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With severe flooding across much of the Midwest, ensuring safety and public health is of the utmost importance. This includes making sure food is safe before being consumed, along with water. Bacteria levels can spike after a flooding event, as public health officials in Grand Rapids, Mich. have noted. They expect to find elevated levels [...] Despite its name, the situation between the U.S. and Canada regarding country-of-origin labeling (COOL) is anything but cool. Canada could impose almost $1 billion in tariffs on U.S. products if the U.S. doesn’t comply with a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on meat labeling by a May 23 deadline, Canadian Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz said [...] Two U.S. regulatory agencies have unveiled a new export certification program for food products containing egg. The new program, established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), will help companies certify exports, which often is required by companies outside the U.S. and foreign governments. These certifications help [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered. Food safety Answers to your top 10 FSMA questions of 2013 – Leavitt Partners blog From environmental monitoring to supplier verification, Leavitt Partners presents the answers to some of the biggest FSMA questions. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is once again taking comments on a rule governing which cow parts can be used in human food and cosmetics, following recent research on bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow). The rule, called “use of materials derived from cattle in human food and cosmetics”, aims to protect [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered. Food safety FDA seeks comments on IFT report on product tracing pilots – CFSAN constituent update Comments on the study, which investigated ways to effectively and quickly track food, are due 30 days [...] The United States soon could be moved to a “negligible” status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow) – a lower status than the current level of “controlled”. The move comes after the U.S. submitted an application to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) last year seeking the change from “controlled” to “negligible,” [...] The U.S. and Canada are taking more steps toward cooperation in “aligning the two countries’ regulations.” On Wednesday, the two nations announced they intend to recognize zoning measures put in the place by the other in the case of “highly contagious foreign animal disease outbreak,” according to a statement from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Courtesy of the Farm Service Agency. Last summer’s drought continues to impact hundreds of counties throughout the U.S. On Wednesday, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack designated 597 counties in 14 states as “primary natural disaster areas” because of drought and heat. All of the designated counties have shown a D2 (drought severe) drought intensity [...] Don’t have time to scour the internet for the latest food safety, animal safety, life sciences and agriculture news? Relax, we’ve got it covered.
Agriculture USDA sets rules for tracking livestock across state lines – Chicago Tribune The new rules stems from a couple cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, or mad cow disease) beginning in [...] |
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