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310[Canada] Notice of Health Canada’s Proposal to Enable the Use of Sucrose Monoesters of Lauric, Palmitic or Stearic Acid as Emulsifiers in Unstandardized Beverages - Reference Number: NOP/AVP-0019 (2016-06-17)Health Canada's Food Directorate completed a detailed safety assessment of a food additive submission seeking approval for the use of sucrose monoesters of lauric, palmitic or stearic acid as emulsifiers in unstandardized beverages, unstandardized beverage concentrates, and unstandardized bev...2016-06-21
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309[Canada] Government of Canada announces proposal to permit the irradiation of ground beef to enhance food safety (2016-06-17)Today Health Canada announced the launch of a consultation on a proposal that would allow irradiation of fresh and frozen ground beef to enhance food safety. After a thorough safety review, Health Canada has determined that ground beef treated with irradiation is safe to eat and retains its nutri...2016-06-21
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308[USA] United States National Residue Program for Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products:2016 Residue Sampling Plans (2016-06-17)The United States National Residue Program (NRP) for Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products: 2016 Residue Sampling Plans (traditionally known as the Blue Book) summarizes the process of sampling meat, poultry, and egg products for chemical contaminants of public health concern used by the Food Safety an...2016-06-21
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307[USA] Philadelphia City Council Approves Sweetened Beverage Tax (2016-06-16)The Philadelphia City Council approved a special tax of 1.5 cents per ounce on sweetened beverages Thursday, the first large U.S. city to pass such a measure. The wide-ranging tax will include regular sodas, diet sodas, sports drinks, energy drinks and other nonalcoholic beverages with added ...2016-06-20
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306[USA] Report finds widespread BPA in food products (2016-06-17)Beech-Nut baby food, Santa Cruz Organic applesauce and Starbucks’ popular bottled iced coffees are among the 16,000 food and beverage products that may contain bisphenol A, or BPA, which has been declared toxic to the female reproductive system by the state of California, according to analy...2016-06-20
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305[USA] FDA takes company to task over medical food for macular degeneration (2016-06-16)A warning letter from FDA emphasizes again that medical foods must meet very specific requirements in order to qualify for that status. http://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Regulation/FDA-takes-company-to-task-over-medical-food-for-macular-degeneration2016-06-20
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304[New Zealand] Plant insecticides containing fenitrothion or phorate banned (2016-06-17)From 1 July 2016, plant protection insecticides containing fenitrothion or phorate will no longer be able to be imported or manufactured in New Zealand. There are also time-limited approvals on plant protection insecticides that contain fenamiphos, methamidophos, prothiofos and terbufos (until 30...2016-06-20
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303[Australia] New biosecurity legislation comes into force tomorrow (2016-06-15)Australia is on the verge of the biggest overhaul to its biosecurity legislation in over a century, with the introduction of the Biosecurity Act 2015 from tomorrow. Head of Biosecurity at the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, Lyn O’Connell, said the new Act represented a co...2016-06-17
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302[EU] European Commission - Press release : Commission presents scientific criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in the pesticides and biocides areas (2016-06-15)Today the European Commission presents criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in the field of plant protection products and biocides. The Commission proposes to the Council and the European Parliament to adopt a strong science-based approach to the identification of endocrine disruptors...2016-06-17
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301[USA] IFSAC Analysis Improves Understanding of Foodborne Illness Attribution (2016-06-15)Scientists from the Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC) recently published “Comparing Characteristics of Sporadic and Outbreak-Associated Foodborne Illnesses, United States, 2004?2011,” a paper in Emerging Infectious Diseases that compared some characteristics o...2016-06-17