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FDA calls meeting to improve food traceability systems

06-Nov-2009 - -register online at: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Meetings_&_Events/index.asp .

Speed record smashed by “world’s fastest robot”

02-Nov-2009 - kinematic robot that’s been approved by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for meat and poultry ... cost-per-pick, robot, USDA

Listeria biofilm under attack from new disinfectant

29-Oct-2009 - serious public health problem. According to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), L. monocytognes also resulted in instructions for use that will meet USDA ‘zero tolerance’ regulations for L

US government slammed on wood packaging plans

28-Oct-2009 - The leading trade body for the meat industry questioned proposals by the USDA’s Animal and Plant

US government and trade body clash on E-beam debate

26-Oct-2009 - submitted four years ago. In the letter sent to Jerold R. Mande, USDA deputy under secretary food safety

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Tackling E.coli – legislation or self-regulation?

26-Oct-2009 - . A call by the AMI last week for the USDA to force meat suppliers not to release produce

Meat test rule change would prevent most E.coli, Listeria recalls

22-Oct-2009 - on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to compel suppliers and processor not to release meat product ... E.coli, American Meat Institute, USDA, FSIS, Food Safety and Inspection Service

US meat industry failing on E.coli testing - Senator

21-Oct-2009 - slaughterhouses is ‘incumbent upon' them, and I agree. "The USDA has established proper sampling if they chose to adopt their own best practices and the guidelines from the USDA. However, in the absence

New eco-friendly product kills Salmonella, E.coli and, Campylobacter

16-Oct-2009 - alkaline, EAU can help a poultry processing operation meet the new USDA standards for Category 1. We processor may face. As processing plants strive to obtain the highest USDA rating, Category 1, EAU's non

US meat industry says beef safer than ever

15-Oct-2009 - USDA's regulatory testing program. She added this was not designed “to give us an idea of what -compliance reports were publicly available through the USDA. “The Department of Agriculture conducts 15,000 tests

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Alleviation of hunger should top CSR agenda

17-Nov-2009 - Climate change dominates the CSR agenda but new USDA figures on food insecurity are a sharp ... Climate change dominates the CSR agenda but new USDA figures on food insecurity are a sharp ... the annual USDA Household Food Security report began in 1995. The recession is undoubtedly to blame

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Monsanto asks regulators to approve trans-fat free soy

13-Nov-2009 - Monsanto has submitted evidence to the FDA and USDA backing the safety of its Vistive III soybean ... Monsanto has submitted evidence to the FDA and USDA backing the safety of its Vistive III soybean

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Carotenoid-rich broccoli could lead to better extracts

06-Nov-2009 - Research Service (USDA ARS) and Dean Kopsell from the University of Tennessee confirmed that broccoli heads

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USDA invests in organics

03-Nov-2009 - USDA invests in organics ... The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced $19m in funding for organic agricultural ... The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced $19m in funding for organic agricultural ... The investment, part of the USDA’s Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food initiative launched : "Organic agriculture is one of the fastest growing segments of US agriculture and USDA and Congress ... agricultural research, USDA, organic

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Carrageenan remains on USDA's National List

03-Nov-2009 - Carrageenan remains on USDA's National List ... The Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines has welcomed the news that the USDA has kept ... The Seaweed Industry Association of the Philippines has welcomed the news that the USDA has kept ... Department of Agriculture (USDA) has renewed the ingredient’s status. When carrageenan and the four other

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Beneo-Orafti offers organic inulin for US market

30-Oct-2009 - , under the USDA National Organic Program (NOP) standards. “Beneo-Orafti is proud to be the first . Organic growth A recent report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said that the organic

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Folic acid and colon cancer: Some benefits and no harm

30-Oct-2009 - acid in the blood. According to Joel Mason from USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging

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Government should urgently raise sugar quotas: Report

29-Oct-2009 - to drive down prices, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced last month that it would set import Increase, it urges the USDA to act promptly to boost quotas. “Failure to act in a timely manner risks

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Soy isoflavones may slow bone loss for women

28-Oct-2009 - by William Wong from the USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center at the Baylor College of Medicine on bone mass conservation,” wrote the researchers. The study was funded by the USDA

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GM soybean omega-3 source edges to market

27-Oct-2009 - approval is required from the FDA and USDA, as well from other agencies in key export markets. Plant

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