Articles Tagged with ''food security''

The increase sparks a call for better collaboration between the food industry and federal and state governments.

The noodles are back on shelves, five months after Indian authorities found lead levels in the noodles exceeded permissible limits.

Consumption of processed meat such as hot dogs, bacon and deli meats increases the risk of cancer—and eating red meat probably causes cancer as well—the World Health Organization said Monday.

Nestlé said last week it will resume production and sale of its popular MAGGI instant noodles after tests results from three Indian laboratories found that all product samples had lead levels that were well below the permissible limits.

 The pre-competitive research and training facility will address the global challenge of food safety. 

A federal judge sentenced former peanut industry executive Stewart Parnell to 28 years in prison Monday for his role in a 2008-2009 Salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 700 and was blamed for nine deaths, USA Today reported.

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has confirmed that frozen, raw, stuffed and breaded chicken products produced by Aspen Foods, a division of Koch Poultry Company have the same Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak strain which was part of a July 15 recall.

 Investigators traced the likely source of the infections to Mexican cucumbers imported by Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce. 

A Texas woman is the second person to die related to a nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections stemming from tainted cucumbers, according to CDC.

A California produce company has issued a recall for its cucumbers after CDC linked its products to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona infections.