Food Safety News

CSPI: FDA should address raw shellfish - Dalje.com

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:29 GMT

CSPI: FDA should address raw shellfish
Dalje.com
David W. Plunkett, a senior food safety attorney at the Center for Science in the Public Interest in Washington, said between April and November, about 30 Americans usually get seriously sick and abouot 15 will die after eating raw oysters or other ...

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Sainsbury's customers can chill out! Supermarket relaxes freeze-by dates to ... - Daily Mail

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:23 GMT

Daily Mail

Sainsbury's customers can chill out! Supermarket relaxes freeze-by dates to ...
Daily Mail
It is estimated 4.4million tonnes of food is unnecessarily binned in the UK each year and the supermarket's head of product technology for fresh and frozen food, Beth Hart, says the chain's move will not affect food safety.

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Brand extension takes Nolans product in new directions - Beef Central

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:18 GMT

Brand extension takes Nolans product in new directions
Beef Central
“Food safety and animal welfare are non-negotiable, and we think we do well in both areas. What else tells the customer about good meat? We saw MSA as being the third corner of the platform, along with animal welfare and food safety,” Mr Nolan said.

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Govt gets tough on food safety, quality - Xinhua News Agency

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:13 GMT

BEIJING, Feb. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese authorities punished a total of nearly 290 people in more than 5,200 food safety cases in 2011, according to new figures. Sources with the State Council&os;s Food Safety Committee said on Thursday that those who ...

Norovirus could be to blame for outbreak at senior living facility - msnbc.com

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:13 GMT

The Kern County Health Department suspects norovirus may be to blame for a flu-like outbreak at a senior living home in Bakersfield. Norovirus is sometimes associated with people getting sick on cruise ships. The virus spreads easily and quickly and there ...

Nolan Meats lifts the 'Vale' on new brand - Stock and Land

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:08 GMT

Nolan Meats lifts the 'Vale' on new brand
Stock and Land
We believe that setting the highest standards in food safety and animal welfare resonates with consumers. Beyond that, eating quality is the next most important factor in the hierarchy for many consumers and then perhaps price.

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Biotech crops are winning over farmers - Truth about Trade & Technology

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:07 GMT

Biotech crops are winning over farmers
Truth about Trade & Technology
Days later, the Center for Food Safety, a Washington watchdog group and persistent critic of Big Ag, pushed back, saying that biotech crops had failed to deliver on their promise to alleviate hunger, and that Gates would do better to support low-cost ...

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Sainsbury's customers can chill out! Supermarket relaxes freeze-by dates to reduce Britain's mountains of wasted food - Daily Mail

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59 GMT

It is estimated 4.4million tonnes of food is unnecessarily binned in the UK each year and the supermarket’s head of product technology for fresh and frozen food, Beth Hart, says the chain’s move will not affect food safety. ‘The “freeze on day of ...

More than 700 suffer food poisoning after Mexican political rally - CNN

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59 GMT

(CNN)-- Authorities treated more than 700 people for food poisoning after a political rally in southern Mexico this week, officials said. Exactly what caused the food poisoning was unclear, officials from the healthy ministry in Mexico&os;s ...

South Port New Zealand Limited : Higher Operating Costs Offset Strong Volumes at Bluff - 4-traders (press release)

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59 GMT

Some of these advantages include water, productive land, energy, a large exclusive economic zone, food safety, minerals, oil/gas and the brand "NZ Inc".

FHA2012 food & hospitality show all set to unveil in Singapore on April 17 - fnbnews.com

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:54 GMT

FHA2012 food & hospitality show all set to unveil in Singapore on April 17
fnbnews.com
This year, the attendees can participate in the Hospitality Operations and Design Conference, the Hospitality Technology Conference, the Food Safety Forum and the First Consumer Trends and Food Technologies Forum.

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Pedalo-power is the way to keep Falklands British - News and Star

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:52 GMT

Their latest rescue involved being winched up by helicopter during a severe storm – just a week after food poisoning sank their second attempt at the 3,000-mile crossing from Gran Canaria to Port St Charles in Barbados. They had covered 43 miles.

CSPI: FDA should address raw shellfish - United Press International

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:23 GMT

Plunkett, a senior food safety attorney at the Center for Science ... Raw or undercooked oysters are the primary Vibrio culprits. Symptoms include the classic signs of foodborne illness but for some consumers, but about half get more serious ...

More Than Miso: Food Writer In Japan Records Struggling Region's Cuisine - NPR News

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:23 GMT

But concerns about food safety in the aftermath of the nuclear accident have hampered recovery of regions like Tohoku — a prime producer of seafood, delicacies like miso paste, and sake. So Andoh decided to help by raising money doing what she ...

Govt gets tough on food safety, quality - Chinadaily USA

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:18 GMT

Govt gets tough on food safety, quality
Chinadaily USA
By Jin Zhu (China Daily) BEIJING - Chinese authorities punished a total of nearly 290 people in more than 5200 food safety cases in 2011, according to new figures. Sources with the State Council's Food Safety Committee said on Thursday that those who ...

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