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Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

Food safety officials in Canada and the U.S. have formally recognized each other’s respective food safety controls under a cross-border co-operation pact. The two countries last week announced their new food safety systems recognition arrangement, reached during meetings of the Canada-U.S. Regulatory Co-operation Council (RCC) held Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, D.C. The two countries

Crops

Dole under U.S. probe after deadly listeria outbreak

By GFM Network News, Lisa Baertlein April 30, 2016

Los Angeles | Reuters — Dole Food Co. Inc. said on Friday the U.S. Department of Justice was investigating a deadly listeria monocytogenes outbreak linked to packaged salad products from its processing plant in Springfield, Ohio. Dole, the world’s largest fruit and vegetable producer, said in a statement the agency recently contacted the company and

(Gloria Solano-Aguilar photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Hogs, Livestock

U.S. to revoke pig drug approval over cancer risk concern

By GFM Network News, Toni Clarke April 8, 2016

Reuters — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday moved to revoke approval of a drug used to treat certain conditions in pigs because it could leave a cancerous residue that may affect human health. The drug, carbadox, is made by Teaneck, N.J.-based Phibro Animal Health and is used to control swine dysentery and

Collecting milk samples for bacterial testing. (Canadian Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality Research Network, via YouTube)

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Mastitis preventive gets joint Canada/U.S. approval

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 24, 2016

A new drug to help limit mastitis in dairy cows — and keep a lid on the use of antimicrobials to treat it — has picked up joint approval from Health Canada and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The two agencies on Thursday announced “simultaneous” approvals for Elanco Animal Health’s injectable drug pegbovigrastim, to

Crops

U.S. blocks Hamilton crush plant’s canola meal

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel January 8, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halted a shipment of canola meal on Dec. 1 from a Bunge plant in Hamilton, Ont. because it appeared to contain salmonella bacteria, FDA records show. Salmonella can cause food-borne illness in humans. However, canola meal is mainly shipped to the U.S. for use

To help prevent obesity, the dietary committee recommends shifting the focus from total fat intake to adoption of a healthier food-based dietary pattern.

Comment, Opinion

Dietary guidelines shouldn’t place limits on total fat intake

Limits have no basis in science and contribute to bad consumer choices

By Tufts University July 15, 2015

In a Viewpoint published June 24 in the Journal of the Medical Association (JAMA), researchers from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University and Boston Children’s Hospital call on the federal government to drop restrictions on total fat consumption in the forthcoming 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Co-authors Dariush Mozaffarian, MD,

Crops

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

By Carey Gillam, GFM Network News July 2, 2015

Reuters — The White House on Thursday directed the three U.S. agencies that oversee biotech crop products to improve and modernize their regulatory “framework” to boost public confidence in a system that critics call a failure. The order, announced in a statement by President Barack Obama’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, followed demands by

(Photo courtesy Canola Council of Canada)

Crops, Markets

U.S. trans fat ban creates opportunities for canola

By GFM Network News, Phil Franz-Warkentin June 16, 2015

CNS Canada — A move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban artificial trans fats in processed foods within three years will create opportunities for Canada’s canola sector, especially high oleic varieties such as Nexera. Partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), which are the primary source of artificial trans fat in processed foods, are not

Crops

U.S. FDA to cut trans fats from foods

By GFM Network News, Toni Clarke June 16, 2015

Washington/New York | Reuters –– The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday made good on its proposal to effectively ban artificial trans fats from a wide range of foods, from microwave popcorn to frozen pizza, saying they raise the risk of heart disease. Under new FDA regulations, partially hydrogenated oils, which have been shown

Livestock

U.S. meat industry bought more human antibiotics to 2013, FDA says

By GFM Network News, P.J. Huffstutter April 10, 2015

Chicago | Reuters –– Sales of medically important antibiotics in the U.S. for use in livestock jumped by 20 per cent between 2009 and 2013, federal regulators said on Friday, although recent statements by producers suggest those figures could be dropping. Between 2012 and 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said its annual report,

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives FDA

Canada, U.S. to collaborate on food safety controls

Dole under U.S. probe after deadly listeria outbreak

U.S. to revoke pig drug approval over cancer risk concern

Mastitis preventive gets joint Canada/U.S. approval

U.S. blocks Hamilton crush plant’s canola meal

Dietary guidelines shouldn’t place limits on total fat intake

White House directs U.S. GMO regulators to update oversight

U.S. trans fat ban creates opportunities for canola

U.S. FDA to cut trans fats from foods

U.S. meat industry bought more human antibiotics to 2013, FDA says

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