Food Safety


  • Canned Soup Elevates BPA Levels
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    A group of volunteers consuming a serving of canned soup each day for five days had more than 1,000 percent increase in urinary bisphenol A (BPA) concentrations compared with the same individuals who consumed fresh soup daily for five days, according to a new study from ...More
    November 28, 2011
    Posted in News
  • 2011 Contentious Year for Natural Products
    The year was ripe with natural product news. Now, not all the news was "good," but it was certainly interesting. ...More
    November 22, 2011 By Sandy Almendarez
    Posted in Blog
  • Raw Milk, Friend or Foe?
    Incase you missed this week's news, the California Department of Public Health issued a statewide recall and quarantine of raw milk products produced by Organic Pastures. ...More
    November 21, 2011
    Posted in Blog
  • Mobility Solutions for the Grocery Distribution Industry
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    In light of the recent passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, trace and track technology within the grocery supply chain is more important than ever. ...More
    October 11, 2011
    Posted in Articles
  • Citizens for Health Launches FoodIdentityTheft.com
    Citizens for Health, a consumer advocacy groups, launched a new website—FoodIdentityTheft.com—to alert and inform Americans about misleading labeling on many food, beverage and health products. ...More
    September 27, 2011
    Posted in News
  • Dr. Oz Hating on Apple Juice
    Dr. Oz reported nearly one-third of the apple juice samples his show tested had higher levels of arsenic than is allowed in U.S. drinking water. How can shoppers protect themselves? Or should they? ...More
    September 20, 2011 By Sandy Almendarez
    Posted in Blog
  • Blue Diamond Named ‘Plant of the Year of the Pinnacle Club’
    Blue Diamond, an U.S. almond grower and manufacturer, announced its Sacramento manufacturing facility was named “Plant of the Year of the Pinnacle Club" by the American Council for Food Safety & Quality, also known as the DFA of California. ...More
    August 30, 2011
    Posted in News
  • ‘The Story of Lettuce’
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    What if one company could rearrange the way you think about food—how it’s produced, how it’s purchased, self life, food safety, nutrient-dense? Think green. Think local. Think outside the farm, or at least, on top … ...More
    August 26, 2011
    Posted in Blog
  • E. Coli: From Market Shelves to Bookshelves
    The New York Times recently reviewed Jeff Benedict’s new book—Poisoned—a non-fictional medical-legal thriller that details the 1993 outbreak of E. Coli as a result of contaminated Jack in the Box hamburgers. This book release rides the curtails of current outbreaks of E. ...More
    July 20, 2011
    Posted in Blog
  • OTA’s Comments on Organic-Pesticide ‘Battle’
    The Organic Trade Association submitted the following letter to the editor after NPM posted the story “The Organic-Pesticide Battle". NPM appreciates OTA’s comments and welcomes additional industry response. ...More
    June 22, 2011
    Posted in News