Police in Portugal have uncovered potential water testing fraud involving a laboratory.
Operation “Gota D´Água” led to the arrest of 19 people for allegedly falsifying analyses of water intended for human consumption. Those detained are
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EFSA experts have examined the quality of water used during operations in the fresh and frozen produce sector.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) asked the Panel on Biological Hazards (BIOHAZ) for a scientific opinion
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They’ve many years invested and their latest legal arguments ran 198 pages, but Food and Water Watch and their many allies wanted something pretty simple.
They wanted the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
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For the second time this year, romaine lettuce growers are imposing measures they hope will end the recent string of E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks that were associated with their products last year. This latest action
Continue Reading California growers say their new water rules mean safer romaine for everyone
Leaders at the Food and Drug Administration charged with implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act knew agricultural water standards weren’t going to be met by someone in Washington D.C. snapping their fingers.
They decided more
Continue Reading Rep. DeLauro says she’s had enough with FDA’s delays in water quality enforcement
Findings of E. coli in more than one in 10 tests on private water supplies in Scotland is “unacceptable,” according to the body that regulates water quality.
A report from Scotland’s Drinking Water Quality Regulator
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Editor’s Note: The Food Safety News list of the year’s most significant news is compiled annually by our writers and editors. The list for 2017 is not led by any one or two blockbuster food
Continue Reading Top food safety stories include regs, recalls, respects this year
A federal judge in Baltimore has promised to issue his written decision, which could determine the future of the entire poultry industry on Maryland’s eastern shore, by year’s end. U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson
Continue Reading Promise of Decision in Chesapeake Bay Poultry Case Before Year’s End
Philadelphia International Airport has lost its “approved” status for watering and aircraft servicing, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in an Aug. 9 warning letter to airport executive Mark Gale.
In the warning
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It’s berry season. Time for some chlorine.
No, we’re not talking about chlorine as in sunglasses and swimming pools but rather chlorine as in berry farmers and irrigation water.
And while the juxtaposition of
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