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Taking Salmonella seriously: Will Dr. Brashears use the tools at her disposal to protect public heal

# food

# FSIS

# Mindy Brashears

Tomorrow, the Senate will finally hold a nomination hearing for Dr. Mindy Brashears to become the highest ranking food safety official in the federal government, a post that has remained vacant for nearly five years.

2018-11-28 · foodsafetynews

Will latest FDA regulation finally take measures to stop routine antibiotic misuse?

# FDA

# antibiotic misuse

The latest regulations implemented by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) represent an undeniable attempt to cap antibiotic use in livestock. Antibiotics have in the past regularly been given to chicken, cattle, pigs and other animals to treat diseases

2017-01-10 · newfoodmagazine

Interpretation of National Standard GB/T 46114-2025 "Technical Specification for Tea Supply Chain Management"

# National Standard

# Tea Supply Chain

# Technical Specification

# GB/T 46114

# Management System

# Quality Control

The recommended national standard GB/T 46114-2025 "Technical Specification for Tea Supply Chain Management" drafted by Huangshan Small Pot Tea Industry Co., Ltd., China Institute of Standardization and other units was officially released on December 2, 2025 and officially implemented on April 1, 2026.

2026-04-24 ·

The Municipal Administration of Supervision solicits public opinions on the inclusion of lycopene in the catalogue of health food raw materials.

# Health Food

# Lycopene

# Public Opinion

# Regulation

# Supervision

# Catalogue

On April 2, the General Administration of Market Supervision issued the "Health Food Raw Material Catalog Lycopene (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)", which intends to include lycopene in the health food raw material catalog, and publicly solicit opinions from the public. The feedback is as of May 10. The list of raw materials included in this time includes lycopene (tomato extract), lycopene (lycopene oleoresin), lycopene (tomato extract and purification) and lycopene (synthesis). The draft for comments specifies the dosage of raw materials, claims functions and technical requirements, and correspondingly adds the health care function of "supplementing lycopene", proposing that "lycopene is one of carotenoids and helps

2026-04-07 ·

"Food Glycemic Index Measurement and Labeling Specification" for Public Comments

# Glycemic Index

# Measurement Method

# Labeling Rules

# Public Feedback

# Food Standards

# Regulatory Guide

On March 18, the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued the national standard "Food Glycemic Index Measurement and Labeling Specification" for public comments, and the feedback ended on April 17. The introduction of the standard aims to establish a unified, scientific and rigorous food GI determination and labeling system, which is a milestone in standardizing market publicity, guiding the healthy development of the industry, and assisting consumers to make healthier choices.

2026-03-26 ·

Audits show EU import controls usually work relatively well

# unsafe food

# audits

# EU import

Countries are doing a good job of keeping unsafe food out of Europe but some shortcomings were identified during a series of audits on the import control system.

2019-05-14 · foodsafetynews

FDA Warns Nutra Pharma Group For Illegally Marketed Unapproved Products

# FDA

# Nutra Pharma

# Illegally Marketed Unapproved Products

The FDA posted a warning letter to Nutra Pharma Corporation for illegally marketing unapproved products that were labeled as homeopathic and made medical claims. More specifically, the claims were about ability to treat addiction and chronic pain, includi

2019-03-20 · foodmate

Researchers find possible antidote for paralysis in botulism cases

# paralysis

# BoNT

# NPP

# botulinum

A compound that strongly inhibits botulinum neurotoxin has been identified by researchers.The compound – called nitrophenyl psoralen (NPP) – could be used as a treatment to reduce paralysis induced by botulism....

2018-11-27 · foodsafetynews

Agriculture Bill Seeks Better Deal for Farmers in Supply Chain

# Agriculture

# supply chain

The new Agriculture Bill, tabled in parliament just over a week ago, commanded a large number of column inches in the national and specialist media, mainly focused on the government’s continuing drive towards a so-called “Green Brexit”.

2018-09-21 · foodmate

EFSA publishes guidance on hydrolysate infant formula

# EFSA

# hydrolysate infant formula

New guidance published by EFSA will assist applicants in preparing and presenting dossiers for authorisation of infant and/or follow-on formulae manufactured from protein hydrolysates.

2017-05-17 · ingredientsnetwork