NCFST is looking for new members for the consortiumThe National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST), Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) formed a new high-pressure processing (HPP) working group
CSPI says public has lost out to politics of special interestsSeveral weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration announced its intent to change, by summer 2011, its policy regarding the
Traceability Institute will hold its first executive summitThe Traceability Institute will hold its first executive summit to initiate consensus in achieving multi-system interoperability with the goal of accomplishing a more
FDA has released guidelines on produce safetyThe Produce Safety Project, an initiative of the Pew Charitable Trusts at Georgetown University, recently received assurances from Dr. Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the
GAO says Federal agencies must refocus their efforts on high-risk foodsImported food makes up a substantial and growing portion of the US food supply. To ensure imported food safety, federal
Will the bill pass Senate muster?Originally intended to improve food safety in the US, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009, as approved by the House of Representatives before summer
The California Department of Health published a ten-page list of affected retail outletsBeef Packers, Inc. (Fresno, CA) recalled approximately 825,769 pounds of ground beef products that may be linked to
CIFOR's Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak Response. Guidelines are targeted to local, state and federal agenciesThe Council to Improve Foodborne Outbreak Response (CIFOR) released its Guidelines for Foodborne Disease Outbreak
Oysters often are contaminated Vibrio vulnificus bacteriaThe Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has called upon the nation’s governors to ban the sale of untreated oysters from the
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