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289[USA] FDA To Hold Webinar on Guidance for Voluntarily Reducing Sodium (2016-06-10)The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will host a webinar on Tuesday, June 21, 2016, to review our draft guidance that provides voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. FDA issued the guidance on June 1, 2016. Registration is not required, but additional information on how t...2016-06-14
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288[USA] Judge puts on hold landmark San Francisco law mandating sugary beverage ad warnings (2016-06-10)A plan to require warning labels on ads for sugar-added drinks in San Francisco is on hold, as the beverage industry pursues an appeal. After initially denying an injunction last month concerning the landmark legislation, which is believed to be the first law of its kind in the nation, a fede...2016-06-14
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287[USA] Governor lets bill banning restaurant letter grades become law (2016-06-10)The popular use of letter grades for restaurant inspections ? used from New York City to Southern California ? will be banned in Colorado under a bill that becomes law on Aug. 10. Gov. John W. Hickenlooper allowed the controversial HB 16-1401 to become law without his signature, but instead w...2016-06-14
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286[Australia] Notification Circular 14-16 (2016-06-10)[14-16] This Notification Circular includes notices that are required to be given to the public, submitters and appropriate government agencies, under the Food Standards Australia New Zealand Act 1991 (FSANZ Act). For information about progress on all current applications and proposals, in...2016-06-13
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285[Australia] Managing chemical migration from packaging into food - call for submissions (2016-06-10)Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal investigating chemical migration from packaging into food and whether existing regulations are managing potential risks. FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Steve McCutcheon said FSANZ had assessed the risks of che...2016-06-13
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284[Canada] Operation Pangea highlights the dangers of buying health products online (2016-06-09)As part of Health Canada's ongoing commitment to help protect the health and safety of Canadians, the department again partnered with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Canada Border Services Agency and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL) for the ninth consecutive ye...2016-06-13
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283[EU] Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance maleic hydrazide (2016-06-09)-Abstract- The conclusions of EFSA following the peer review of the initial risk assessments carried out by the competent authorities of the rapporteur Member State Denmark and co-rapporteur Member State Belgium for the pesticide active substance maleic hydrazide are reported. The context of ...2016-06-13
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282[EU] Audit report on monitoring of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Denmark (2016-06-09)The Commission has published its first audit report on the implementation of EU rules on the harmonised monitoring and reporting of AMR in bacteria obtained from certain food and food producing animals. Harmonised monitoring data are crucial to understand current and future AMR trends and to deve...2016-06-13
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281[UK] FSA Annual Report of Incidents 2015 published (2016-06-09)The Food Standards Agency has today published its latest Annual Report of Food Incidents. It shows that in 2015, the FSA and Food Standards Scotland were notified of, investigated and managed 1,514 food, feed and environmental contamination incidents in the UK. The overall number of incide...2016-06-13
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280[USA] Illinois raw milk rule goes into effect July 1 (2016-06-09)Some Illinoisans are passionate about raw milk ? either for or against it. On July 1, after three years of discussion, new rules will take effect that allow the sale of raw milk, but limit it to on-farm sales where the milk is produced. The sellers must obtain a permit. “We currentl...2016-06-13