Articles Tagged with ''food security''

 The researchers are optimizing an inexpensive titanium dioxide photocatalyst that can be added to rinse water or used to coat equipment surfaces. 

FDA initiated a ban on fresh cilantro originating from the state of Puebla, Mexico this week after an investigators looking into illnesses caused by the herb observed human waste and toilet paper in the plants growing fields.

 Based on its data, USDA concluded there is not substantial or significant enough evidence to point to a specific pathway or pathways for the current spread of the virus. 

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert due to concerns about illnesses caused by Salmonella that may be associated with raw, frozen, breaded and pre-browned, stuffed chicken products. FSIS said these items may be labeled "chicken cordon bleu" or "chicken Kiev".

Texas-based H-E-B issued a voluntary recall of H-E-B brand hamburger and hotdog buns and Hill County Fare Hotdog buns because of a possible presence of foreign material, according to FDA.

Nestlé India says the company will destroy its popular MAGGI Noodles products worth about $50 million it removed from shelves this month after India’s Food Safety and Standards Authority enacted a sales ban on the products for unsafe levels of lead.

After a comprehensive review, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion on acrylamide in food, reaffirming its belief that consuming the chemical potentially increases the risk of cancer.

Tyson Foods, Inc. said it intends to eliminate the use of human antibiotics from its US broiler chicken flocks by the end of September 2017 and will strives to do the same for the company’s beef for and turkey operations.

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has made available more than $3.8 million in funding to support grants that will focus on using nanotechnology to find solutions to challenges such as food security, nutrition and food safety.

USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced three grants totaling nearly $3 million designed to boost food security by minimizing livestock losses to insects and diseases.