FDA draft guidance on the use of nanotechnology in food and food contact substances represents only“marginal progress” towards regulation of the technology, a petition group has claimed.
Allmax Nutrition; BPI Sports; and DynaPep Corporation are the latest firms to be targeted in class action complaints alleging their products contain DMAA in a synthetic form that is “illegal and dangerous”.
If you follow food safety policy, there's a good chance that when you think of traceback, you think of John Munsell. Once dubbed the "meatpacking maverick," Munsell has been extremely critical of the fact that the U.S.
FDA notified the public of an increased risk of second primary malignancies (new types of cancer) in patients with newly-diagnosed multiple myeloma who received Revlimid (lenalidomide).
FDA has drafted revised wording for a qualified health claim about green tea and breast/prostate cancer after being taken to task by a judge in Connecticut over the wording of its previous efforts.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has expanded its partnership with the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) in a bid to boost cocoa production in developing countries and improve livelihoods for cocoa farmers.
CTB, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, has entered into an agreement to acquire Meyn Holding, the parent company of Meyn Food Processing Technology.
Pall Corporation has announced that its GeneDisc assays for listeria have received Performance Tested Methods (PTM) Certification from the AOAC Research Institute.
Does this food contain genetically modified organisms?That's what many consumers, including overseas trading partners, want to know about the food they're buying.
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has outlined a series of measures to conduct future meat product trace backs in a “pre-emptive”manner to catch E.coli O157:H7 contamination at an earlier stage.
The Indonesian agriculture ministry has announced the suspension of US beef imports from today, after a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was discovered in a Californian dairy cow.
Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said Tuesday that he and possibly two other Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee will introduce an amendment to provide $800 million in funding over 10 years f
Several leading food brands in India feature misleading nutritional information on their packages, according to a new report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-governmental science and environmental group.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released its second annual review of the Reportable Food Registry, the program that requires domestic and foreign food makers to report potentially hazardous foods that have entered U.S. commerce.
A ruling that will see the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) gain extended access to food industry records will “weed out” those companies that have not been cooperative during food safety incidents in the past.
PepsiCo is facing another class action lawsuit in California – this time accusing it of making a nutrient content claim (0 grams trans fat) on Frito-Lay snacks, without adhering to the legal conditions of use for such claims.
Expanded market opportunities for US and re-opening foreign markets to US poultry and poultry products are just some of the successes the US has garnered in efforts to eliminate sanitary and phytosanitary barriers to trade.
The study – published in the journal Hypertension – found no evidence to suggest that fructose increases blood pressure when it is eaten for more than seven days, despite previous research revealing that fructose consumption leads to immediate rises blood
