It is not essential to create a brand new set of regulations for gene editing and food safety, according to the FAO.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reviewed food safety issues related to gene editing and said while approaches may vary, many countries have found a way to include
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The European Commission has published draft legislation that includes food safety culture.
A revision of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on food hygiene also covers allergen management, and redistribution of food.
The Codex Alimentarius Commission is expected to adopt a revision of its standard on General Principles of Food Hygiene in
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The European Commission is looking at rules that some animals and goods imported into or transiting through the area must be subject to before they can enter the region.
It concerns animals and goods ordered over the Internet or that have been exempted from systematic checks at border controls posts.
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With the release of his new book — “Outbreak: Foodborne Illness and the Struggle for Food Safety” — Timothy D. Lytton seeks to shine a light into some of the more dimly lit corners of the U.S. food system’s safety checks and balances.
Now available from Amazon.com and the University
Continue Reading Lytton analyzes food safety from Mom’s countertop to top B2B relationships
“Regulation is bad for business.”
It’s an all-too-common refrain, but not exclusively a modern one.
Most people, when asked what they know about the origin of the U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, are likely to respond with either a shrug or a blank stare. A few may
Continue Reading Don’t wait — Add ‘The Poison Squad’ by Deborah Blum to your reading list
As the world’s population balloons, agriculture and science have converged to create sustainable, innovative solutions to food production. The fruits of this “Ag Tech” evolution includes groundbreaking technology that has fomented the production of “clean meat” via cellular agriculture as a viable alternative to conventional animal agriculture. Given the novelty
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ST. LOUIS — Neither of the top U.S. food cops on stage here had the moves of Mick Jagger, but they borrowed the sentiment from one of The Stones’ greatest hits when they summed up federal progress on the food safety front. 
The USDA’s Deputy Under
Continue Reading IAFP 2016 — Feds channel The Stones: You can’t always get what you want
One of the surprises of my life is how much of my time has been spent on various regulatory systems. I fondly remember all my political science professors on such topics as constitutional law, state and local government, federalism, and even Marxism taught by the department commie (I told him
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Do you ever wonder how controversial ingredients end up in your food in the first place? For instance, why are energy drink companies allowed to add novel ingredients such as botanical extracts to their products? And why were companies ever allowed to use partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), a major
Continue Reading The GRAS Process: How Companies Legally Add Ingredients to Food
This article was co-authored by David Plunkett. Both Klein and Plunkett work on food safety issues at the Center for Science in the Public Interest. 
As stakeholders begin wading in to the proposed food safety rules released by FDA this month, it is inevitable that some critics will begin cherry
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