Safety Food

Blooming Import Inc., of Brooklyn, NY, is recalling 74 cases of Golden Crop Candy (10 oz. wrapped candies) because they contain undeclared and unallowed colors, specifically Blue 1, Red 40 and Acid Red 18. The recall was initiated on March […]

After a big buildup about a press conference on banning artificial food dyes, the country’s top food leaders offered little in the way of how they would do so. On a stage with mothers and children behind them, Health and

Several baby food manufacturers are failing to meet California’s strict lead limits under Proposition 65, a Reuters investigation published April 16 has found. The report, based on 1,757 test results from nine manufacturers, found 102 products exceeding the state’s maximum

Researchers have reported the food attributable portions of disease for four important pathogens in the United Kingdom. Findings will be used to support future Food Standards Agency (FSA) studies estimating the burden of foodborne disease. A literature review was conducted to

Two recent food testing investigations in Germany have highlighted Campylobacter contamination in chicken. In tests commissioned by German TV channel RTL, chicken products were bought from Kaufland stores in Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony, Thuringia, Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Hesse, Lower Saxony,

Federal officials say the FDA will begin phasing out approval of synthetic food dyes that are petroleum based. In a media memo released on April 21, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Food and Drug

— OPINION — By Siobhan DeLancey, RVT, MPH This past week, I concluded my 21-year career with the FDA. A communicator by trade, I spent the majority of my time in the food realm (both human and animal), first in

An investigation in Singapore has been unable to find what made almost 200 people sick earlier this year. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and the Ministry of Health said there is no conclusive evidence linking the reported cases to the

Say the word “irradiation,” and a lot of people will shudder. Now ask them about irradiated food, and they’ll quickly say something like “definitely not.” Yet as far back as 1999, the U.S. Department of Agriculture approved  the irradiation of certain

— OPINION — The current Administration has talked a lot about “Making America Healthy Again” in the fight to reduce chronic disease. Now, the FDA has an opportunity to show that it’s serious about Americans’ health — by finalizing a