News tagged with food products
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Private inspections of food companies seen as weak
(AP) -- The mortgage meltdown exposed the weakness of self-regulation in financial markets. Now the salmonella outbreak is doing the same for the food industry.
Mar 20, 2009 |
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Kroger uses technology to stop flow of recalled items
Supermarkets across the country cleared the shelves of more than 2,600 items recalled after salmonella contamination was found in some products made by the Peanut Corp. of America.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 11, 2009 |
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New test for detecting fake organic milk
Scientists in Germany are reporting development of a new, more effective method to determine whether milk marketed as "organic" is genuine or just ordinary milk mislabeled to hoodwink consumers. Their report ...
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Following peanut product recall, six in ten Americans taking steps to reduce risk of sickness
A new national survey conducted by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard School of Public Health finds that the vast majority (93%) of Americans have heard or read about the recent ongoing recall of peanut products. ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 13, 2009 |
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Salmonella: Tough to crack when it’s in peanuts
(PhysOrg.com) -- For the second time in two years, a nationwide outbreak of salmonellosis has been tied to peanut products. This time, over 570 people have been sickened and over 1700 products have been taken off supermarket ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Salmonella outbreak: What you need to know
Consumers must remain vigilant about tossing salmonella-tainted peanut products found during a recent outbreak, food safety experts said. A few more people get sick every week. More than 400 products have been recalled, and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 02, 2009 |
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Scientists Identify Bacteria That Increase Plant Growth
(PhysOrg.com) -- Through work originally designed to remove contaminants from soil, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and their Belgium colleagues at Hasselt University ...
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Jan 26, 2009 |
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Nanotech in your vitamins
The ability of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the safety of dietary supplements using nanomaterials is severely limited by lack of information, lack of resources and the agency's lack of statutory authority ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Aquaculture's growth seen as continuing
Aquaculture production of seafood will probably remain the most rapidly increasing food production system worldwide through 2025, according to an assessment published in the January 2009 issue of BioScience. The assessment, by Jam ...
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Jan 02, 2009 |
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Review of thousands of food items leads companies to pull products from shelves
Some supermarkets, gourmet shops and bakeries routinely sell mislabeled products that pose a danger to children with food allergies, according to Chicago Tribune testing and a comprehensive check of grocery aisles. When informed ...
Dec 30, 2008 |
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