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News & InformationNews and InformationNovember 22, 2008 TV Ads Contribute to Childhood Obesity, Economists SaySource: New York Times Banning fast food advertisements from children’s television programs would reduce the number of overweight children in the U.S. by 18 percent and decrease the number of overweight teens by 14 percent, economists have estimated in... November 19, 2008 FDA opens new China officeSource: Associated Press The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened an office Wednesday in China's capital — its first outside the United States — as part of a new global strategy to ensure the safety of trillions of dollars of imports. Product safety... November 19, 2008 Food Recall: Lean Cuisine Chicken MealsSource: Fitsugar.com Oops! Nestlé did it again. In July, Nestlé recalled some Lean Pockets for having plastic bits in them, and now the company has announced it is recalling 879,565 pounds of Lean Cuisine frozen chicken meals for the same reason. The... November 18, 2008 Agriculture Secretary Addresses Food Safety Concerns During Western PA TourSource: MarketWatch Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff made four stops in western Pennsylvania today as part of a statewide tour to gain insight and raise public awareness about important food safety issues. The tour is part of the Strategy for... November 17, 2008 China, America and melamineSource: International Herald Tribune China's food supply appears to be awash in the industrial chemical melamine. Dangerous levels have been detected not only in milk and eggs, but also in chicken feed and wheat gluten, meaning that melamine is almost impossible to... November 17, 2008 FDA to open China offices after product scaresSource: Associated Press The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will open three offices in China this week in an unprecedented effort to improve the safety of exports headed to America amid recurring product safety scares. The new FDA offices, which are... November 17, 2008 Modification needed - Safety trials on GM products raise concerns from international governmentsSource: The Times - UK Sir, Lord Krebs (“How to get consumers to love GM crops”, Nov 12) complains that European consumers still don’t agree with him about the safety of GM food. Consumers all over the world reject GM. The latest rejection has started... November 17, 2008 Europe, China sign consumer safety agreementSource: GMA News - Philippines The European Union and China signed an agreement Monday to cooperate better on consumer safety in the wake of high-profile scares such as contaminated Chinese milk and dangerous toy cars. Under the agreement, the two sides will... November 14, 2008 F.D.A. Detains Chinese Imports for Testing  Source: New York Times Candy, snacks, cereal and any other products from China that contain milk will be detained at the border until tests prove that they are not contaminated, the federal government announced Thursday. November 12, 2008 Safety of Ag Biotech Corn Reaffirmed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) following two requSource: Truth About Trade & Technology Member States [that had] raised objections to the original opinions of the EFSA Genetically Engineered Organisms (GMO) Panel ... [Following the first set of objections] the GMO Panel ... confirmed that maize Bt11 and 1507 are... |
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