The congress adopted a new mandatory label for foods requiring food manufacturers to label food for retail sales to include information about bioengineered (BE) food and food ingredients. This new requirement will cost in the first year to the food industry and ultimately consumers $600 million to $3.5 billion. The ongoing costs, though, would be less at $114 million to $225 million each year. The National Academy of Sciences reported that genetically engineered (GE) food is as safe to eat as non-GE food. @ https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2018/05/be-label-launch-may-cost-more-than-feds-yearly-spend-on-food-safety/#.Ww7U9EgvyM8
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Remember all that noise not long ago that went on for years about labeling genetically engineered foods, aka GMOs? Four big states put the idea to voters, who all rejected it. Then little Vermont passed a single state law that might have become the national standard by default. But finally, Congress stepped in and turned… Continue Reading
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Select Love Child Organics brand and PC Organics brand baby food pouches recalled due to packaging defects that may allow the entry of spoilage microorganisms
Packaging defects that may allow the entry of spoilage microorganisms is the reason for the recall of Love Child Organics brand and PC Organics brand baby food pouches from the marketplace, announced The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). The recall was initiated by consumer complaints. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing recalled product from the marketplace. @ https://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2018-05-26/eng/1527371146055/1527371148679
https://www.inspection.gc.ca/about-the-cfia/newsroom/food-recall-warnings/complete-listing/2018-05-26/eng/1527371146055/1527371148679
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Consumers Letter to Dr. Gottlieb FDA Commissioner Requesting Faster Traceability of Leafy Green
After two outbreaks of E. coli O157: H7 in lettuce, that went unsolved, 9 consumer and food safety groups (Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention; Center for Science in the Public Interest; Consumer Federation of America; Consumers Union; Food & Water Watch: National Consumers League; The Pew Charitable Trusts; STOP Foodborne Illness; and the Trust for America’s Health.) have demand that FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb add regulations within the next six months “for comprehensive and rapid traceability of produce, including leafy greens.” In a letter to the commissioner they claim that existing recordkeeping requires only “one step forward, one step back” records that result in a “tangled web of inconsistent and inadequate” information for those tracking outbreaks. “The repeated outbreaks linked to produce and leafy greens since passage of FSMA leave no doubt that these products belong in the “high-risk” category. @ https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/Consumers%20letter%20to%20Comm.%20Gottlieb%20re%20traceability-5-24-18.pdf
https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/Consumers%20letter%20to%20Comm.%20Gottlieb%20re%20traceability-5-24-18.pdf