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News: February 14, 2012
Experts Urge Posting Meat, Poultry Inspection Data on Web
THURSDAY, Dec. 1 (HealthDay News) -- Posting information about inspections and testing at meat, poultry and egg processing plants on the Internet so it can be viewed by the public could have "substantial benefits," according to a report released W...
Cargill Begins Massive Recall of Turkey Linked to Salmonella Outbreak
THURSDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. meat processor Cargill announced late Wednesday that it was commencing one of the largest meat recalls in history, involving about 36 million pounds of ground turkey linked to an outbreak of salmonella. Th...
Source of Salmonella-Tainted Turkey Still Unclear
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Government experts are continuing to seek the source of an outbreak of salmonella illness linked to ground turkey meat that has killed one person and sickened at least 76 more. Both the U.S. Department of Agri...
FDA to Step Up Inspections of Imported Products
MONDAY, June 20 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Monday a new strategy to help ensure the safety and quality of imported drugs and food products. The plan, which calls for coalitions of international regulators a...
Obama to Sign Bill to Improve U.S. Food Safety
TUESDAY, Jan. 4 (HealthDay News) -- President Barack Obama was expected to sign Tuesday sweeping new legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unprecedented powers to keep the nation's food supply safe. The Food Safety Moderniza...
U.S. Food-Safety Laws Overhauled
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 22 (HealthDay News) -- President Barack Obama is expected to sign, perhaps as early as Wednesday, new legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unprecedented powers to keep the nation's food supply safe. The Food...
No Scientific Proof Backing Stricter Tests of Ground Beef in School Lunches
THURSDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) -- There's no scientific evidence that stricter testing of ground beef used in school lunches and other federal food and nutrition programs would improve the safety of the meat, according to a U.S. National Resear...
Food-borne Illnesses in U.S. Cost $152B Annually
WEDNESDAY, March 3 (HealthDay News) -- Food-borne illnesses cost the United States an estimated $152 billion each year in health-related expenses, much more than previously thought, a new report contends. "These costs are significantly more than p...
FDA to Require Faster Reporting of Food-Safety Problems
TUESDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- All companies that manufacture, process or distribute food for people or animals to eat must now report any problems that could lead to food-borne illness within 24 hours, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
U.S. Unveils Stricter Food-Safety Standards
TUESDAY, July 7 (HealthDay News) -- In an effort to reduce salmonella, E. coli and other outbreaks of food-borne illness, U.S. health officials on Tuesday announced a series of new safety standards. The standards are the product of a panel formed ...
U.S. Public Lacks Confidence in FDA: Poll
THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Although the American public feels a little better about the job the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is doing now than a year ago, about half still believes the agency isn't doing enough to safeguard the co...
Declines in Foodborne Illness Have Plateaued, Report Says
THURSDAY, April 9 (HealthDay News) -- After "important declines" seen in previous years, the incidence of many foodborne illnesses in the United States has leveled off since 2004, U.S. health officials announced Thursday. "Progress has plateaued,"...
U.S. Urged to Start 'Fixing the Problem' of Food Safety
WEDNESDAY, March 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new report calls for a radical overhaul of the U.S. food safety system, including the creation of a separate food safety administration with its own food safety czar. "We want to take the 'F' out of FDA [U...
All Products at Georgia Peanut Plant Recalled
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 28 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. health officials announced a startling nationwide recall late Wednesday for all peanut products made over the last two years at the Georgia plant involved in the current salmonella outbreak. The recall w...
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