From July 1, New York City restaurants must keep artificial trans fat out of all menu items, including baked goods and frozen foods. The rule still allows under 0.5 grams per serving and exempts sealed manufacturer packaging. First-phase compliance ran about 98 percent.
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Food law, regulation, government advisories and the legal fights over what reaches your plate.
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Milk on Trial as Cornell Expert Testifies at Fired Teacher's Hearing
T. Colin Campbell testified at the Illinois dismissal hearing of art teacher Dave Warwak, fired for turning his classroom into a forum on veganism. Campbell backed the claim that animal foods shorten lives, citing NFL players' life expectancy.
Advisories
USDA CONSUMER ALERT: Keeping Food Safe During an Emergency
The USDA offers food safety steps for those hit by Midwest flooding: keep appliance thermometers in the refrigerator and freezer, hold them at 40 and 0 degrees F, freeze water and perishables ahead of an outage, move food above possible flood water, and have coolers ready.
Advisories
Beware of Online Cancer Fraud
FDA health fraud coordinator Gary Coody warns that bogus cancer cures sold as pills, tonics and creams, often labeled natural treatments or dietary supplements, prey on desperate patients. Even harmless-seeming products can do damage by delaying proven treatment.
Legal Actions
FDA probes raw milk operator
CNN reports the FDA is investigating cross-state raw milk sales by Organic Pastures, California's largest raw milk dairy, and even asked a farm worker to secretly gather evidence. Twenty-two states ban raw milk sales; the CDC counted about 1,000 illnesses and two deaths from 1998 to 2005.
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FDA Warns Individuals and Firms to Stop Selling Fake Cancer 'Cures'
The FDA sent warning letters to 23 U.S. companies and two foreign individuals selling tablets, teas, tonics, black salves and creams with unproven claims to prevent or cure cancer, and urged buyers to ask their doctor about stopping the products.
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U.S. talks with South Korea about beef ban
South Korea's trade minister was due to meet U.S. representative Susan Schwab over the beef import ban imposed after the first U.S. mad cow case in 2003, with no quick deal expected. He said he would seek to keep out beef from cattle older than 30 months.
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Do you know where your tomatoes come from? Of course Not !
With the FDA linking a 17-state salmonella outbreak to red plum, Roma and round red tomatoes, and the CDC counting 167 illnesses and 23 hospitalizations, the writer argues traceback still takes months rather than the 48 hours required, and promotes ScoringAg's tracking service.
Law & Regulations
FDA official says plastic chemical safe for children
An FDA science official told a House subcommittee that bisphenol A released from food-contact materials, including baby bottles, stays below levels that cause health effects. A National Toxicology Program draft report had raised some concern about effects seen in animal studies.
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FDA urged to ban food dyes
The group petitioned the FDA to ban a set of synthetic food dyes including Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange B, Red 3 and Yellow 6, citing a 2004 meta-analysis and two British government-funded studies that found dyes worsen some children's behavior. Britain is pushing manufacturers to switch.
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