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Veterinary Specialist Jobs, Center for Food Safety and Public Health, Ames,
2008-09-04 01:29:00 The person in this position will conduct immunology research. Flow cytometry and cell assay techniques will be used to evaluate neutrophil function. This position will conduct research on innate immunity, stress, and immunomodulation in fish, birds and mammals. This person will study effects of different environmental factors, disease challenges, and dietary immunomodulators in vivo and in vitro on neutrophil function and disease resistance. Functional assays will be used to evaluate the neutrophil responses to different acute and chronic stress conditions. This person will take leadership in preparing grant proposals to continue funding of the research program. This person will also provide scientific advice and guidance as appropriate to technicians, graduate students, visiting scientists and post-docs in the research group.
Food safety chief calls for relaxation of BSE controls
2008-06-03 14:45:00 Europe's ban on the use of pig and poultry meat and bonemeal should be lifted, to release more grain for human consumption as so ease the world food crisis, according to head of the European Food Safety Authority, Patrick Wall.
By: FWi - All News
Pet Food Safety Off the Radar?
2008-03-15 17:27:00 The Great Dog Food Scare is now one year away. In the first months a lot of websites and blogs were writing about this topic and many more people were searching for information to find safe dog food. Menu Foods stock was sent into a free fall and faces more than 100 class-action lawsuits. Last month, ...
By: Dog Food Blog
Pet Food Safety Off the Radar?
2008-03-15 17:27:00 The Great Dog Food Scare is now one year away. In the first months a lot of websites and blogs were writing about this topic and many more people were searching for information to find safe dog food. Menu Foods stock was sent into a free fall and faces more than 100 class-action lawsuits. Last month, ...
By: Dog Food Blog
A Downer Question: Should Food Safety and Livestock Welfare Be Separate Iss
2008-02-28 19:00:00 If you’ve been paying attention to food news over the past month, you have surely heard of the downer cow debacle between the Humane Society and the Westland/Hallmark Meat Company. In...
By: Green Options
Meat Recall Reveals Sickness in Meat Industry
2008-02-20 03:30:00 In the wake of the recall of 143.4 million pounds of beef from the Hallmark/Westland Meat Packing Company, the USDA wants to assure you that the cows in question were not necessarily "sick" but just "non-ambulatory," meaning the reason they had to be moved with a forklift to the slaughterhouse may have been because their legs were broken or injured and not necessarily because the cows were "sick." It's illegal to put meat from "downed" or "non-ambulatory" cattle into the food supply because it has a higher risk of being contaminated with diseases and bacteria like mad cow disease, E.coli, and salmonella. While the animals themselves may not have been sick, the people responsible for this level of animal cruelty definitely are. It's disturbing to think about the suffering these animals underwent and how long it might've been going on before they were caught in the act. Animals that are giving up their lives to be on your dinner table deserve, at the very least, to be treated...
By: Eat This!
[Obvious] Because of all the food safety issue problems, kosher food sales
2008-02-10 16:11:00 (Palm Beach Post)
Food Safety for Your Family
2008-01-04 10:29:00 http://yudhisuhendro.blogspot.c-om/2008/01/food-safety-for-your--family.htmlYou probably have lots of concerns about the foods you give to your child. Is it a nutritious meal? Will your child eat it? Is there too much fat? But one thing that may not cross your mind as you're slicing and dicing in the kitchen is food safety. Why is food safety so important? Proper food preparations are necessary to prevent your family from becoming sick from food-borne illnesses caused by bacteria such as E. coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter and Listeria (which can cause symptoms such as diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration). Food safety precautions include knowing how to select foods in the grocery store, how to store them, how to cook them, and how to clean up afterward. So what can you do to make sure your kitchen and the foods you prepare are safe? Keep reading to find out. Buying Food The grocery store is your first stop on the way to food safety....
Hotel Room Glasses - A Horror Story
2008-01-01 22:18:00 If you've recently stayed in a hotel and used the glasses in the room, you will be sickened by this report (if not by the glasses themselves!) And you thought you only had to worry about what was on the bedspread ...
By: Eat This!
Saskatchewan Business News - U of R researchers compile food safety ranking
2007-12-18 15:49:00 REGINA — A new publication will be able to tell you just how safe your food is. Read More… ‘‘
By: Saskapedia
REPORT: CONGRESS MUST ACT ON FOOD SAFETY
2007-11-06 15:01:00 Comprehensive farm-to-table reforms neededCongress needs to enact a comprehensive farm-to-table shake-up of the nation's food safety system, according to a new white paper published by the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI).As many as 5,000 Americans die each year from foodborne illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Another 325,000 are hospitalized, and 76 million become ill from unsafe food, the report notes.These illnesses and deaths are almost entirely preventable, with appropriate safeguards from farm to the kitchen.In its white paper, CSPI reviews a dozen food safety bills now being considered by Congress.While the majority of bills introduced so far address import inspection and include mandatory recall authority and civil penalties, many do not include mandatory process controls and government-enforced performance standards for both domestic and imported foods.Link to complete story: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/-news...
By: ATYOURSERVICE
Congress Strengthens Pet Food Safety Regulations
2007-10-24 09:08:00 Legislation passed by Congress in September contains food safety provisions requiring the Food and Drug Administration to set ingredient and processing standards for pet food. The new law, which applies also to human food, establishes an early warning system to alert the public about unsafe pet food. Congress directed the FDA to improve communication with the public, companies, and professional organizations during recalls, including the posting of information and a searchable, user-friendly recall list on the agency's Web site. A reportable food registry must be set up so the FDA can issue alerts about foods that could harm people or animals. The agency is to provide more detailed reports to Congress on food inspections as well. Under the new law, state and federal authorities must work together to improve food safety programs. Food companies are obligated to quickly report contaminations of their product after determining there is a problem and to make records available so contam...
By: Cats Only Blog
Chief Inspector Defends Food-Safety Regime
2007-09-20 11:10:00 The chief inspector of exported food, acknowledging immense international pressure, said he is working to strengthen oversight of Chinese products but expressed confidence that the nation’s system and its roughly 7,000 staff are up to the task. Read Original Post Here
Food safety: Wheat gluten and illness as a metaphor for the state of our fo
2007-09-03 08:53:00 Gluten sensitivity and celiac disease are part of a hidden epidemic. Most people are unfamiliar with the term gluten. This improved after the recent outbreak of cats and dogs dying in the U.S. from pet food made with wheat gluten from China contaminated by the chemical melamine. Gluten has been linked to various autoimmune conditions. Links to food or chemicals to fibromyalgia, autism spectrum disorder, chronic fatigue, IBS, multiple sclerosis, and headaches appear strong but difficult to prove.Is there a link between what we eat and the epidemic of unexplained illness? Is our food supply safe? Are organic foods just more expensive? Are we experiencing irrational fears about processed and non-organic foods that are less expensive and just as safe? Watch this chilling video about the future of food. There is a debate whether allergic or eosinophilic esophagitis is increasing or just being more commonly recognized. Autism appears to rising. One estimate is 1/166. Celiac disease is est...
China Food Safety: The Science And The Politics
2007-08-15 19:12:00 The Wall Street Journal just ran an excellent "commentary" on Chinese/American/International- food safety. The commentary is entitled, "Food Fights," [subscription may be required] and it is written by James Rice, Vice President and China country manager for Tyson Foods, Inc. Rice's commentary starts out by stating that what constitutes "safety" is not a "simple question, given that safety standards frequently vary from country to country, and for many reasons." He then notes that politics can compound the problem as safety standards "can become a back door to protectionism. The phenomenon even has a name: technical trade barriers:" Everyone plays this game. The European Union enforces safety regulations that lack support in international science; its standards on hormones prevent the import of U.S. beef, and rules on naturally occurring aflatoxin mold blocks all imports of corn and nut products from Africa. China enforces a zero-tolerance rule on salmonella and the feed-additi...
By: China Law Blog
Trust is Good, but Security is Better When it comes to Pet Food Safety
2007-08-07 02:58:00 On July 31th, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a list of ?best practices? on how food safety experts should inspect US businesses that manufacture, process and package food, including dog food. For 5 years this has been discussed by federal and state officials and as such this is not a direct consequence of ...
By: Dog Food Blog
Food Safety Fears Could Skim Off Dairy?s Lesser-Known Brands
2007-08-03 22:01:00 Rising concern over food-supply safety could benefit some of the country’s more established food and dairy companies, as consumers turn to trusted brands. International concern over China’s exports has grown since late March. Chinese consumers, too, have grown wary of product safety, and Beijing has pledged to crack down on the problem. Read ...
China Food Safety -- Something Less Than Heaven
2007-07-23 09:57:00 Extremely well written, in depth, summary of China food safety issues by Jonathan Ansfield over at the Spot On Blog. Post is entitled "The People's Heaven" and it makes for a great read. To grossly summarize, China is like the US at the time of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle. Concludes with the following thought: "That’s because most Chinese can’t afford not to eat their country’s food. As a matter of fact, can we?"
By: China Law Blog
Mike Rogers supports Food Safety
2007-07-19 15:10:00 Most folks in East Alabama, especially our farmers, know agriculture is a major industry for our state. Of course, this year the drought has severely harmed our farmers, and will no doubt impact our state’s agriculture production. In better years, though, annually farm and forestry products typically total about $5 billion for Alabama, with almost half of this total belonging to poultry. The health and safety of these chickens, as well as all our other major food products, is a major concern for our farmers and our nation. Any outbreak or terrorist attack that could disrupt this poultry production or contaminate our food chain – whether in years of drought or normal rains – could not only be devastating for our population, but would also harm our economy locally and nationally. Recently I attended a Homeland Security field hearing in Pennsylvania on the issue of food safety. The hearing brought together noted agriculture experts to talk about our nation’s efforts to prepare...
WHO chief sees food safety as a ?big challenge?
2007-07-18 12:47:00 Geneva, July 18 (Xinhua) Food safety is a big challenge for the whole world, which must be tackled through better regulation, Director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Chan has said.
By: Latest News
Smart Food Safety Practices Can Avoid Summertime Foodborne Illness
2007-07-13 11:08:00 Smart Food Safety PracticesNew Jersey residents reminded to keep a few guidelines in mind to help prevent food borne illness. As summer truly gets underway, more and more families and neighbors will be taking advantage of the weather to cook and eat outdoors. But feeding a large group of family and friends when the weather is hot can make food safety a challenge.Food borne illness is a significant public health concern in the United States. In fact, around 76 million cases of food sickness, resulting in 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths occur each year. Especially at risk are young children, the elderly and people with diseases that involve the immune system, such as asthma, arthritis, cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and liver or kidney diseases. "Foodborne illness cases rise during the summer because bacteria thrive in warm temperatures," said Commissioner Jacobs. "For example, what many people call-stomach flu' or intestinal virus' is often caused by food poisoning, which ...
By: health
Cleaning Up China's Food Safety -- Humiliation Required
2007-07-12 19:54:00 Beijing based journalist, Wang Feng, has an absolutely superb article up today as a "Guest Analyst" on the PostGlobal Blog. The article is entitled, "'International Humiliation' on Food Safety May Be in China's Best Interest," and its thesis is that we should not expect much in the way of improved food safety in China until it loses way more face. I completely agree. The article starts out talking about the Chinese government's approach to diethylene glycol in toothpaste: Diethylene glycol, a toxic industrial solvent, is often used in China to replace the similar but more expensive glycerine, a harmless food additive. Chinese-made toothpaste containing diethylene glycol has been discovered and recalled all over the world. But until this morning, Chinese officials had insisted that a small amount of diethylene glycol in toothpaste was harmless to the human body. Never mind that a Chinese shipment of it was blamed for the deaths of over 100 Panamanians after a drug make...
By: China Law Blog
Pet Food Traceability - How To Improve Pet Food Safety
2007-07-11 22:10:00 These days, unfortunately, pet food safety has become a very hot topic. As seen in the latest recall, customers want control and many dog owners turned either to holistic dog food or started making their own dog food. Still, according to a survey held by Pet Food Institute inquiring US pet owners, 70% of consumers ...
By: Dog Food Blog
China food safety head executed
2007-07-10 09:26:00 Zheng Xiaoyu was accused of accepting some $850,000 in bribesThe former head of China's State Food and Drug Administration, Zheng Xiaoyu, has been executed for corruption, the state-run Xinhua news agency reports.
By: Get rich
WORLD FOOD SAFETY ORGANISATION
2007-07-05 00:00:00 HACCP BELGELEND?RME E??T?M DENET?M GIDA LABORATUVARI
By: Kuzey Ruzgari
Food Safety Crackdown Shuts 180 Factories in China
2007-06-28 15:14:00 China’s export of contaminated vegetable protein resulted in one of the largest pet food recalls in US history (March 2007). Last tuesday, China’s watchdog AQSIQ (General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine) published their findings. The results so far: 180 plants were closed, 37 firms lost their licence and 11 cases have been forwarded to ...
By: Dog Food Blog
Vietnam: Food Safety
2007-06-17 19:55:00 Saigon Nezumi wonders about the safety of the food in Vietnam. Local newspapers have been reporting on the investigations by authorities on local and import food products. Popularity: unranked [?] Read more at Preetam Rai
Sunday Late-Night Reader
2007-06-04 06:00:00 DOJ Probes Turn to Civil Rights Division | LegalTimes.com:The Civil Rights Division has emerged as the latest lightning rod for allegations that the Justice Department has become politicized during the Bush administration.Congress Wants Ashcroft's Testimony | Newsweek | Isikoff: "The House and Senate Intelligence Committees have asked the former attorney general to testify about his role in a dramatic showdown over a controversial eavesdropping program. Will he play ball? ..."White House Follows New Path To Secrecy:"A newly disclosed effort to keep Vice President Dick Cheney's visitor records secret is the latest White House push to make sure the public doesn't learn who has been meeting with top officials in the Bush administration. Over the past year, lawyers for President Bush and Cheney have directed the Secret Service to maintain the confidentiality of visitor entry and exit logs, declaring them to be presidential records, exempt from a law requiring their disclosure to whoe...
American Food Safety Issues: The Death of Common Sense
2007-05-25 15:50:00 As some of you foodies out there may know, in March 2007 the food conglomerate ConAgra had to recall its Peter Pan Peanut Butter products due to salmonella content. This morning, I happened upon a consumer advocate website called SPOCKO'S BRAIN. The site has a post called frightening food facts. What caught my eye about this post was the revelation that the "federal government can issue mandatory recalls for tires and toys but not food...except for baby formula..." Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaa???!!! This is another example of big business dictating how the govenment conducts itself. If you wish to speak out about this idiocy, go to the site of the FDA. The food we put in our bodies should demand as much safety as the tires we put on our cars!
Memorial Day Fun, Food & Safety Tips
2007-05-23 00:00:00 Tips for a fun, safe, and Memorable Memorial DayRead More
Asia Reviews Food Safety
2007-05-09 03:26:00 Formaldehyde, which has been linked to cancer and can cause death, has several uses, from making adhesive resins for plywood and carpeting to embalming. But in Indonesia, Sutikno, a 35-year-old tofu maker in south Jakarta who goes by one name, uses it to keep the tofu he sells fresh. "Formaldehyde is magic. There is no comparison," he says on a recent afternoon at the market in south Jakarta. Last year, he switched briefly to a different, legal preservative, but his bean curd went bad in less than 24 hours. As for his customers, he doesn't tell them ...
Pet Food Company HealthyPetNet Issues Statement Regarding Its Food Safety
2007-05-04 20:47:00 Nine-year-old holistic pet food company HealthyPetNet (owned by Trilogy) issued a statement regarding the safety of its pet food line. It says, in part, that all ingredients come from trusted United States suppliers, and that it has never used any of the types of inferior ingredients that are contaminated. The ASPCA recently issued a warning ...
At Food Safety Hearing, ChemNutra official Says It?s Not The First Time
2007-04-24 21:26:00 One of the surprises to come out of this morning’s Food Safety hearing is that this is not the first time that melamine has been mixed with wheat gluten to make it look like it had more protein. It first was discovered three decades ago. To which The Safe Pet Food Blog asks: Do ...
Watch Today?s (Senate) Food Safety Hearing Featuring FDA and ChemNutra
2007-04-24 14:24:00 You can watch the video Tuesday, April 24 at 9:30 a.m. EDT live at: http://energycommerce.house.gov-/membios/schedule.shtml The Safe Pet Food Blog IsYourPetFoodSafe.com
AP: U.S. Food Safety Strained by Imports (AP)
2007-04-23 00:00:00 The same food safety net that couldn't catch poisoned pet food ingredients from China has a much bigger hole. Billions of dollars' worth of foreign ingredients that Americans eat in everything from salad dressing to ice cream get a pass from overwhelmed inspectors, despite a rising tide of imports from countries with spotty records, according to an Associated Press analysis of federal trade and food data.
By: Commodity Wealth
China’s Food Safety Woes Expand Overseas (AP)
2007-04-13 00:00:00 The list of Chinese food exports rejected at American ports reads like a chef's nightmare: pesticide-laden pea pods, drug-laced catfish, filthy plums and crawfish contaminated with salmonella.
By: Commodity Wealth
China’s Food Safety Woes Expand Overseas (AP)
2007-04-13 00:00:00 The list of Chinese food exports rejected at American ports reads like a chef's nightmare: pesticide-laden pea pods, drug-laced catfish, filthy plums and crawfish contaminated with salmonella.
By: Commodity Wealth
China’s Food Safety Woes Expand Overseas (AP)
2007-04-12 00:00:00 The list of Chinese food exports rejected at American ports reads like a chef's nightmare: pesticide-laden pea pods, drug-laced catfish, filthy plums and crawfish contaminated with salmonella.
By: Commodity Wealth
Poor Infrastructure Undermines Food Safety in West Africa
2007-03-17 12:33:00 Poor Infrastructure Undermines Food Safety in West Africa (March 11, 2007) This Inter Press Service article reports that underdeveloped infrastructure is a leading cause of food insecurity in Africa. Meat imports frequently thaw in transit due to an unreliable supply of electricity and substandard technology, allowing food-borne illnesses like salmonella “to ...
Infrastructure hampers food safety in W Africa
2007-03-14 13:19:00 Source: Mail & Guardian Infrastructure hampers food safety in W Africa A container ship is docked at Ghana’s Tema port, stuffed to the brim with frozen food products, including thousands of metric tonnes of poultry parts recently arrived from Brazil. These are unloaded into cold storage facilities until they can be transported to the capital, Accra, or ...
FDA to issue fresh-cut food safety guide
2007-03-14 08:47:00 WASHINGTON, March 13: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing a guide to help food processors minimize safety hazards common to fresh-cut fruits and vegetables.
By: newkerala.com
KFC raises food safety concern in China
2007-03-11 13:43:00 Beijing, Mar 11: Kentucky Fried Chicken, the US fast food giant has again sparked food safety concerns in China, with its outlets being accused of repeatedly using the same frying oil for up to 10 days, which experts believe may cause cancer.
By: newkerala.com
Food safety this Holiday season
2006-12-15 07:09:01 Remember to stay healthy for the Holidays. Christmas is a time for parties and having fun but we also see a lot of health problems. When there are parties, there is a danger of food poisoning. The first type is the one that sneaks up on you: Staph . The Staph germ causes a nasty diarrhea. Although it [...]
FDA Offers Food Safety Information for Expected Power Outages and Flooding
1970-01-01 00:59:00 In the event power outages or floods occur from hurricanes, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the most significant food safety challenge consumers will face wi
Avian Influenza And Food Safety Statement By World Health Organization Dire
1970-01-01 00:59:00 Since the beginning of February 2006, the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus has spread to affect wild or domestic birds in 17 new countries in Africa, Asia,
The Scary Truth about Food Safety
1969-12-31 19:00:00 If you stop for a moment to think about how your mother cooked for you as a child, you might be surprised that you made it as far as you did. It seemed that no one knew about germs, so raw chicken and that night’s bread loaves were both on the same cutting board without a second thought. But times have changed and we’re a bit more particular about our foods and food safety. With headlines everyday about e Coli and other dangerous germs in foods, your best line of defense begins in the same place your recipes do. Everything Has Germs Right now, your hands have germs on them. That knob you just turned to wash your hands at the sink? Germs there too. For a moment, let’s be realistic. Everything has germs on it. But while this is the case, that doesn’t mean we should give up. Here are some easy ways to keep germs at a minimum: - Wash your hands with warm soapy water for the same length of time as - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star. Dry them completely with a...
Wisconsin Food Safety Services
0000-00-00 00:00:00 Wisconsin Food Safety Services. Butte des Morts, Wisconsin: education, food safety Wisconsin state certified instructor 20 years experience in the food industry Both Grocery and Restaurant. . . |
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