China’s Food Safety Concerns Might Spill New Zealand’s Milk
Category: Dairy, Food Safety
(Food Safety News) - After tons of its whey protein concentrate used in baby formula was found to be contaminated Full Story
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Senate Approves Farm Bill Without Major Food Safety Amendments
Category: Food Safety, Policy
(Food Safety News) - The Senate approved a farm bill on Monday evening 66 to 27. The legislation, which has a $955 billion price tag over the next decade, would end direct payments Full Story
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Farmers, Food Safety Group Sue Monsanto After Oregon Wheat Incident
Category: Food Safety, Grains
(The Wall Street Journal) - Two Pacific Northwest wheat farmers and a food-safety group have filed a purported class-action lawsuit against Monsanto Co. (MON) in the wake of the discovery of unapproved genetically modified wheat in an Oregon field. Full Story
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Tests of Exported U.S. Wheat Find No Sign of Altered Strain
Category: Food Safety, Grains, Miscellaneous
(Businessweek) - Tests of U.S. wheat imported by Japan, South Korea and the European Union have found no Full Story
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Senate rejects food labeling amendment
Category: Food Safety, Miscellaneous, Policy
(Baking Business) - The U.S. Senate on May 23 rejected by a vote of 71 to 27 an amendment put forth by Full Story
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Bipartisan Bill Introduced To Require FDA Labeling of GMOs
Category: Food Safety, Policy
(Farm Futures) - A pair of U.S. senators Wednesday introduced a bill to require the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to label food containing genetically modified ingredients. Full Story
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As FDA Seeks Fees to Fund Food Safety, Much of Industry Remains Opposed to Idea
Category: Food Safety
(Food Safety News) - While the Obama administration continues to make it clear that it will look to registration, Full Story
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President’s proposed budget includes substantial increase for food safety
Category: Food Safety, Policy
(Baking Business) - President Barack Obama submitted his administration’s budget proposal for fiscal 2014 Full Story
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China Sets Up a Food Safety Super-Regulator
Category: Food Safety
(BusinessWeek) - Following earlier scares over melamine-laced milk powder, exploding watermelons, and pesticide-soaked vegetables, food safety is again on the minds of the Chinese Full Story
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Another Raw Milk Bill Being Prepared in America’s Dairy State
Category: Food Safety
(Food Safety News) - For the first time since former Gov. Jim Doyle vetoed a bill in 2010 to legalize the sale of unpasteurized milk in America’s dairy state, proponents in Wisconsin are getting their ducks in a row for another serious try. A Republican state senator who authored a failed 2011 raw milk bill says he will be introducing a new proposal for consideration by the Wisconsin Legislature, which is meeting in year-round session Full Story
