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U.S. releases new nutrition standards

By  Maria Cendejas The U.S. government released new nutrition standards for school meals that included cutting down on sodium, limiting calories and offering students a wider

Consumers Might Drink More Fungicide Residues With FDA’s Crack Down on OJ

Columbia, MD 1.18.2012 Consumers (parents) who are choosing to avoid orange juice because of FDA’s recent Carbendazim fungicide residue scare might actually consume (feed to their ...
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Food Chemical Regulations Rely Heavily on Industry Self-Policing and Lack Transparency (PR)

Contact: Colin Finan, 202.552.2272, cfinan@pewtrusts.org Washington, DC - 10/26/2011 - Safety decisions concerning one-third of the more than 10,000 substances that may be added to human food were ...
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RED ALERT: FDA Set to Ban Your Supplements

Story at-a-glance The FDA's new Draft Guidance on New Dietary Ingredients threatens to remove some of your most commonly used supplements from the market Manufacturers of supplements ...
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National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods to Hold Public Meetings

National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods to Hold Public Meetings Congressional and Public Affairs Bill Bagley (202) 720-9113WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2011 - The United States Department of ...
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Dietary Supplement Importers Won’t Be Exempt From New FDA Fees According to FDAImports.com

Columbia, MD 9.7.2011 According to Benjamin England, Founder and CEO of FDAImports.com, many dietary supplement importers are not aware that new FDA food inspection and re-examination fees ...
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FDA To Impose New Fees on Food Imports; Increase in Food Costs Imminent? (PR)

Press Release Columbia, MD 8.16.2011 This month FDA announced its plan to implement “re-examination” fees under the recently enacted FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (“FSMA”, which amended the federal ...
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FDA reopens comment period on proposed ‘gluten-free’ food labeling rule

FDA NEWS RELEASE   For Immediate Release: Aug. 2, 2011 Media Inquiries: Siobhan DeLancey, 202-510-4177, siobhan.delancey@fda.hhs.gov Trade Inquiries: Stephen King, 240-402-1407, stephen.king@fda.hhs.gov Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA   FDA reopens comment period on proposed ‘gluten-free’ food ...
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USDA Announces Proposed Rule to Better Label Raw Meat and Poultry Containing Added Solutions (PR)

WASHINGTON, July 21, 2011 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing a new rule to establish common, easy-to-understand ...
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FDA Finally Listened and Removed Arsenic from Chickens

Posted By Dr. Mercola  The U.S. FDA has announced that Pfizer will stop the sale of the animal drug 3-Nitro. The drug is used in chicken feed, ...
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