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UK Looks at Rooster Combs as 'Novel' Food

If it helps reduce the inflammation in the arthritic knees of racehorses, a little in your yogurt or other dairy product couldn’t hurt, could it? We are talking about

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 Feb 2011

A Performance Drug That Can Taint Feed, Athletes

Legally used in certain countries outside the United States as a prescription medical treatment for asthma in humans and airway obstruction in horses, clenbuterol, classified as a beta2-adrenergic agonist, is

By Claire Mitchell

/ 13 Feb 2011

Man Fined in Australia for Raw Milk Sales

An Australian court has fined a New South Wales man $53,000 for various food safety violations, including selling unpasteurized dairy products “deliberately mislabeled and camouflaged as cosmetic products” when

By News Desk

/ 8 Feb 2011

Cost, Salt, Waste Top Food Safety Concerns in UK

Food prices, salt, and waste all topped concerns about food safety in the periodic tracking survey conducted in the United Kingdom for the Food Standards Agency. In a November 2010

By Dan Flynn

/ 7 Feb 2011

Hong Kong Samples for Dioxin in German Imports

Hong Kong ceased testing all German food products for dioxin, switching Feb. 1 to sample checks after more than 100 tests for the chemical were negative. The Food and Environmental

By Dan Flynn

/ 6 Feb 2011

Australia Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 60

A Salmonella outbreak in Australia has sickened at least 60 people and is linked to custard-filled pastries. According to Australia’s ABC news, public health authorities are testing samples from

By News Desk

/ 6 Feb 2011

Baucus Wants More Beef in South Korea Trade Deal

Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) is facing off with the White House over the pending South Korea free trade agreement because he wants loosened restrictions on U.S.

By Helena Bottemiller

/ 3 Feb 2011

Vaccine Sent for South Korea's FMD Outbreak

The North American Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Bank, administered jointly by commissioners from the United States, Canada and Mexico, is providing the Republic of Korea with foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine needed

By News Desk

/ 1 Feb 2011

Canada to Set Biosecurity Standard for Dairy Farms

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working with the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) to develop a voluntary national farm-level biosecurity standard for the dairy industry. Biosecurity refers to

By News Desk

/ 31 Jan 2011

Canada's New Online Food Safety Resource

The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) has announced the implementation of a new and easy to use online resource, called EAT SAFE!, aimed at helping consumers avoid foodborne illness. The

By Claire Mitchell

/ 31 Jan 2011

DeLauro Probes USDA on Chinese Poultry Policy

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Friday asking him for details on the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)’s new interim

By Helena Bottemiller

/ 31 Jan 2011

China Arrested 248 Food Safety Violators in 2010

The Chinese government arrested 248 people involved with food safety violations, officials announced Sunday. The National Food Safety Regulating Work Office said that out of 130,000 total cases, 115

By News Desk

/ 30 Jan 2011

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World

UK Looks at Rooster Combs as 'Novel' Food

A Performance Drug That Can Taint Feed, Athletes

Man Fined in Australia for Raw Milk Sales

Cost, Salt, Waste Top Food Safety Concerns in UK

Hong Kong Samples for Dioxin in German Imports

Australia Salmonella Outbreak Sickens 60

Baucus Wants More Beef in South Korea Trade Deal

Vaccine Sent for South Korea's FMD Outbreak

Canada to Set Biosecurity Standard for Dairy Farms

Canada's New Online Food Safety Resource

DeLauro Probes USDA on Chinese Poultry Policy

China Arrested 248 Food Safety Violators in 2010

Your Support Protects Public Health