1109 Experiment St. - Melton Building - Griffin, GA 30223 USA - PH (770) 228-7284 - FAX (770) 229-3216
Food Safety in the News
News Related to Chemical Contaminants
(All news articles are owned by their respective publishers.)
Clicking on a news item will open the article in a new window.
News items found at the New York Times and LA Times web sites will require free registration to access.
 News Item (Source/Date Posted on Source)

FDA Detains Imports of Farm-Raised Chinese Seafood (FDA/ 6/28)

Testing method speeds up detection of melamine (Food Production Daily/ 6/13)

China promises safe food for '08 Olympics (USA Today/ 6/12)

FSIS Seeks Comments on Agency Decision-Making During Investigation Into Animal Feed Containing Melamine (USDA/FSIS/ 5/25)

Processors, packagers prepare for new chemicals law (Food Production Daily/ 5/18)

China Investigates Contaminated Toothpaste (The New York Times/ 5/22)

USDA Releases Poultry for Processing (USDA/FSIS/ 5/18)

South Carolina Company Voluntarily Recalls Margaret Holmes Seasoned Turnip Greens (FDA/ 5/18)

A new portable biosensor detects traces of contaminants in food more quickly and cheaply (EurekAlert!/ 5/17)

China food exports threatened after melamine scare (Reuters Health/ 5/17)

USDA Clears Swine for Processing (USDA/FSIS/ 5/15)

Eight Sensible Choice Dry Dog Food Products, Seven Kasco Dry Dog And Cat Food Products Recalled Nationwide by Royal Canin USA Effective Today (FDA/ 5/11)

Pet food probe: Who was watching suppliers? (USA Today/ 5/10)

Fish meant for humans fed tainted food (CNN Health/ 5/09)

Regulators investigate China imports for melamine (Food Production Daily/ 5/09)

Politicians raise acrylamide scare in Holland (Food Production Daily/ 5/09)

Arsenic, mercury levels in baby food below limit, says regulator (Food Production Daily/ 5/09)

Pet food probe: China cracks down, detains 2 (USA Today/ 5/09)

China says firms exported tainted protein to U.S. (Reuters Health/ 5/08)

UN researchers examine chlorine use in food manufacturing (Food Production Daily/ 5/02)

Tainted pet food: Lab says melamine not only culprit (USA Today/ 5/08)

USDA clears 20 mln chickens that ate pet food (Reuters Health/ 5/07)

Scientists Conclude Very Low Risk to Humans from Food Containing Melamine (USDA/FSIS/ 5/07)

Ingredients for cheap? (Food Production Daily/ 5/07)

Menu Foods Expands Its Pet Food Recalls, FDA Reports 2.7 Million Chickens Fed Contaminated Feed Already in Food System (American Veterinary Medical Association/ 5/03)

China Food Mislabeled, U.S. Says (The New York Times/ 5/02)

Chickens Now Contaminated by Melamine (US News and World Report/ 5/01)

New Method Developed on University Campus Quickly Detects Tainted Pet Food (Newswise/ 4/30)

FDA limits Chinese food additive imports (USA Today/ 4/30)

Pet food toxin common in animal feed, Chinese businesses say (Chicago Free Press/ 4/30)

More Food Poisonings to Come, Expert Warns (consumeraffairs.com/ 4/28)

Joint Update: FDA/USDA Update on Tainted Animal Feed (FDA/USDA/ 4/28)

New processing toxins linked with aging diseases (Food Production Daily/ 4/27)

No melamine in feed ingredients: Smithfield (MeatNews.com/ 4/27)

China admits tainted food link (USA Today/ 4/27)

Additional hog farms placed on quarantine, restricted lists (American Veterinary Medical Association/ 4/26)

JOINT NEWS RELEASE: FDA and USDA Determine Swine Fed Adulterated Product (USDA/FDA/ 4/26)

Europe to harmonise pesticide testing for cereals (Food Production Daily/ 4/26)

Packaging PFOAs found in newborns (Food Production Daily/ 4/26)

FDA to test imported food ingredients for contamination (CNN Health/ 4/25)

Hog Farms in at Least Five States Quarantined Amid Melamine Contamination Fear (American Veterinary Medical Association/ 4/24)

CSPI Urges FDA to Ban Grain Imports from China (Center for Science in the Public Interest/ 4/24)

More nutritious, less toxic (EurekAlert!/Dartmouth College/ 4/23)

California pig farm quarantined (MeatNews.com/ 4/23)

FDA’s Update on Tainted Pet Food (FDA/ 4/22)

Pet Food Recall Expanded: Melamine Found in Blue Buffalo Kitten Food and Corn Gluten in South African Dog Food (American Veterinary Medical Association/ 4/19)

What's in the water? Estrogenic activity documented in fish caught in Pittsburgh's rivers. (EurekAlert!/University of Pittsburgh/ 4/17)

Natural Balance recalls venison dog, cat foods (CNN Health/ 4/17)

Flame Retardants Harm Mammals Eating Fish (Newswise/ 4/13)

Fish pollutants' link to diabetes (BBC News/ 4/12)

A new test to screen fish for 25 drug residues at the same time pdf file (American Chemical Society PressPac/ 4/11)

Researchers study decontamination of chemical, biological warfare agents (Virginia Tech/ 4/11)

China hospital food sickens many (BBC News/ 4/10)

Cooking up a solution for a culinary problem (EurekAlert!/ 3/31)

UK issues consultation on enforcing EU chemicals law (Food Production Daily / 3/15)

EFSA publishes opinion on pesticide levels in food (Food Production Daily / 3/15)

EFSA assesses aflatoxin level risks (Food Standards Agency/ 3/02)

Mycotoxin codes of practice published (Food Standards Agency / 2/27)

Storage of meats could double acrylamide levels (Food Production Daily/ 2/09)

China arrests factory manager for toxic chili (Reuters Health/2/07)

Association issues warning about toxic imports into UK (Food Production Daily/1/18)

Technology Reduces Gossypol in Cotton Seed (USDA ARS / 1/12)

Heavy metals survey published (UK Food Standards Agency / 1/9)

Survey finds mycotoxins at 10-year high in Indiana corn (Purdue University / 12/15)

Acrylamide-busting breakthrough (FoodManufacture.co.uk / 10/30)

Uganda: How Safe Are Crops Grown in Wetlands? (AllAfrica.com / 10/2)

Illegal pesticide levels found in 2 per cent of UK foods (FoodProductionDaily.com / 9/15)

EC strengthens aflatoxin controls (UK Food Standards Agency / 9/14)

New catalyst removes harmful perchlorate from groundwater (Eurek Alert / 9/11)

Mussels with high toxin levels update (UK Food Standards Agency / 9/11)

Government lab criticises pesticides in soft drinks study (FoodProductionDaily.com / 8/10)

Deadly latex evading lax food labelling laws (Eurek Alert / 8/6)

E.P.A. Recommends Limits on Thousands of Uses of Pesticides (New York Times / 8/3)

Pesticides still found in Coke, Pepsi - Indian study (Reuters Health / 8/2)

Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (NewsWise.com / 7/28)

Study: Water Contaminant Can Cause Cancer (New York Times from AP / 7/28)

Study of Critical Potential Public Health Risks Related to Pesticide Exposure (NewsWise.com / 7/27)

Metals, dioxins, and PCBs surveys published (UK Food Standards Agency / 7/26)

The 2006 Exposure Assessment for Acrylamide (FDA / 7/21)

Letter to Manufacturers and Suppliers Concerning the Presence of Lead in Soft Vinyl Lunchboxes (FDA / 7/20)

New Standards for key contaminants and food additives (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN / 7/11)

New Data Show FDA/EPA's Mercury Advice on Tuna Doesn't Hold Water (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 7/11)

Codex sets new standards for lead, cadmium (FoodProductionDaily.com / 7/10)

Citric acid, glycine addition could cut acrylamide, keep flavour (FoodProductionDaily.com / 7/10)

Too Little Data Available to Assess Risk of Sludge (NewsWise.com / 7/9)

How Dairy Foot Baths Affect Farm Crops, Field Lifetime (NewsWise.com / 7/9)

Groups Demand Immediate Halt to Food Uses of Fluoride-Based Pesticide (Environmental Working Group / 7/7)

FDA issues a guidance to prevent inadvertent allergen and toxin contamination of food and feed. (MeatNews.com / 6/30)

Bromide, florinated chemicals not a health risk yet, panel says (FoodProductionDaily.com / 6/27)

More evidence links pesticides with Parkinson's (Reuters Health / 6/26)

Some Limited Success Removing Acrylamide From Food (NewsWise.com / 6/26)

FDA To Reduce Pesticide Monitoring, Increase Food Defense Spending (NewsWise.com / 6/26)

Heart Association sets new limit on trans fat (CNN.com / 6/20)

CERTAIN CULTURED MUSSELS SOLD IN THE CHALEUR BAY REGION OF QUEBEC MAY CONTAIN PARALYTIC SHELLFISH TOXIN (Canadian Food Inspection Agency / 6/16)

FSAI ISSUES REASSURANCE ON LEVELS OF BENZENE IN SOFT DRINKS (Food Safety Authority of Ireland / 6/12)

EFSA evaluates ochratoxin A in food and derives a Tolerable Weekly Intake (European Food Safety Authority / 6/9)

Summary Table of Recommended Toxicological Testing for Additives Used in Food (FDA / 6/2)

Potentially Toxic Algae May be Present in Nebraska Lakes (Nebraska Health and Human Services / 5/27)

Guidance Levels for 3-MCPD (3-chloro-1,2-propanediol) in Acid-Hydrolyzed Protein and Asian-Style Sauces (FDA / 5/23)

Test for Dioxin Sensitivity in Wildlife Could Result from New Study (NewsWise.com / 5/18)

Chemicals in baby food surveyed (UK Food Standards Agency / 5/18)

Foods contaminated with aflatoxins recalled (UK Food Standards Agency / 5/17)

Tuna firms don't have to warn of mercury: judge (Reuters Health / 5/15)

Drinking Water: Make Mine Unleaded, Says Chemist (NewsWise.com / 5/9)

FDA Statement on European Aspartame Study (FDA / 5/8)

EFSA makes statement on aspartame (UK Food Standards Agency / 5/5)

Toxic warnings for nano industry (BBC News / 5/4)

Fish product surveys published (UK Food Standards Agency / 5/4)

Red Tide Fears Broaden Shellfishing Ban (LA Times from AP / 5/3)

Sludge recycling sends antiseptic soap ingredient to agriculture (Eurek Alert / 4/26)

Chicken With Arsenic? Is That O.K.? (New York Times / 4/5)

California withdraws proposed rules for acrylamide warning labels (Leatherhead Food International / 4/4)

Gold nanoparticles to trap toxins (BBC News / 4/4)

Epidemiology Study Shows No Risk Between Aspartame and Cancer (NewsWise.com / 4/4)

Dagoba Organic Chocolate Recalls "Eclipse 87%," "Los Rios 68%," And "Prima Matera 100%" Dark Chocolate Products Because of High Lead Levels (FDA / 3/31)

MTBE contamination: A microbial approach for groundwater (Eurek Alert / 3/22)

Novel process reduces toxic chemical use (University of Auckland / 3/22)

Coca-Cola tests soft drinks for benzene (FoodProductionDaily.com / 3/20)

Pharmaceutical Metabolites Found in Wastewater (NewsWise.com / 3/16)

Toxic metal found in bottled water (FoodProductionDaily.com / 3/14)

Prenatal Pesticide Exposure May Lead to High Blood Pressure and a Decreased Neurological Ability to Copy Shapes In Childhood (Harvard School of Public Health / 3/6)

Pesticides Found in Most Rivers, Streams (New York Times from AP / 3/3)

US: New test brings low-mercury fish to market (Just-Food.com / 3/3)

Researchers study chemicals in food and effect on fetus (FoodProductionDaily.com / 2/23)

UK survey finds pollutant levels in most fish continue to fall (FoodProductionDaily.com / 2/23)

UK, Germany checking soft drinks for benzene (FoodProductionDaily.com / 2/20)

Organic diets lower children's exposure to two common pesticides (Eurek Alert / 2/19)

Surveys show pollutant levels in fish falling (UK Food Standards Agency / 2/17)

Cargill finds technological answer to trans fat dilemma (FoodProductionDaily.com / 2/17)

FDA re-opens probe into benzene contamination of soft drinks (FoodProductionDaily.com / 2/15)

Dioxin crisis widens in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany (FoodProductionDaily.com / 2/2)

Dioxins found in animal feed in Belgium and the Netherlands (Food Science World / 2/1)

Irradiated food supplements enforcement exercise published (UK Food Standards Agency / 2/1)

Red meat cancer risk clue found (BBC News / 1/31)

Belgium, Netherlands meat sectors face dioxin crisis (FoodProductionDaily.com / 1/31)

Microbes in Manure Can Minimize Potential Pharmaceutical Pollution (USDA ARS / 1/27)

EPA questioned on lead in drinking water (MercuryNews.com / 1/26)

E.P.A. Seeks to Phase Out a Toxic Chemical (New York Time s/ 1/26)

Food Safety Authority States Nicarbazin Residues in Poultry are of Low Safety Concern (Food Safety Authority of Ireland / 1/23)

Pesticides raise child risk of leukaemia - study (Reuters Health / 1/17)

Acrylamide study suggests new formation pathways (FoodProductionDaily.com / 1/12)

Organic Vegetables Not Pesticide-free (American Chemical Society / 1/11)

Kansas Issues New Fish Consumption Advisories. Updated Guidelines include Mercury, PCBs, Perchlorate (Kansas Dept. of Health and Environment / 1/9)

Dogs keep dying: Too many owners remain unaware of toxic dog food (Cornell University / 1/6)

Safe and suitable ingredients used in the production of meat and poultry products pdf file (USDA / 1/5)

Acrylamide not seen to affect colon cancer risk (Reuters Health / 1/5)

Ship Held for Fear of Contaminated Cargo (AllAfrica.com / 1/5)

FDA Proposes New Guidance to Further Reduce Children’s Risk From Lead Exposure in Certain Candy (FDA / 12/22)

New law aimed at preventing ink chemical contamination (FoodProductionDaily.com / 12/13)

Ink chemical does not pose a health risk, food regulator says (FoodProductionDaily.com / 12/12)

Government Should Warn About Mercury in Fish, Says CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 12/6)

An elderly woman dies after eating red tide-contaminated oysters in El Salvador (ProMed Mail / 12/5)

Regulator chides companies for claiming packaging chemical 'safe' (FoodProductionDaily.com / 12/5)

Chemical used in food containers disrupts brain development. Bisphenol A (BPA) has been linked to damage in developing brain tissue (Eurek Alert / 12/2)

Food regulator calls for further measures to lower PCBs (FoodProductionDaily.com / 12/2)

Researcher Urgently Working to Save Millions from Arsenic Poisoning (NewsWise.com / 12/2)

Benzoates and sorbates in soft drinks survey (UK Food Standards Agency / 11/30)

Italian consumer group finds more ink-tainted food (Reuters Health / 11/29)

Monitoring of Pesticides Residues in Foodstuffs of Plant Origin in 2004 (National Food Agency Finland / 11/28)

Nestlé baby milk recall begins due to concerns over packaging ink (FoodProductionDaily.com / 11/23)

Food Processors & Supermarkets Move Forward on Trans Fat (Center for Science in the Public Interest / 11/22)

Genes can be 'changed' by foods (BBC News / 11/17)

Environmentalists have complained that a key European law on the control of chemicals is being watered down. (BBC News / 11/15)

Ohio Firm Recalls Chicken Products Due To Potential Contamination By Pesticide (USDA / 11/14)

Parents turn to organic food (CNN.com / 11/8)

Switch to flexible approach for assessing cancerous agents proposed (FoodProductionDaily.com / 11/7)

Elimination of organic waste from water (Eurek Alert / 11/4)