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Are your food containers as healthy as your food? Participate in the Survey!

Sciensano

It is characterisez by the purchase, transport and storage of food using its own containers. Sciensano, as a center of excellence in evaluating potential risks of known and emerging contaminants in food contact materials ( FCM ), designed a survey to address this gap. But is this trend safe?

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Worst Food Safety Scandals of 2023

XTalks

Salmonella Outbreak from Poultry — The US A widespread Salmonella outbreak linked to contaminated poultry affected thousands across multiple states this year. It also encouraged a citizen petition to make it illegal to sell poultry contaminated with any one of 31 strains of Salmonella. Coli Daycare Outbreak — Canada In September, an E.

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MenuTrinfo’s ‘Certified Free From’ Label: An Assurance in Allergen-Free Dining

XTalks

The FDA established the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA), which requires that food labels clearly identify the food source names of any ingredients that contain any protein derived from the nine most common food allergens.

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FDA Releases Draft CPG on Major Food Allergen Labeling and Cross-Contact

FDA Law Blog

Part 117, and the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research Act (2021). the product label declares “tree nut” or “fish” but fails to declare the type of tree nut or species of fish in either the ingredient list or in a separate “Contains” statement).

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Why Plant-Based Meat Safety Differs From That of Animal Protein

XTalks

In another study evaluating the microbial load of a plant-based meats, the researchers concluded the products they studied were susceptible to post-processing contamination. Since most plant-based meats contain concentrated protein isolates, consumers may receive much higher doses of potential allergens.

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101 Toxic Food Ingredients – New Conversion Breakthrough

The Pharma Data

every day are contaminated with at LEAST ONE TOXIC ingredient. FACT: Food labels are NOT required to fully disclose the amounts of certain ingredients contained within foods you consume. And you’ll NEVER believe this one: Food companies do NOT even have to put a label on foods containing these DANGEROUS G.M.O.’s.

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COVID-19 Pandemic Coverage

XTalks

“Vaccine Nationalism” Could Prove the Undoing of COVID-19 Containment. These companies include Moderna, a US biotech company which has formed a partnership with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Oxford University who has partnered with AstraZeneca, and Johnson & Johnson, Merck and Pfizer.