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Defining Gluten Free One Step Closer As FDA Reopens Comment Period

In its drive to create a uniform and enforceable definition for “gluten-free” labeling of foods, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has announced that it has reopened the comment period for its proposal. It is also making available “a safety assessment of exposure to gluten for people with celiac disease. Comments on these additional data are welcome, the Agency added…

Update On Ongoing Radiation Monitoring By Environmental Protection Agency

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it has increased national surveillance of drinking water, milk, rainfall, and other potential exposure routes.

News Outlets Examine Potential Implications Of Record High Food Price Levels

Though world food prices “jumped to a record high” in the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) latest index, the agency “is drawing comfort from the absence of widespread riots, usually the defining element of a food crisis,” the Financial Times reports looking at the factors that have led some food prices to rise significantly without sparking international panic…

Chefs And Consumers Urged To Thoroughly Cook Chicken Livers, UK

Over the last two years the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has noticed an increase in the number of outbreaks of campylobacter infections associated with the consumption of poultry liver pate/parfait at a number of catering establishments. Campylobacter is the most common cause of food poisoning in Britain and there were almost 60,000 cases last year…

Educating Health-Care Providers On Fish Consumption

The Environmental Protection Agency has reached out to Michigan State University to inform the state’s fish consumers about the harmful impact of environmental chemicals and help them access appropriate guidelines on eating fish. Using a $1…