The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging Americans to take action against asthma by learning more about the disease and how it affects their families and communities.
May 2, 2012 - H-E-B has issued a voluntary and precautionary recall for certain Asian Ready-to-Eat meals due to the possibility of undercooked chicken in those meals.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the first surgical instrument set that can be assembled and disassembled inside the body during surgery.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Elelyso (taliglucerase alfa) for long-term enzyme replacement therapy to treat a form of Gaucher disease, a rare genetic disorder.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) this month reported that the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) appropriately handles industry appeals of its humane handling enforcement actions.
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2012 -The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a series of prevention-based policy measures that will better protect consumers from foodborne illness in meat and poultry products. These measures will significantly improve the
Henry's Farm Inc. of Woodford, VA hasexpanded the recalls of its soybean sprouts to include natto soybean sprouts because they, too,may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.Theinitial recallwas announced on April 27, 2012.Test sampling by the state
Today, Keoni Chang of Foodland Super Markets, Ltd. in Honolulu won the title of Grand Chef for the Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) Supermarket Chef Showdown. Chang enticed the judges with his mouthwatering dish, Deconstructed Ahi California Roll, from th
Fatima Brothers of Maspeth, NY is recalling Shad Javantri (whole mace) because it contains undeclared sulfites as well as unapproved dyes Rhodamine B (Basic Violet 10) and Malachite Green (Basic Green
Dozens of US Congressmen have come out in force to demand further efforts to educate consumers on the quality of lean finely textured beef (LFTB) – now commonly known as ‘pink slime’.
Workers at Beef Products Inc. (BPI) have launched a Facebook campaign countering attacks on lean finely textured beef (LFTB), saying they hope information about the safety of the ingredient will go viral – as misinformation did last month.
It’s official, says the FDA. “Synthetically-produced DMAA (1,3-Dimethylamylamine) is not a dietary ingredient and is not, therefore, eligible to be used as an active ingredient in dietary supplements”.
Fortifying foods with the sunshine vitamin may be an effective way of increasing the population’s vitamin D levels, says a new meta-analysis from Ireland.
The United States government has told GlobalMeatNews that there should be no reason why countries should ban its beef imports following the discovery of its first bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) case in six years, in California.
The US pork industry has warned that phasing out sow stalls would increase the price of meat and devastate the industry, with minimum animal welfare benefits.
Sales of new mid-calorie cola Pepsi NEXT are ahead of expectations, while early feedback suggests it is attracting new consumers - as well as lapsed cola drinkers - into the cola category, PepsiCo has revealed.