the trademarked Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen — are based on
Continue Reading Environmental Working Groups names its top and bottom picks for fresh produce
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a guidance document titled Questions and Answers Regarding Channels of Trade Policy for Human Food Commodities with Chlorpyrifos Residues: Guidance for Industry.
Chlorpyrifos was patented in
Continue Reading FDA addresses enforcement of ban on pesticide chemical chlorpyrifos
The annual analysis of pesticide residues in domestic and imported foods, with the results for fiscal year 2015, showed 98 percent of tested foods produced in the United States do not violate federal limits.
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Continue Reading Pesticide report shows no residue on half of U.S. food tested
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt earlier this week signed an order denying a petition that sought to ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide widely used in U.S. agriculture.
Chlorpyrifos was first registered for use in
Continue Reading New EPA administrator refuses to ban pesticide chlorpyrifos
So many fruits. So many veggies. So little time.
That’s the dilemma that people who want to eat as healthy as possible face. After all, who really has the time to eat the recommended 5
Continue Reading Juicing is healthy, but easily contaminated by pathogens
Government agencies in charge of monitoring food for pesticide residues must step up their testing programs, said the Government Accountability Office in a new report. While data collected by these agencies has shown low levels
Continue Reading GAO Finds Fault With Government Tests for Pesticide Residues
A new international study suggests that organic foods contain higher levels of antioxidants than conventionally grown versions. The research, led by Newcastle University and published last week in the British Journal of Nutrition, found
Continue Reading Study Finds Organic Foods Have More Benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently posted the latest data from the Pesticide Data Program (PDP) annual summary and, as in previous years, the agency found that, “U.S. food does not pose a safety concern
Continue Reading USDA Says Pesticide Data Show No Food Safety Concerns
Laboratory tests on 92 wines by a French consumer group found traces of pesticides, insecticides and/or fungicides in virtually every bottle. Even wines made from organic grapes had pesticide traces, although the levels were much
Continue Reading Lab Tests on French Wines Find Pesticide Residue in Every Bottle
