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2 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Legislation To Boost FDA's Authority Over Food Moves Ahead

What happens when Democrats and Republicans on Capitol Hill reach a historic agreement on a legislation that's been the subject of decades of battle? Sometimes nothing.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, US News

10 hrs ago | Consumers Union

Senate Health to consider food safety bill

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will mark up a bill to improve food safety this Wednesday, November 18.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, E. Coli, Health, Food and Drug Administration, US Politics, US News, Senator Jeff Merkley, US Senate, Democrat, Agriculture, Science

18 hrs ago | WIBW

Roberts Backing Food Safety Reform Bill

" U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today announced the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved a bipartisan food safety reform bill to modernize the Food and Drug Administration's ability to protect consumers.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Press Releases

NH DHHS - Food Safety Tips for the Holiday Season

Concord, NH During this busy holiday season, the Department of Health and Human Services' Bureau of Food Protection wants to remind everyone to follow some important food safety practices to avoid foodborne illnesses, such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Campylobacter.

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Related Topix: Concord, NH, Health, E. Coli

Training

Does Your Company Need to Invest In a Hand Wash Monitoring System?

Many of you don't trust front-line workers not to slack off. Now, with the H1N1 virus making everyone jittery, you have to trust them to be cleanly? That's too much to ask.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, RFID News

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Senate panel passes food safety bill tied to Blakely plant

A Senate committee on Wednesday approved a far-reaching food safety bill drafted in the wake of the massive salmonella outbreak that was traced to a Georgia peanut processing plant earlier this year.

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Related Topix: Blakely, GA, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Johnny Isakson, Food and Drug Administration, Senator Kay Hagan, Democrat, Agriculture, Science

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Ag Professional

Senate committee passes FDA Food Safety Modernization Act

Senate committee passes FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Nov. 19, 2009 The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee passed S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, by a voice vote on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration

Post-Bulletin

2 Minnesota farms warned for drug misuse

Federal officials have sent warning letters to two central Minnesota dairy farms for allegedly using high levels of antibiotics in cows.

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Related Topix: Publishing, Media, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Agriculture, Science

Cedar Key Beacon

Oyster ban halted, for now

Oysters on the Gulf Coast - including those in lugged by Cedar Key water men - are safe from a proposed federal Food and Drug administration "warm months" ban for now.

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Related Topix: Cedar Key, FL, Levy County, FL, Agriculture, Science, Food and Drug Administration

Living Here - Sacramento Living - Sac...

Food poisoning: Source of E. coli illness often can't be found

The thick, black binder that Paula Gillett keeps charts her son Jack's battle last year against a food-borne illness caused by E. coli.

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Fri Nov 20, 2009

Food Manufacturing

Food Safety Bill Approved By Committee

Thursday the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, a bipartisan bill cosponsored by Senator Richard Burr , passed out of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, US Politics, Richard Burr, US News, US Senate, Republican, Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat

The Independent

High-energy alcoholic drinks under US spotlight

The US Food and Drug Administration Friday notified some 30 drinks manufacturers who combine alcohol and caffeine in their beverages that they must prove the products are safe.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration

Holiday Food Safety

The holiday season is a time for celebration and great food. The Holiday Food Safety Success Kit , developed by the non-profit Partnership for Food Safety Education, provides tips on how to make sure holiday meals are safe as well as delicious.

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MediLexicon

Thanks, But No Thanks: Avoiding Food Poisoning At Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is an opportunity to share a meal with loved ones, but it is also a time when small mistakes in the kitchen can lead to foodborne illness.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Thanksgiving, Food Poisoning, Health, North Carolina State University, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

MyFox St. Louis

Senate Committee Approves Revamp of Food Safety System

A Senate Committee Wednesday unanimously approved a much-awaited overhaul of the nation's food safety laws, though it gave little hint of how it would pay for the sweeping but costly reform of the Food and Drug Administration's system for protecting much of what the nation eats and drinks.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, Tom Harkin, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Agriculture, Science

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Sacramento News & Review

Family farmers fear feds

Poison pill? Critics say if new federal regulations are passed, it could financially kill small farmers.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Sacramento Metro, Sacramento, CA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Jim Costa, Democrat, Agriculture, Science

North Jersey Media Group

Seafood importer gets FDA warning

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned Englewood seafood importer Seoul Shik Poom Inc.

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Seafood, Life, Food, Fruits

Center for Science In The Public Inte...

Bipartisan Food Safety Bill Poised for Floor Vote

Americans may soon be able to enjoy their peanuts, peppers, spinach and cookie dough with greater confidence that those foods are safe to eat if the full Senate passes the food safety legislation that cleared a key committee today.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Richard Durbin, Democrat, Tom Harkin, CPU, Science / Technology

Wed Nov 18, 2009

MSNBC

Senate panel passes food safety reform bill

A Senate committee passed legislation on Wednesday that would increase government oversight of the U.S. food supply, which has been battered by a series of high-profile recalls that have soured consumer confidence in the food safety system.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Christopher Dodd

UPI

Disease spread through school lunches

Hundreds and possibly thousands of children in the United States become sick from contaminated food served in school cafeterias, USA Today reports.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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