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Letter From The Editor: Turkeys
My uncle Orville was foreman on a turkey ranch in north central Minnesota. I remember going up there to visit a couple of times when I was growing up. One of the attractions was going out to these football field-size buildings when they were filled with thousands of baby turkeys. Even then you had to [...]
Grain fibre claims garner a mixed response from EFSA
Oat, barley and rye fibre all won positive opinions from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for claims relating to gut health in EFSA’s latest batch of health claims decisions under article 13 of European health claims legislation. View full post on NutraIngredients RSS
Letter From The Editor: Is It Food Safety?
More conversations were occurring this week about Food Safety News 2.0. Publisher Bill Marler explained as much as can be explained about this in his column last Sunday. For the editors, it gets us off our normal schedules to talk about why we do what we do now and how that might change. Since [...]
Letter From The Editor: Day Off Cloud
April 21st was the date of my annual physical, an event I’d scheduled for first thing in the morning. I’d checked Food Safety News before I went over to sing “Moon River” to my doctor and all was normal. I returned to the office about an hour letter and checked the company mail. Bill Marler, [...]
Fresh Express Announces Precautionary Recall of a Limited Number of Cases of 9 oz. Bag Spinach Due to Possible Health Risk from Salmonella
resh Express is voluntarily recalling 2,939 cases of 9 oz. Bag Spinach with Product Codes starting with H081 and H082, UPC Code of 7127913204 and Use-by Dates of April 6 and 7 out of an abundance of caution due to a positive test result for Salmonella from random sample testing. View full post on FDA [...]
EU approves DuPont-Danisco offer – but it’s far from a done deal
The European Commission today approved DuPont’s €4.5bn offer for Danish probiotics, enzymes and ingredients giant Danisco but the deal remains in doubt as to date only 6% of Danisco shareholders has accepted the offer. View full post on NutraIngredients RSS
Consumers want convenient food but not from convenience stores
Consumers are constantly on-the-go these days and as a result, they prefer that restaurants offer quick and convenient meal and snack options that won’t slow them down. View full post on IFT Daily News
PIERRE FOODS Voluntarily Recalls 320 Cases Of Pierre TM pb jamwich, LOT 0068035 From Giant-Carlisle Stores IN MD, PA, VA AND WV
Pierre Foods is voluntarily recalling one lot, 320 cases of PierreTM pb jamwich, crustless peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although [...]
Letter From The Editor: Salt River Fields
This weekend finds me on light duty, taking in some spring training games in the Phoenix area. The main reason I had to come down was to see Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, the new $120-million spring training Mecca built by the Pima and Maricopa Indians for the Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks. [...]
Statement from Agriculture Secretary Vilsack on Tragedies in Japan, Effects on U.S. Food Imports
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