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FSIS holds meeting to discuss E. coli traceability standards
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 12 2010
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) held a March 10, 2010, public meeting to discuss agency procedures “for identifying suppliers of source material used to produce raw beef product that FSIS has found positive for Escherichia coli (E. coli) O157:H7.”
Hearings begin on fraud allegations in litigation over pesticides used on Nicaraguan banana plantations
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 14 2010
A California trial court has reportedly begun hearing evidence to determine if a 2007 $2.3 million jury award to Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who claimed they were sterilized by exposure to pesticides was based on fraud
FDA issues industry guidance on boil-water advisories
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 14 2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued industry guidance to advise food manufacturers on appropriate protocol for dealing with a boil-water advisory
IOM report questions health claims based on biomarkers
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 14 2010
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) this week published a consensus report titled Evaluation of Biomarkers and Surrogate Endpoints in Chronic Disease, which urges the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to apply "the same degree of scientific rigor for evaluating biomarker use across regulatory areas, including drugs, medical devices, biologics, foods, and dietary supplements."
Health Canada seeks feedback on potential changes to gluten-free labelling
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Canada
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- May 21 2010
Health Canada has issued a proposed policy intent that would update current gluten-free labelling guidelines to reduce risks related to the accidental consumption of undeclared gluten and expand choices for consumers following a gluten-free diet
Pew report urges integration of pathogen data
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 14 2010
The Pew Charitable Trusts' Produce Safety Project (PSP) at Georgetown University has issued a report that calls for a "unified, cross-agency" approach to tracking foodborne pathogens in humans, animals, food, and feed
White House child obesity task force issues action plan
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- May 14 2010
While the president's Task Force on Childhood Obesity released its action plan with 70 specific recommendations to significant praise and fanfare this week, nutrition professor and author Marion Nestle questioned whether the ideas will actually work given their reliance on voluntary collaboration and participation
Study claims BPA exposure may cause permanent fertility defects
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 12 2010
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have reportedly claimed in a new study that exposure to the food packaging chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy can cause permanent abnormalities in the uterus of offspring, including altering their DNA
Pelman “obesity” lawsuit reassigned yet again
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- USA
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- March 12 2010
Over the past two years, little has taken place in Pelman v. McDonald’s Corp., the putative class action litigation brought in 2002 on behalf of obese and overweight teenagers who alleged that the fast food restaurant is responsible for their weightrelated health conditions
Mexico adopts stringent school food rules to combat obesity
- Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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- Mexico
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- May 28 2010
Mexican health officials have reportedly unveiled stringent guidelines that would prohibit the sale of processed or fried foods on school grounds
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