The California Senate unanimously passed SB 1138, which would require fish and shellfish to be labeled with accurate common names. Oceana's testing of more than 1,200 samples in 21 states found 33% mislabeled, including 93% of red snapper, with California among the worst.
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Food law, regulation, government advisories and the legal fights over what reaches your plate.
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OREGON: Please Do This Today!
Oregon voters can download, sign and mail the Oregon Right to Know petition themselves, and the campaign needs enough signatures by the July 3 deadline to put a mandatory GMO labeling measure on the November ballot.
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United Fresh Disappointed in Action by House Appropriations Committee
United Fresh president Tom Stenzel calls the House Appropriations Committee vote to roll back school meal nutrition standards deeply disappointing, and says the long debate on Rep. Sam Farr's amendment shows the bill's waiver provision is flawed.
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FDA Small Business Regulatory Education for Industry (REdI) Conference Spring 2014
The FDA's free Spring Regulatory Education for Industry conference runs June 16-17, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport, with CDER and CDRH staff covering drug and device regulation for small manufacturers, including FDA meetings and site inspections.
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Sometimes Drugs and the Liver Don't Mix
FDA reviewer John R. Senior explains that any drug may harm the liver, though rarely, and that predicting which patients will react is hard. Data suggest prescription and over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplements together cause more acute liver failure than all other causes combined.
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FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Rules on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels.” - corrected
A corrected FDA constituent update announcing a June 26, 2014 public meeting in Washington on two proposed rules revising the Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels and serving size requirements, with a working link for online registration.
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FDA to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Rules on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
The meeting runs June 26, 2014 at USDA's Jefferson Auditorium in Washington, where FDA will explain the two rules proposed March 3 on nutrition information and serving sizes, describe how to submit comments, answer questions and hear oral presentations. Attendees are urged to register.
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Millions March Against Monsanto Calling for Boycott of GMOs
On May 24 people in 52 countries and more than 400 cities joined the March Against Monsanto, calling for a boycott of genetically engineered food and agricultural chemicals. Founder Tami Monroe Canal says the movement backs sustainable food production.
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What is the definition of Natural Flavors?
Quotes the FDA's definition in 21 CFR: a natural flavor is an essential oil, extract, distillate or product of roasting, heating or enzymolysis carrying flavoring constituents from plants, meat, seafood, poultry, eggs or dairy, whose significant function in food is flavoring rather than nutrition.
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FDA to Extend Comment Period on Proposed Rules on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels
FDA extended by 60 days, to August 1, 2014, the comment period on two proposed rules revising the Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels and updating serving sizes. The agency acted in response to requests for more time to submit comments.
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2 Oregon Counties Ban GE Crops in Landslide Election Victories
Voters in Jackson and Josephine counties approved bans on planting genetically engineered crops, 66-34 and 58-42. Chemical companies spent nearly $1 million opposing the Jackson measure; organisers said farmers voted to keep their seed free of GE contamination.
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FDA targets illegal online pharmacies in globally coordinated action
During Interpol's Operation Pangea VII in May 2014, authorities in 111 countries acted against sites selling unapproved prescription drugs. Some 19,618 packages were detained or seized, 583 of them by FDA and Customs in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago.
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Listen Up, Monsanto - newsletter from Organic Consumers Association
Voters in Jackson and Josephine counties, Oregon, passed countywide bans on growing GMO crops despite about $1 million in industry spending in Jackson County alone. OCA says it gave $50,000 to those campaigns and pledges $500,000 to Oregon's statewide labeling initiative.
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Tell EPA to do its job and stop poisoning bees!
An action alert urges readers to press EPA over its proposal to expand use of thiamethoxam and sulfoxaflor, two insecticides it calls bee-toxic. The European Union has suspended thiamethoxam, and EPA itself called sulfoxaflor “very highly toxic” to bees.
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FDA Investigates Outbreak of Human Salmonella Typhimurium Infections Linked to Frozen Feeder Rodents Packaged by Reptile Industries Inc.
FDA warns that Arctic Mice frozen feeder rodents packaged by Reptile Industries and sold at PetSmart since January 11, 2014 may carry Salmonella. CDC counted 37 Salmonella Typhimurium illnesses across 18 states and five hospitalizations; the company declined to recall.
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Update of CVM's What's New - FDA is Vigilant About Keeping Your Pets Safe
FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine monitors adverse drug event reports for animals, receiving 86,444 in fiscal 2013, and runs a site where consumers can report pet food problems. Findings can trigger label revisions, Dear Doctor letters and client information sheets.
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United Fresh Disappointed in Action by House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
United Fresh CEO Tom Stenzel criticized the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee's vote to roll back school meal nutrition standards, noting USDA reports 91 percent of schools already comply and urging Congress to help the rest rather than create an opt-out.
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Victory in Organics!
The National Organic Standards Board voted to ban streptomycin in organic apple and pear orchards after 2014, which the Center for Food Safety says ends all antibiotic use in organic production. Tetracycline was banned a year earlier.
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