On the heels of this week’s massive nationwide egg recall, Hillandale Farms of Iowa is recalling shell eggs because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Aug. 20. There have been laboratory-confirmed Salmonella ...More
I just learned watching the news this morning something that is making me reconsider partaking at my local smoothie retailer until further notice ...More
Ice cream, cheese and berries may be among shoppers’ favorite foods, but FDA says they are also at the top of a much scarier list: the top-10 most contaminated foods. ...More
It's best to eat fresh and non-processed foods, but the recent white paper released by the Institute of Food Technologists opened my eyes to some interesting points. ...More
New food-safety requirements for large-scale egg producers that became effective July 9, 2010, are expected to reduce the number of Salmonella Enteritidis infections from eggs by nearly 60 percent, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The new rules ...More
Food dyes pose risks of cancer, hyperactivity in children, and allergies, and should be banned, according to a new 58-page report by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), “Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks.” ...More
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued a statement reminding parents not to feed honey to babies less than 1-year old because of the risk of developing infant botulism. The statement was the result of a 15-week old baby contracting the illness after ingesting honey. ...More
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report called for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to have greater authority to address gaps and weaknesses in the regulation of the nation’s food supply. ...More
Self-reported peanut allergies in children have more than tripled from 1997 to 2008, according to a nationwide telephone survey published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ...More
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