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249[USA] FDA Issues Voluntary Sodium Reduction Targets (2016-06-01)[Move by Agency Comes After CSPI Lawsuit] If fully achieved by the food industry, the voluntary sodium-reduction targets released today in draft form by the Food and Drug Administration could help prevent tens of thousands of premature deaths annually from heart attacks and strokes ...2016-06-03
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248[USA] FDA issues draft guidance to food industry for voluntarily reducing sodium in processed and commercially prepared food (2016-06-01)[Action aims to empower consumers and reduce sodium consumption to prevent premature illnesses and deaths] Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance for public comment that provides practical, voluntary sodium reduction targets for the food industry. Average s...2016-06-03
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247[USA] Multistate Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 Infections Linked to Flour (2016-06-01)Highlights ?Read the Recall & Advice to Consumers, Restaurants, and Retailers>> ?CDC, multiple states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are investigating a multistate outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O121 (STEC O121) infections. ?Thirty-eight people infe...2016-06-03
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246[USA] FDA takes action against Kansas food manufacturer for repeated food safety violations (2016-06-01)The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas entered a consent decree of permanent injunction today between the United States and Native American Enterprises, LLC, located in Wichita, Kansas; its part-owner, William N. McGreevy; and its production manager, Robert C. Conner. The U.S. Dep...2016-06-03
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245[Australia] Dairy avoidance reaches dangerous levels, especially for women (2016-06-01)[A study has found for the first time that one in six adult Australians are choosing to avoid milk and dairy foods, the majority without a medical diagnosis, leading to public health concerns for women in particular.] The survey, undertaken by CSIRO and the University of Adelaide, found ...2016-06-02
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244[Canada] Millennials distrustful of Canada’s food system, survey finds (2016-05-31)Millennials are less trusting of the food system in this country, according to a new study. On Tuesday, the Canadian Centre for Food Integrity ? a research group funded by the food industry ? released results of a survey on public trust and food. The study reveals a shifting landscape regardi...2016-06-02
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243[USA] Subpar rosaceae-derived supplements abundant, USDA researcher says (2016-05-31)According to a new study published in the NFS Journal and funded by the USDA Agriculture Research Service, eight of the 33 dietary supplements derived from Rosaceae fruits had no detectable anthocynins or were adulterated with anthocyanins from unlabelled sources. http://www.nutr...2016-06-02
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242[USA] Superbug investigation: ‘It’s likely that more of these will be found,’ CDC says (2016-05-31)A top U.S. health official said Tuesday that it's likely more people will be found to be carrying a newly discovered superbug. The bacteria, found in the urine of a Pennsylvania woman, is resistant to antibiotics of last resort. Beth Bell, a top expert on antibiotic resistance at the Cent...2016-06-02
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241[USA] GRAS Acrylamide-Reducing Baker’s Yeast Strain Gets OK from FDA (2016-05-30)Renaissance BioScience Corporation--a global yeast innovation company--has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the company’s Generally Regarded as Safe (GRAS) notice for its nonGMO, acrylamide-reducing (AR) baker’s yeast strain. “The accep...2016-06-01
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240[USA] Extreme weather increasing level of toxins in food, scientists warn (2016-05-31)NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As they struggle to deal with more extreme weather, a range of food crops are generating more of chemical compounds that can cause health problems for people and livestock who eat them, scientists have warned. A new report by the United Nations Environme...2016-06-01