Food safety and labeling

Brazil nuts under scrutiny

15-Jul-2003

Europe has introduced additional measures to prevent Brazil nuts
contaminated with unnacceptable levels of aflatoxins - a potential
carcinogen - from entering the union.

USDA: meat processors must combat Listeria

05-Jun-2003

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that plants
making ready-to-eat meat products must add Listeria-killing
ingredients to their products.

SureBeam opens Brazilian plant

19-May-2003

SureBeam has announced the opening of its new Brazilian food
processing centre. The company will use the plant to develop
disinfestation treatments for the fruit and vegetable market.

Ishida provides multi-head weigher to automate Tulip sausage packaging line

24-Apr-2003

Steff Houlberg, now a part of Tulip Food Company, has partnered
with Ishida Europe to automate the packaging of its long sausages
in plastic pouches.

Use of irradiation questioned in Brazil

27-Jan-2003

Using the World Social Forum as a launching pad, consumer rights
group Public Citizen has started a campaign in Brazil to draw
attention to what it calls the "dangers associated with food
irradiation" in the country.

US inspector blames government short-comings for deadly food poisoning outbreak

16-Dec-2002

A US food safety inspector has said that a series of listeria-based
food poisoning outbreaks, one of which has been blamed for eight
deaths since July, could have been found sooner if the government
had taken a stronger line.

US company recalls imported cheese

28-Nov-2002

The discovery of potentially dangerous bacteria by the Georgia
Department of Agriculture in the US has led a New Jersey company to
voluntarily recall a brand of imported cheese.

USDA okays irradiated fruit and veg

22-Oct-2002

The US Agriculture Department said on Monday it would begin
allowing imports of fruits and vegetables treated by irradiation, a
technology used to kill bacteria and lengthen shelf life.

US law firm establishes food safety practices

18-Oct-2002

Following a series of major lawsuits against food companies in the
US, the law firm of Bowman and Brooke has established a firm-wide
Food Safety Practice team.

US meat recalls point to 'broken' food safety system

07-Oct-2002

US Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin said on Friday
that a series of massive food recalls in the US this summer
underscored the need to reform a "broken" federal food safety
system.

US consumer groups seek cancer warning labels

01-Oct-2002

US consumer groups are demanding immediate action from the
government to inform consumers that popular foods such as fried
potatoes and crisps contain high levels of a potential carcinogen.

USDA urged to tighten meat plant safety

01-Aug-2002

Consumer groups, keen to a void a repeat of the massive ConAgra
beef recall, have called on the USDA to tighten food safety
controls at meat processing plants, a move branded as unnecessary
by officials.