Calls to improve US food safety gain urgency
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The latest food-contamination case raises the stakes for growers and public officials.
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The House Agriculture Committee voted Thursday night to require country of origin labels on meats beginning next year, striking a compromise as reports of tainted food from China raise consumer awareness about imported food safety.
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The Food and Drug Administration will publish draft guidelines today that would encourage companies to submit voluntary safety evaluations of bioengineered food crops that sometimes
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New rules announced yesterday will make it easier to investigate a bioterror attack on the US food supply, though they won&#39;t change the underlying
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The country's largest food suppliers, including Kraft Foods, H.J. Heinz and Dole Food, facing congressional food-safety proposals that could cost them millions of dollars a year, proposed yesterday to grant the government more oversight of the industry.
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China promised to cooperate in tackling its food safety problems but urged a quick resolution.
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People would like simple signposts to help them to make informed and healthier food choices, according to new research from the UKâs Food Standards Agency (FSA).
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A World Health Organization official at a conference in China urges greater international cooperation against food-born diseases. Dr.
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13/10/2004 - Unsafe food makes almost a third of the globe ill each year, providing constant pressure on governments and the global food industry to come up with tools to fight food safety and reduce the risk of food poisoning.
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Campaigners are calling for rules on junk food marketing to children to be tightened.
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In a rare move, the grocery industry asked Tuesday for more regulation &#151; to ensure that the imported products they sell meet U.S. safety and quality standards.
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U.S. food safety inspectors said Tuesday they will expand tests and recall infected meat more rapidly to combat E. coli contamination of meat products after the largest American manufacturer of hamburger patties went out of business this month.
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From fast-food chains to Congress, moves are afoot to reduce animal suffering and ensure food safety
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Responding to continuing criticism about its warning policies, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday it will strengthen its system for reviewing the safety of drugs already on the market.
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Chinese food safety officials are calling for more stringent inspections and testing of exports, saying international alarm over the quality of its products is threatening China's image and relations with other countries.
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The Bush administration may be jeopardizing consumers as it presses Congress to approve free-trade agreements with countries with dubious food-safety records, a new report warned on Wednesday.
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Europe&#39;s food and drink industry must  step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or  face new regulations, a spokesman for the European Union&#39;s  health chief said on Wednesday.