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Obama announces FDA picks, food safety measures
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 months ago
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President Barack Obama says the nation's decades-old food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and in need of an overhaul, starting with the selection of a new head of the federal Food and Drug Administration. Obama used his weekly radio and video...
Tags: Barack Obama, food safety, Baltimore, Joshua Sharfstein, Dr. Sharfstein, health commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, president barack, food supply, safety systems
Web searches may have foreshadowed listeriosis crisis
Toronto :: Canada | 8 months ago
Credibility Search engine queries of the term "listeriosis" demonstrated a possible signal of the deadly outbreak that killed 20 Canadians a month before the official announcement was made in Canada, a new analysis shows. The public was officially informed by federal...
Tags: Health Canada, maple leaf, food safety, online searches, listeriosis outbreak, Toronto, safety protocols
Business delegation studies key sectors in Europe
Beijing :: China | 8 months ago
Credibility Minister of Commerce Chen Deming told China Daily on the sidelines of the National People's Congress that the delegation, which departed Saturday, is also studying investment environment and labor relations. The tour covers Germany, Switzerland, Spain...
Tags: NBA China, China Daily, Chen Deming, food safety
Canadian food firm rebuts listeria claim
Toronto :: Canada | 8 months ago
Credibility Maple Leaf Foods said Wednesday the meat processor never discussed listeria-related food safety problems with Canadian officials prior to the 2008 outbreak...Maple Leaf was responding to published reports that hand-written notes from that meeting indicated...
Tags: Maple Leaf Foods, listeriosis outbreak, Listeria, food safety, Radio-Canada
Chambliss pushes stronger food safety legislation
Washington :: DC :: USA | 8 months ago
Credibility A bipartisan coalition of senators Tuesday proposed legislation to give federal authorities more power and resources to inspect food processed in the United States and abroad. The legislation comes on the heels of a major scandal over salmonella-tainted...
Chinese courts begin to accept tainted milk suits
Beijing :: China | 8 months ago
Credibility Chinese courts have begun accepting lawsuits from families of children sickened in last year's massive tainted milk scandal that highlighted the need for major overhauls in China's food safety regulation, an official newspaper said Tuesday. The scandal...
Tags: China Daily, tainted milk, food safety, milk scandal
China says food safety situation still grim
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility China's food safety situation is still grim, although some improvements have been made in the wake of a scandal last year that killed at least six babies and made another 300,000 sick, the Health Ministry said Monday. The comments from the ministry came...
Tags: food safety, China, safety law, Chen Xiaohong, OMP, safety situation, health minister, risk management, tainted food, tainted milk
Cabinet drafts rule over Food Safety Law
Shanghai :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility The State Council is busy drafting a detailed rule for the new Food Safety Law to ensure its implementation from June 1, a senior legislator said during an online interview yesterday. It will "definitely" be announced before June and may include the...
Tags: food safety, safety law
China approves food safety law
Beijing :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility China on Saturday approved a long-awaited food safety law, state media reported, in a bid to end repeated scandals involving dangerous food products in the country. The law has been in the works since October last year after a huge scandal erupted over...
Tags: People's Daily China, food safety, safety law, human rights
Celebs may become liable for food ads
Shanghai :: China | 9 months ago
Credibility Celebrities will share legal responsibility for advertising for food products that are found to be unsafe, according to the latest draft law. The draft food safety law stipulates all social organizations and individuals who recommend unsafe food products...
Tags: food safety, China, draft law
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