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When lettuce becomes unhealthy, it’s time to rethink food safety in the U.S.

# FDA

# food recalls

# chicken line speed

This guest column was written by Senior Director of Health and Food Erik Olson and Interim Food Director Lena Brook of the National Resources Defense Council.

2018-12-05 · foodsafetynews

FDA finds another impurity in recalled heart drug

# Health

# drugs

# valsartan drug

The US Food and Drug Administration said it found an additional "unexpected impurity" in three lots of Torrent Pharmaceuticals' recalled valsartan drug.

2018-09-18 · foodmate

The recommended national standard of "Classification and Judgment of TCM Constitution" was formally implemented.

# TCM Constitution

# Classification Method

# National Standard

# Health Assessment

# Traditional Medicine

# Medical Regulation

On April 1, the recommended national standard "Classification and Determination of TCM Constitution" (GB/T 46939-2025) was officially implemented with the approval of the General Administration of Market Supervision (National Standards Committee). Since the 1970 s, the team of Professor Wang Qi, a tenured professor at Beijing University of traditional Chinese Medicine, has divided Chinese people into nine basic physique types. For a long time, this theory has been mainly applied to clinical syndrome differentiation and treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, and its application in the field of public health management and product development is relatively limited. The formal implementation of this national standard marks the broader industrial application of this theory, and provides a scientific basis and operation for the precise development of medicine and food homologous products.

2026-04-07 ·

Worldwide health authorities urged to rethink vitamin D guidelines following study

# Vitamin D

# guidelines

Worldwide health authorities are being urged to rethink official guidance around vitamin D following the publication of a ground breaking study from the University of Surrey, which dispels the myth that vitamin D2 and D3 have the same nutritional value.

2017-07-06 · newfoodmagazine

Two new food safety regulations come into effect on March 20

# Food Safety

# Regulations Update

# March 20

# Legal Changes

# Health Standards

# Government Policy

Since March 20, two new regulations have been implemented, "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Live E-commerce Operators Implementing the Main Responsibility of Food Safety" and "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Food Sales Chain Enterprises Implementing the Main Responsibility of Food Safety.

2026-03-19 ·

FAO endorses taxes on unhealthy food products and advocates better nutritional labeling

# Meat

# foods

# malnutrition

Changing food systems, sustainability and dietary shifts are all also major topics of interest to leading food industry players.

2019-07-02 · foodmate

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(1127-1201)

# Health food

# standards

# residue food

National Health and Family Planning Commission issued “Plan for project approval of national food safety standard in 2017” including 83 standards.

2018-07-06 · foodmate

Decisions of National Health and Family Planning Commission about revising 7 departmental rules

# Food Ingredients

On December 26th, 2017, National Health and Family Planning Commission issued decisions about revising 7 departmental rules such as “Measures for administration of safety review of new food ingredients” and “Measures for administration of new varieties of

2018-07-06 · foodmate

BDA Welcomes Healthier & More Sustainable Catering Guidance

# sustainable

# BDA

The British Dietetic Association (BDA) welcomes Public Health England’s newly updated Healthier and More Sustainable Catering

2017-03-07 · foodingredientsfirst

Ireland reports food safety enforcements for November

# food safety

# Health Service Executive

In announcing the actions, FSAI Chief Executive Pamela Byrne said the legal onus is on food businesses to ensure that they are fully compliant with food safety legislation. She said food businesses must be familiar with the main factors that are easily pr

2017-01-04 · foodsafetynews