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Senator calls for repeal of COOL requirements

Pat Roberts, chairman of the US Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, addressed the Senate last week, calling for a repeal of the COOL labeling requirements.

Jeremy Gerrard

July 28, 2015

Roberts urged his colleagues to support the repeal or risk facing $3.2 billion in tariffs being applied to US exports.

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A change to the proposed Nutrition Facts label

FDA revised its proposed label rule to include a daily value for added sugars.

Jeremy Gerrard

July 28, 2015

The proposed rule is a supplement to the March 2014 proposed rule on updates to the Nutrition Facts label.

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Tetra Pak releases new extrusion line

The company has launched the highest-capacity extrusion line in the ice cream industry.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 15, 2015

Capable of delivering up to 43,200 pieces per hour, the new line surpasses an industry average of 36,000 for this segment.

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House repeals COOL law for meat

The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to pass a bill repealing the mandatory country-of-origin labeling requirements for beef, pork and chicken.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 15, 2015

The COOL law would require a label to be placed on meat packages detailing where an animal was born, raised and slaughtered.

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A tale of two labels: New York, San Francisco get tough on health

Health officials in New York propose including a warning label on menu items with too much sodium, while San Francisco get closer to requiring warnings on sugar-sweetened beverage ads.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 15, 2015

The San Francisco Board of supervisors voted last week on a trio of measures.

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Coalition petitions FDA to ban 8 flavorings

Health groups filed a petition last week calling on FDA to issue a ban for eight synthetic flavorings known to be carcinogenic.

Jeremy Gerrard

June 15, 2015

The group urges FDA to revoke its 1964 approval allowing seven flavorings to be used in food and overturn the industry’s 1974 self-approval of the eighth synthetic flavor.

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Collaboration, integration key to food safety goals

June 8, 2015

Food Safety Summit (FSS) 2015 attendees found collaboration and integration to be the watchwords for FDA’s strengthening of relationships among government organizations (federal, state and local) and other stakeholders in food safety.

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Listeria hides in processing machinery

May 30, 2015

Recent information released by Blue Bell Creameries relating to the cause of the Listeria contamination in some of its ice cream products has a familiar ring to it—improperly maintained equipment contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

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