Vivvo CMS 4.1 foodconsumer.org http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/ ©2007 Spoonlabs d.o.o. foodconsumer.org http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/files.php?file= http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/ U.S. releases new nutrition standards http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/nutrition_standards_0130121232.html Law & Regulations Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:26:00 +0000 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 http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/consumers_might_drink_more_fungicide_residues_0118120245.html Law & Regulations Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:43:00 +0000 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 Food Chemical Regulations Rely Heavily on Industry Self-Policing and Lack Transparency (PR) http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/food_chemical_regulations_1026110550.html Law & Regulations Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:49:00 +0000 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 RED ALERT: FDA Set to Ban Your Supplements http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/fda_set_to_ban_your_supplements_0913110904.html Law & Regulations Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:59:00 +0000 Story at-a-glance The FDA's new Draft Guidance on New Dietary Ingredients threatens to remove some of your most commonly used supplements from the market Manufacturers of supplements National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods to Hold Public Meetings http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/national_advisory_committee_0912110135.html Law & Regulations Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:34:00 +0000 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 Dietary Supplement Importers Won’t Be Exempt From New FDA Fees According to FDAImports.com http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/dietary_supplement_importers_0906111129.html Law & Regulations Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:28:00 +0000 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 FDA To Impose New Fees on Food Imports; Increase in Food Costs Imminent? (PR) http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/fda_0816110114.html Law & Regulations Tue, 16 Aug 2011 18:14:00 +0000 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 FDA reopens comment period on proposed ‘gluten-free’ food labeling rule http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/proposed_gluten-free_food_labeling_rule_0803110522.html Law & Regulations Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:21:00 +0000 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 USDA Announces Proposed Rule to Better Label Raw Meat and Poultry Containing Added Solutions (PR) http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/usda_0721111139.html Law & Regulations Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:38:00 +0000 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 FDA Finally Listened and Removed Arsenic from Chickens http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Politics/32/arsenic_from_chickens_0630111118.html Law & Regulations Fri, 01 Jul 2011 04:17:00 +0000 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, foodconsumer.org