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New independent food inspection agency needed: Expert
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 months ago
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But Charlebois also cautioned the lawmakers sitting on the special panel investigating the state of food safety in Canada, convened after last summer's deadly listeriosis outbreak traced to contaminated meat, about the "overregulation syndrome" that has...
Tags: Canada, food safety
Alberta pigs infected with Swine Flu
Cairo :: Egypt | 7 months ago
Credibility Humans and pigs can pass flu strains back and forth through direct close contact, such as on pig farms. When a swine flu virus affects a human, there's also a risk the animal flu can mutate, then spread directly between people. That's how the new swine...
Tags: Canada, Alberta, swine flu, Cairo, The World Health Organization, China, Egyptian, garbage collectors, pig farmers, food safety
Food exports to be passed by quality watchdog
Shanghai :: China | 7 months ago
Credibility Foreign food producers who want to sell their products to China might have to register with China's inspection and quarantine authorities every four years, according to a new draft rule released yesterday to solicit public opinion...The draft implementation...
Tags: food safety, China
HutchFest chooses 2009 artwork
Moncks Corner :: SC :: USA | 7 months ago
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Food safety resources vary by state
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The wide variation among states' handling of suspected food-related illnesses prevents a coordinated response to food emergencies, officials said. Congress and the Obama administration have already said more inspections and new food production rules are...
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McCain favours industry-led food safety inspections
Ottawa :: Canada | 7 months ago
Credibility 40 PM EDT Ottawa Maple Leaf Foods President Michael McCain says Ottawa needs tougher food safety regulations, but suggests federal policy continue a contentious practice in which industry largely inspects itself and government oversees the paperwork.
Tags: Michael McCain, Mr. McCain, Ottawa, food safety, union representing
Local, State Agencies Lack Resources to Ensure Food Safety
Washington :: DC :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility But those agencies are struggling, and Congress must reengineer the national system, according to an analysis by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, based on consultations with health experts, consumer groups...
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NBC 4 Sioux City (KTIV): Food safety urged when handling Easter eggs
Lincoln :: NE :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility A University of Nebraska-Lincoln food safety specialist is urging Nebraskans to follow food safety guidelines when it comes to eating Easter eggs. Food safety expert Julie Albrecht says cracked eggs that are dyed for Easter and hidden should not be eaten...
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Food safety progress 'has plateaued,' CDC says
Atlanta :: GA :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility The new 2008 data, from the CDC 's Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, or FoodNet, was collected from 10 states on nine infectious organisms, including campylobacter, a bacterium that causes diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever and is associated...
Tags: food safety, U.S, CDC, borne illness, Dr. Robert Tauxe, foodborne illness, United States, foodborne infections, disease control, little progress
Record-Journal, Connecticut: Food regulation worries small farmers
Bridgeport :: CT :: USA | 7 months ago
Credibility It's a question the federal government might soon be asking in the name of food safety, and small farmers are worried about the consequences. Brenda Caldwell, of Boulder Knoll Community Farm in Cheshire, said she's read House Bill 875, also called the...
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