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... the european commission has given its strongest signal yet that legislation tightening up the monitoring of dioxins in the food and feed chain will follow in the wake of the german crisis ... he revealed that a team of eu inspectors from the food and veterinary office (fvo) would be travelling to germany to help national officials in their handling of the situation, understand how the scandal occurred and learn lessons to avoid it happening again ... dalli said he was now considering the establishment of a “strict segregation” of the production of fats and oils intended for feed and food purposes from their production for technical uses ... ilse aigner, federal food, agriculture and consumer protection minister also called for the introduction of a dioxin early warning system, a new licensing system for oil and fat producers and extending legal requirements for the inspection and subsequent reporting on animal feed products ... meanwhile, japan has tightened checks over food imports from germany due to the scare

... the government accountability project (gap) has praised the inclusion of whistleblower protections in the food safety bill, which is expected to be signed into law by president obama early in the new year ... the food safety modernization act that was passed by congress this week establishes protections for “employees of entities involved in the manufacturing, processing, packing, transporting, distribution, reception, holding, or importation of food who provide information relating to any violation of the ffdca [the federal food, drug and cosmetics act] ... ” the bill is the first to specifically cover food industry workers who refuse to knowingly violate fda safety regulations or who provide information of such violations to authorities ... gap food integrity campaign director amanda hitt said: "these whistleblower protection provisions are a monumental change in public health protection, and a huge win for food safety ... without a doubt, these protections will allow more workers to come forward before outbreaks, which will save lives and enhance food integrity ... " however, the organization expressed concern that the protections only cover workers associated with food facilities and distribution networks that are regulated by the food and drug administration (fda) ... the fda oversees the safety of about 80 percent of the us food supply, but the us department of agriculture (usda) is responsible for meat and poultry ... gap legal director tom devine said: “there is no rational excuse to protect corporate workers challenging violations of fda food safety laws while allowing them to keep getting fired at will for defending usda food safety laws

... fearon and their company, juices incorporated (also known as juices international and juices enterprises), are charged with violating the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act by failing to have a hazard analysis and critical control point (haccp) plan for certain juice products, such as the company's carrot and beet juice products ... the fda requires all juice processors to have and implement haccp plans that identify and control food hazards associated with their juices ... among the violations observed by fda investigators were failures to: adequately heat and refrigerate low-acid vegetable juices to destroy or prevent growth of dangerous microorganismsproperly clean food-contact surfacesmaintain plumbing in a manner that avoids a source of possible food and water contamination ... failure to identify and control food hazards could lead to the formation of clostridium botulinum (c ... "we will continue to act with the fda to ensure that companies that produce food and juice under dangerous conditions take corrective action ... " the company purchases ingredients, such as carrots and beets, that originate outside of new york and sells products to food service establishments primarily in new york, new jersey, connecticut and pennsylvania

... meat from the offspring of a cloned cow, raised and slaughtered in the uk has been exported to belgium, the uk’s food standards agency has confirmed ... but belgian authorities say there is no food safety issue, so no rapid alert was required ... the fsa subsequently issued a rapid alert using the eu food safety system to notify belgian authorities on 9 august ... however belgium’s federal food safety agency, afsca, is now asking the european commission to wipe the uk notification from the system, as it says it should never have been posted – even just for information purposes ... yesterday the commission told all eu member states that food from descendents of clones are conventional foods, and therefore no special measures apply

... the food and drug administration is not currently equipped to handle food safety problems and needs to switch to a risk based system, argues a report from the institute of medicine and the national research council ... the committee that wrote the report states that the fda’s abilities to discover potential threats to food safety and prevent outbreaks of foodborne illness are hindered by limited resources and a piecemeal approach to gathering and using information on risks ... tainted peanuts calls to overhaul america’s food safety system intensified last year on the back of a spate of multi-state foodborne illness outbreaks ... support from food manufacturers also strengthened after the salmonella outbreak linked to peanut products led to more than 700 illnesses and nine deaths, as well as one of the largest product recalls in us history, at an estimated cost of at least $1bn ... monitoring impairment the iom report notes that given that fda is responsible for more than 150,000 food facilities, more than one million restaurants and other retail food establishments, and more than two million farms, as well as millions of tons of imports, it lacks the resources to sufficiently monitor the entire food supply ... data gathering in addition, the report calls for the establishment of a centralized food safety data center outside of the regulatory agencies to collect information and conduct rapid assessments of food safety risks and appropriate policy interventions, adding that such a collation house would boost capacity and reduce interagency competition for resources: “it could also serve as an intermediate step toward consolidating food safety activities within a single agency, which many individuals and organizations have called for,” claims the report ... the report states that the fda should increase coordination with state and other federal agencies that share responsibility for protecting the nation's food supply, while it calls on congress to consider amending the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act to give the agency the authority it needs to fulfill its food safety mission

... that study tested four diets - atkins (ultra-low-carb), the zone (low-carb), ornish (very low-fat) or a low-fat diet following the federal food pyramid

... food and drug administration (fda) notified 18 food manufacturers regarding the labeling of food products that violate the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act ... she also expressed her hope that the warning letters would clarify the fda’s expectations for food manufacturers as they review their current labeling ... "today, ready access to reliable information about the calorie and nutrient content of food is even more important, given the prevalence of obesity and diet-related diseases in the united states," she said ... the fda soon will propose guidance regarding calorie and nutrient labeling on the front of food packages and plans to work collaboratively with the food industry to design and implement innovative approaches to front-of-package labeling that can help consumers choose healthy diets ... the 17 food manufacturers and the products with "misleading" labels are (click on the hyperlink to see the individual warning letters): dreyers grand ice cream,inc ... : healthy options salad dressings (unauthorized health claims; low-fat claims on product high in fats); pompeian: pompeian imported extra light olive oil ("light" claim for product high in fat; unsupported nutrient claim; unauthorized health claims); diamond food, inc

... food and drug administration (fda), u ... marshals today seized approximately $1 million worth of bulk restaurant food products at won feng trading company, a food processor and warehouse in nashville, tenn ... the products are adulterated under the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act because they have been held under unsanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with filth ... marshals seized all fda-regulated foods, including a wide variety of bulk restaurant foods, such as 44-pound bags of rice, fresh produce and frozen-food products that are susceptible to contamination by rodents, insects or other filth ... a follow-up inspection in november 2009 found evidence of an active and widespread rodent infestation in the building, including live and dead rodents, rodent hair, rodent nesting material, evidence of rodent-gnawed food and rodent urine ... investigators also observed insect filth and live birds in the building, and found that the building had defects that could allow pests to enter food storage areas

... 30 to require food producers to take responsibility for keeping food free from harmful pathogens ... the bill would amend the poultry products inspection act, the federal meat inspection act and the federal food, drug and cosmetic act to prohibit the sale of any food that has not been certified to be pathogen free ... “food producers must be obligated to produce food that is free of pathogens,” feinstein said ... “it is the responsibility of the food producer, not the consumer, to make sure our food safe to eat ... this bill would require companies that process any kind of food, from ground beef to frozen pot pies, to test their finished products and their ingredients to make sure that they are safe to eat and pathogen free

... the discovery of mould, meat debris and slime in the maple leaf plant at the centre of the 2008 listeria outbreak just weeks after it re-opened did not pose food safety concerns, the company said ... slim and mould, no safety concerns but on october 10, canadian food inspection agency (cfia) officials discovered mould on the walls and floor, slime underneath a meat-trimming table, leftover meat on wheeled container bins and rusty equipment, reported the canadian press ... other problems were detected during an inspection 10 days later when "an employee in a grey jacket lifted a floor broom over a finished food product conveyor belt during operation to sweep in between the conveyors” ... writing on his blog yesterday, dr randy huffman, chief food safety officer for the meat giant, said the infringements had been uncovered as part of a rigorous joint daily inspection regime by the cfia and maple leaf ... “the average reader must be wondering how this plant could have so many issues only a month after re-opening from causing one of the worst food safety crises in canada ,” he said ... ” huffman added : “the cfia and maple leaf determined at the time that there was no food safety concern ... more than 200 new operating procedures had also been introduced and staff had been retrained, said the maple leaf food safety head ... however, the head of the federal food inspectors' union, bob kingston, expressed concerns over the findings