USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued advice for Iowa and Illinois residents hit by flooding: keep thermometers in the refrigerator and freezer, freeze water and gel packs before outages, group food together in the freezer, and store food above the reach of contaminated water.
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Breaking News: Toxics reform in the House(PR)
The EWG Action Fund reports that Reps. Waxman and Rush have introduced H.R. 5820, the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act, in the House, and asks supporters to sign a petition pressing Congress to make companies prove chemicals are safe before they reach store shelves.
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FAN Bulletin 2025: The Anatomy of Deception in Florida. Part 1 (PR)
The Fluoride Action Network says the Florida Dental Association's campaign for fluoridation, complete with coalitions, model letters, slides and a video, is full of mistakes, half-truths and outright falsehoods, and warns dentists that one letter could invite a slander action.
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Nestle Agrees to Stop'Deceptive' Ad Claims
The FTC says Nestlé HealthCare Nutrition deceptively advertised BOOST Kid Essentials, a children's drink with probiotics, as preventing respiratory infections, protecting against colds and flu and cutting absences from school. Nestlé agreed to drop the claims.
Law & Regulations
FDA and NOAA ramp up seafood inspection in the Gulf region
FDA is working with NOAA, the EPA, other federal agencies and state authorities to monitor seafood safety after the Gulf oil spill. The agency says the public should not be concerned about seafood in stores at this time, and fish harvested outside the closed areas is considered safe to eat.
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The United States Needs 13 Million More Acres of Fruits and Vegetables to Meet the RDA (PR)
American Farmland Trust president Jon Scholl says the U.S. needs at least 13 million more acres growing fruits and vegetables for Americans to meet USDA dietary guidelines, and warns most of that produce is grown in the path of development. He urges shopping locally or regionally.
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FDA's Draft Guidance on the Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals
An FDA question-and-answer sheet on its draft guidance for medically important antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals, setting out the agency's concern that some uses may drive antimicrobial resistance and defining what it means by medically important drugs and judicious use.
Advisories
USDA Offers Summer Grilling Tips
Ahead of the Fourth of July, USDA urges cookout hosts to wash hands and surfaces, keep raw meat and poultry apart from produce and cooked food, and judge doneness with a thermometer rather than color: 145F for steaks, roasts, chops and fish, 160F for ground beef.
Advisories
Bottled Water Everywhere: Keeping it Safe
The FDA regulates bottled water under the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, with standards of identity, limits on chemical, microbial and radiological contaminants, and manufacturing rules. The piece walks through classifications such as artesian well and mineral water.
Advisories
FDA Issues Warning Re Magic Power Coffee
The FDA warns that Magic Power Coffee, sold as an all-natural aphrodisiac supplement, contains hydroxythiohomosildenafil, a chemical similar to Viagra's active ingredient that can sharply lower blood pressure in men taking nitrate medications such as nitroglycerin.
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U.S. FDA Removes Many Chinese Candies From Import Alert 99-30
The FDA narrowed Import Alert 99-30, which had let inspectors automatically detain any Chinese shipment containing milk-derived ingredients over melamine concerns. Benjamin England of FDAImports.com says the original screening swept in products with no milk at all.
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Opioid Abuse Skyrockets
CDC data show emergency room visits for opioid painkiller overdoses rose from 144,644 in 2004 to 305,885 in 2008, a 111 percent increase. Oxycodone-related visits rose 152 percent, hydrocodone 123 percent and methadone 73 percent.
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"Teflon Chicken Don" Jack DeCoster, Agrees to Cruelty Plea
Maine Contract Farming, part of Jack DeCoster's egg empire, pleaded guilty to failing to shelter and feed 10 hens at its Turner farm. It agreed to $25,000 in penalties, $100,000 for state monitoring, unannounced inspections and a staff veterinarian. A 2009 undercover video prompted a raid.
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Antibiotic-Tainted Honey Seized in Philadelphia
The FDA seized 64 drums of imported Chinese honey, worth more than $32,000, from a Philadelphia distribution center after a sample tested positive for chloramphenicol, an antibiotic banned in US food that can cause fatal aplastic anemia in sensitive people.
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Federal Marshals Seize Bee Honey
At the FDA's request, federal marshals seized 64 drums of imported Chinese honey from a Philadelphia distribution center on June 4 because it contained a potent antibiotic that could cause serious illness or death.
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Codex Serves Up A Hearty Helping of Melamine!
Mercola reports that the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Foods adopted acceptable melamine levels in food, which the National Health Federation puts at 1.0 ppm for infant formula and 2.5 ppm for adults. He argues melamine is entirely man-made, so the level should be zero.
Law & Regulations
CDC Critiques Surgical Centers
A CDC review of infection control at ambulatory surgery centers in Maryland, North Carolina and Oklahoma found 68 percent had at least one lapse: 46 percent mishandled blood glucose monitoring equipment and over 28 percent mishandled medications, even though staff knew they were watched.
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Watchdog Calls on USDA to Boost Transparency in Organic Governance (PR)
The Cornucopia Institute wrote to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on 7 June asking the USDA to work with the organic community on pending National Organic Standards Board appointments. Codirector Will Fantle says corporate agribusiness has gained disproportionate influence.
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