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China's National People's Congress, or parliament, is proposing legislation on the management of genetically modified (GMO) food, the official Xinhua news agency said in a report seen on Monday. The legislation will cover the import and export of GMO food and production, ...
President Obama will sign the Food Safety and Modernization Act on Jan. 4. Even so, much work remains to be done to implement the food safety law, said Ferd Hoefner, policy director for the Washington, D.C.-based National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition. "This is less than have ...
The House of Representatives passed the Food Safety Modernization Act Dec. 21, two days after the Senate resurrected what appeared to be a dead issue. President Obama is expected to sign it into law. The bill passed on a 215 to 144 vote. While many produce industry organizations ...
Prospects for food safety legislation appeared dim Dec. 17 after the Senate failed to pass the omnibus spending bill. If the Food Safety Modernization Act is not included with a continuing resolution by Dec. 18, it would mark the end of the line for the legislation, observers ...
US-(UPDATED COVERAGE, Dec. 20) In a surprise move, the Senate on Sunday passed the Food Safety Modernization Act, reviving the legislation that had appeared dead. The bill, with the Tester Amendment intact, goes to the House for approval. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., added the ...
House passage of a food safety bill is "bittersweet," according to a top official at the United Fresh Produce Association. Produce Marketing Association and Western Growers officials also characterized passage as a mixed bag. The Senate version of the Food Safety Modernization ...
President Obama signed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act this morning (Dec. 13), raising federal reimbursement for school lunches and setting the table for more servings of fruits and vegetables at U.S. schools. The $4.5 billion legislation, which passed the House on Dec. 2, was ...
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has said he intends to hold up food safety legislation that has been stalled in the Senate since last November, as there is no indication of how it would be funded. Without paying for this bill, at best we are just passing it for a press release, and at ...
Canada has confirmed bisphenol A (BPA) is to be added to its national register of toxic substances after dismissing industry calls to review its stance on the chemical. Environment Canada (EC) remained unmoved by charges from the American Chemistry Council (ACC) that a failure to ...
Novel hypoallergenic foods that could benefit consumers with serious allergies are being overlooked by current legislation warn researchers from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Further risk-benefit studies are needed to remedy that problem, according to a study ...
The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has urged the Senate to vote on the Food Safety Modernization Act that has been awaiting consideration since it passed through committee in November. GMA president and CEO Pamela Bailey said in a statement: Now more than ever the time ...
A massive multi-state recall of salmonella-tainted shell eggs has led to renewed calls for food safety legislation to move forward in the Senate, as the number of related illnesses looks likely to grow, according to officials. The recall covers an estimated 380 million in-shell ...
Lawmakers released a bipartisan agreement on the Senate s food safety bill on Thursday, signaling that it is likely to be debated in the Senate when it reconvenes in September. The Food Safety Modernization Act has been stalled in the Senate since it was passed unanimously by the ...
It may be a more expensive Lunar New Year this year. Suppliers expect prices of Mandarin oranges and some vegetables to go up by about 10 per cent. They said the recent cold spell has resulted in a smaller supply. Singapore's supply of mandarin oranges comes mainly from China and ...
BEIJING, Jan. 25 --The purpose of economic development is not merely more construction. More importantly, it is about bringing greater happiness to people. When reports of "accelerating economic construction and economic growth" appear widely in the mass media, we immediately ...
BEIJING - The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Sunday that China would provide medical supplies worth 18 million yuan ($2.64 million) in additional aid to quake-ravaged Haiti. A 40-membe Chinese medical care and epidemic prevention team would depart for Haiti from Beijing Capital ...
CHINA - The Ministry of Agriculture has launched a new campaign to improve the quality and safety of feed. According to China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), news from the opening ceremony of the special campaign on feed quality and safety has confirmed that in the coming year, ...
Wouldn't t it be great to be a supermarket retailer in an economy with a 17% annual increase in consumer spending on food between 2004 and 2008? Welcome to China, my beleaguered American friends, where the hypermarket rules. The USDA FAS has just published a killer 49-page report ...
Gung Hay Fat Choy! The Specialty Produce People at Frieda s are stocking up produce departments with a wide variety of Asian specialties in preparation for Chinese New Year C The Year of the Tiger. The 15-day celebration begins on the first day of the first lunar month according ...
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) recently conducted a targeted food surveillance to assess the use of preservatives in preserved fruits and vegetables. "About 370 samples of preserved fruits and vegetables, such as cucumber, radish, leaf mustard, rakkyo, chillies, dried mango, ...
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