ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ - A study conducted by the University of Texas (UT) School of Public Health showed high levels of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants in butter samples purchased from five grocery stores in the city of Dallas. Investigators suggest the incident represents the worst documented case of PBDE contamination in food ever reported in the U.S. The leading company supplying plastic pallets to companies transporting and storing food, Intelligent Global Pooling Systems (iGPS), commissioned a life cycle analysis that revealed each of its pallets contain 3.4 lbs of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), one of several chemicals classified as PBDEs. While UT researchers speculated on possible causes of contamination such as the butte...
Five years ago, the Faillace farm in Warren made national headlines when federal agents seized the family's flock of sheep - the government suspected the animals might have been exposed to deadly mad cow disease. The animals' one-way trip to the slaughter-house culminated a bitter, three-year battle between a Vermont farm family and the USDA. During that time, accusations of lying and deceit had flown thick and furious on both sides. The conflict grabbed the attention of a nation that was already terrified by the outbreak of mad cow disease in Britain, but also worried that the government might be trampling on the rights of the Faillace family. Now, five years later, Chelsea Green has published [Linda Faillace]'s Mad Sheep: The True Story Behind the USDA's War on a Family Farm, a book a...
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... procedures do not contribute contamination from any source. Chemical, microbial, or extraneou...
Keeping the U.S. food supply safe was the main topic for speakers and panelists at a national conference in New Orleans. Thee risks to the U.S. food system to bioterrorism, accidental contamination of food-borne pathogens, avian flu and natural disasters dominated discussion at the Food Distribution Research Society Conference Nov. 3-7.
An upgraded method for preventing food contamination in the U.S. will be implemented starting on the seafood processing industry by Dec. 18, 1997. This is disclosed by the Food and Drug Administration last Dec. 1995. Seafood processors will be required to implement food safety practices that incorporate the principles of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP). Accordingly, they will detect the likely risks in product safety and afterwards, design and execute the right HACCP system. The regulations specify terms for different products such as mollusks and smoked fish.
WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators set a safety threshold Friday for the industrial chemical melamine that is greater than the amount of contamination found so far in U.S.-made infant formula. Food and Drug Administration officials set a threshold of 1 part per million of melamine in formula, provided a related chemical isn't present. They insisted the formulas are safe.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Detection Technology (www.udetection.com) (OTCBB: UNDT), a developer of early- warning monitoring technologies that protect against biological, chemical, and radiological threats, announced today that that it has entered into an agreement with Honeywell India (a unit of Honeywell International) to develop a radiation detector which would display radiation data collected via Bluetooth to a smart phone. The product is designed to detect radiation levels on surfaces and food and to automatically send the collected data to a smartphone. The instrument in development will utilize a Cesium Iodide (CsI) scintillator for the detection of Gamma rays. Cs(I) scintillators are the most sensitive detection mechanisms for detecting Gamma radiation....
Joint effort to find sources of contamination and improve food safety systems is broadened SILVER SPRING, Md., Aug. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its counterpart agencies in the Mexican government, the National Service for Agroalimentary Public Health, Safety and Quality (SENASICA) and the Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risks (COFEPRIS), are expanding their collaboration to reduce the risk of contamination of food that moves across the U.S.-Mexican border. This new level of collaboration has added importance as papayas from Mexico have been linked to approximately 100 cases of Salmonella Agona in 23 U.S. states.
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