Autopsy tests confirmed variant CJD in a patient who recently died in Texas, the fourth case reported in the United States. CDC says the patient's extensive travel to Europe and the Middle East supports the likelihood that infection occurred outside the country, as in the three earlier cases.
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Food Safety
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Biological
Are You Eating These Eggs? Egg Czar Accepts Plea Deal For Salmonella-Tainted Eggs
Austin "Jack" DeCoster and his son Peter are expected to plead guilty to introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce over the 2010 salmonella outbreak that prompted a half-billion-egg recall. Quality Egg has agreed to pay $6.8 million in fines.
GMO
Consumer Group Files SEC Complaint About GE Salmon Company’s Misrepresentations
Food & Water Watch asked the SEC to make AquaBounty disclose more risk to investors as it seeks a NASDAQ listing, saying its filing omits a possible Fish & Wildlife Service review of GE salmon production and a pending Panamanian case over permits.
Chemical
Titanium dioxide may cause chronic damage
A study found titanium dioxide nanoparticles crossed gut epithelium in vivo and ex vivo and changed its permeability. The authors say the particles would persist in gut cells and possibly cause chronic damage. Some supplement makers have stopped using the additive.
Biological
Norovirus is the leading cause of disease outbreaks from contaminated food in the U.S.
A CDC Vital Signs report finds most foodborne norovirus outbreaks start in food service settings, often when infected workers touch ready-to-eat food with bare hands. Cruise ships account for about 1 percent of reported outbreaks; roughly 20 million people get sick each year.
Chemical
Shiitake mushroom high in toxic arsenic
A Food Chemistry study found shiitake products carry mostly toxic inorganic arsenic, at up to 1.38 mg per kg, across fresh, canned, dried and supplement forms. The authors say shiitake should not be ignored where intake is high; an editor's note suggests occasional use is likely fine.
Chemical
Study Claiming Fluoride Does Not Lower IQ is Flawed
The Fluoride Action Network argues a New Zealand study in the American Journal of Public Health clearing fluoridation of any effect on IQ is flawed, citing its small unfluoridated group of 99 against 891 fluoridated subjects and 139 subjects whose fluoride tablet use is unreported.
Food Safety FAQ
AgriLife Extension experts offer tips on safe Memorial Day grilling, food safety
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension experts offer Memorial Day grilling advice, including checking for burn bans before cooking out in public areas. NFPA data show gas grills were involved in an average 7,200 home fires a year from 2007 to 2011, and solid-fuel grills in 1,400.
Chemical
High Cholesterol Levels Lower Fertility
In the NICHD-led LIFE study of 501 couples, those with higher total cholesterol had lower pregnancy rates or took longer to conceive than couples with lower levels, which the researchers say suggests lifestyle may affect conception.
Chemical
Recent Evidence Regarding Triclosan and Cancer Risk
A commentary in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health reviews human triclosan exposure and cancer evidence. The authors say recent evidence suggests the antibacterial may play a role in cancer development, perhaps through estrogenicity.
Chemical
Oxidized cholesterol damages men's fertility
Rats fed oxidized LDL cholesterol for 14 weeks had smaller sex organs, and those with high serum oxidized cholesterol had much lower sperm counts and lower FSH, LH and testosterone, an Iranian study reports. Non-oxidized LDL did not affect spermatogenesis or organ weight.
Chemical
Acrylamide exposure impairs blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier function
Yanshu Zhang and colleagues at Hebei United University report in Neural Regeneration Research that acrylamide exposure damages the blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier and impairs its secretory and transport functions, changes that may underlie acrylamide's neurotoxicity.
Biological
PERES Portable “Electronic Nose” Analyzes Spoilage Levels of Food to Determine if Safe for Consumption (PR)
ARS LAB launched an Indiegogo campaign for PERES, a handheld device it calls the world's first electronic nose. Four sensors read volatile organic compounds and ammonia given off by beef, pork, poultry or fish, adjust for temperature and humidity, and send a freshness reading to a phone app.
Chemical
How Sweet It Is: All About Sugar Substitutes
FDA has approved advantame, a high-intensity sweetener cleared as a food additive and flavor enhancer for uses from baked goods and soft drinks to jams and frozen desserts, but not meat or poultry. FDA's Andrew Zajac explains how such sweeteners add few or no calories.
Chemical
Three Fluoride-Free Victories & Exciting Conference Update
Three more US communities ended fluoridation: Boyne City, Michigan voted 3-2, while Buffalo and Union, Missouri cited corrosion damage to pipes and equipment. More than 135 have stopped since 2010. Oregon also fined Intel $143,000 for failing to disclose fluoride emissions.
Biological
How is Meat Kept Free From Bacteria? You Don't Want to Know.
The piece describes methods U.S. processors use against salmonella, E. coli and listeria that never appear on labels, starting with the chlorine baths for poultry that the EU has refused since 1997, and links routine livestock antibiotics to resistant infections.
Chemical
EPA proposes to approve toxic 2,4-D for Dow's GE crops
The EPA has opened a public comment period on approving 2,4-D for Dow Chemical's genetically engineered corn and soybeans. The piece urges readers to object, citing links between 2,4-D and cancer, Parkinson's, endocrine disruption, and dioxin contamination.
Chemical
The Arrogance of Fluoridation
A letter to readers sets out the case against artificial water fluoridation: fluoride is not a nutrient, formula-fed infants get far more than breastfed ones, it accumulates in bone for decades, and once it is in the supply no one controls the dose or who receives it.
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