The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) realized that food safety is important during the holiday party season. Therefore, the USDA posted a video to give safety advice that can help prevent food-borne illness from running your buffet.
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The report lists accomplishments and strategies of President Obama’s Food Safety Working Group (FSWG) combined with useful information for consumers on safe food handling. The interagency group, chaired by Sebelius and Vilsack, was established in 2009 to advise the President on how to strengthen the U.S. food safety system for…
The Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) performed an audit in Mexico in order to evaluate the pesticide controls in food of plant origin intended for export to the EU. There are good news and bad news, but the fruit can generally be considered safe.
Risk managers have a responsible position. To help those managers, EU plans consultation for ways to improve risk assessment in view of their needs. The consultation will run until 21 February 2012 and stakeholders are invited to provide feedback on the scientific evidence and conclusions online.
USDA expects only moderate inflation for food in 2012. Especially dairy products and vegetables will experience the normal inflation except for potential price jumps due to bad weather shortages. Unfortunately, there are 2 exceptions.
EU has issued a register on nutrition and health claims for everybody to keep himself informed about such claims. Food businesses are not allowed to use rejected health claims.
The report describes the outcome of an audit carried out by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) in New Zealand from 6 to 19 May 2011. The objective of the audit was to evaluate the capacity of the New Zealand authorities to implement and to enforce the sanitary measures and…
A report published by the Department of Health and Human Sciences has found inadequacies in the FDA’s oversight of inspections of state food facilities. The review was requested by the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies following the 2009 salmonella…
If you want your children to eat more vegetables then reward them with little stickers. That is the findings of Remington et al. published ahead of print on the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) website last week.
Luis A. Tortajada-Genaro and colleagues from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia and the Universidad Catolica San Antonio de Murcia, Spain, have developed a DNA microarray allergen detection method using DVDs. The technique immobilises probes that will detect the gene sequences of allergens on the surface of the DVDs and the…