New study to investigate why people ignore food labels
28-Aug-2009 - The FDA is planning to conduct a study to uncover barriers to consumers looking at...
Nestle’s cookie dough returns to store shelves
19-Aug-2009 - Nestle’s Toll House cookie dough has returned to stores with different packaging than the E....
Review reveals ambiguous food allergen labeling
17-Aug-2009 - Researchers behind a major review of voluntary allergen advisory labels are urging more regulation for...
Kraft adopts Smart Choices criteria for kids’ advertising
12-Aug-2009 - Kraft Foods has said that it will use the nutrition criteria behind the new Smart...
FDA publishes details of warning letter overhaul
11-Aug-2009 - A notice detailing the new process for issuing warning letters to food companies that violate...
Weekly comment
FDA’s Commissioner Hamburg: Beefing up US food safety
10-Aug-2009 - It looks like the FDA has finally got some muscle. Never mind new legislation –...
Smart Choices front-of-pack labeling rolls out across America
07-Aug-2009 - The Smart Choices labeling logo made its debut on hundreds of packaged foods across the...
Hamburg details FDA food safety crackdown measures
07-Aug-2009 - FDA chief Margaret Hamburg outlined new measures on Thursday to act “swiftly and aggressively” to...
Senate approves $125bn FDA, USDA budget
06-Aug-2009 - The US Senate has approved a $125bn budget for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Industry body welcomes US and Asia-Pacific food safety measures
03-Aug-2009 - At the APEC meeting in Singapore, Robert Brackett of the GMA has applauded the...
New proposals represent shift in food safety strategy, FDA
03-Aug-2009 - The US Government has announced further measures to curb the spread of food-borne diseases...
House passes landmark food safety bill
31-Jul-2009 - The US House of Representatives passed a food safety bill on Thursday that promises...
Manufacturers urged to detail potassium and phosphates on labels
31-Jul-2009 - Researchers have urged food manufacturers to label additives in enhanced meat products if they...
US giving too much food safety control to foreign countries
29-Jul-2009 - The United States is giving away too much control to some foreign countries over food...
Meat Institute urges court to dismiss ‘nuisance’ hotdog lawsuit
23-Jul-2009 - The American Meat Institute has urged a New Jersey court to dismiss a lawsuit...
E. coli remains a mystery as cookie dough production restarts
10-Jul-2009 - Nestle USA has said that it is gradually restarting production of its Toll House...
Nestle says it provides FDA everything ‘required by law’
29-Jun-2009 - Nestle USA issued a statement on Friday saying that it is “openly sharing all...
Consumers sue Nestle, but FDA still baffled
26-Jun-2009 - One week on from Nestle’s recall of its Toll House cookie dough, the source...
Organizations oppose new food safety bill
18-Jun-2009 - The Food Safety Enhancement Act has been broadly welcomed by industry but a group...
Dispatches from IFT
Nanotechnology: The new asbestos?
17-Jun-2009 - The safety risks of nanotechnology use by the food industry could make it “the...
Bunge shuts salmonella-tainted canola plants
16-Jun-2009 - Bunge has closed two canola meal processing plants in Canada after the Food and...
Fee compromise eases US food safety bill to next stage
12-Jun-2009 - The bill designed to overhaul the failing US food safety system took a major step...
Dispatches from IFT
Almond's safety halo can be shared by all nuts
11-Jun-2009 - The almond industry has been spared the recalls experienced by other nuts, and Tim Birmingham...
FDA failed over salmonella outbreak, says new chief
27-May-2009 - The recent outbreak of salmonella in the United States caused by contaminated peanut butter represented...
Setton Pistachio strongly disputes FDA inspection report
27-May-2009 - Setton Pistachio, the company that recalled two million pounds of salmonella-tainted pistachios in March,...
