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A Conversation with Food Safety Czar David W.K. Acheson

A exclusive conversation with ‘food safety czar’ David W.K. Acheson, FDA’s Associate Commissioner for Foods.
Post Date: 10/01/2008
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Manage your carbon footprint


Post Date: 09/11/2008
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Playing chicken with trade

Tyson executive defends imports of Chinese poultry.
Post Date: 08/14/2008
Author: James Rice and Matthew Waller

Food Safety Online Resources

FoodProcessing.com knows how important food safety is to your business. Check out the food safety articles we've put together for you.
Post Date: 07/10/2008
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Renovating for energy efficiency

Environmental sustainability and its little brother, energy efficiency, drive many current plant renovations.
Post Date: 06/05/2008
Author: Bob Sperber, Contributing Editor

What the farm bill holds for food processors

The new bill addresses major issues including commodities and country-of-origin labeling
Post Date: 06/05/2008
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FDA wants to station inspectors around the globe

FDA hopes to improving the quality of food imported into the U.S.
Post Date: 06/05/2008
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Regulatory Issues: Pros and cons of food recall authority

There are reasons why giving FDA recall powers may not have a positive impact on food safety.
Post Date: 03/12/2008
Author: David Joy, Contributing Editor

Well Noted: A Bigger Beef

Editor David Feder hopes this adjunct editorial about the nations biggest food recall over suspect beef and animal cruelty will make you as angry as he is.
Post Date: 03/05/2008
Author: David Feder, R.D.

Some health claims in jeopardy

FDA is re-evaluating health claims for soy, antioxidant vitamins and fat-cancer.
Post Date: 02/15/2008
Author: David Joy

Regulatory Issues: New rules on reporting contamination

Manufacturers will not have the option of handing recalls quietly. Information may even appear on FDA’s web site.
Post Date: 11/16/2007
Author: David Joy, Contributing Editor

Web Exclusive: Blips, shadows and trends

Criminalist finds patterns and direction out of chaos for the food industry. Click to read more of this FoodProcessing.com exclusive on Suzy Badaracco, CEO and President of Tualatin, Ore.-based Culinary Tides, a criminalist specializing in forensic toxicology.
Post Date: 09/11/2007
Author: Diane Toops, News & Trends Editor

Regulatory Issues: Navigating the health claim maze

FDA’s recent guidance focuses only on the process for evaluating evidence supporting a health claim.
Post Date: 09/04/2007
Author: David Joy, Contributing Editor

Regulatory Issues: Aspartame gets scrutinized again

The sweetener is the most scrutinized food additive present in the diet. Regulatory bodies around the world have agreed many times on its safety.
Post Date: 08/08/2007
Author: David Joy, Contributing Editor

Editor's Plate: A chocolate (flavored) outrage

There’s an outrageous petition before FDA to allow the replacement of cocoa butter in chocolate.
Post Date: 07/16/2007
Author: Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief

Regulatory Issues: Labeling reconsidered for irradiated foods

Irradiation may not eliminate food poisoning, but it would be a big step in the right direction.
Post Date: 06/18/2007
Author: David Joy, Contributing Editor

Regulatory Issues: Atkins put to the test

Nutrition is complicated. It’s not a bad thing to question the science underlying conventional wisdom.
Post Date: 05/07/2007
Author: David Joy, Contributing Editor

Wellness Foods' Regulatory Issues: It’s a Natural

A “natural” claim for foods is still subject to uncertainty over standards.
Post Date: 04/03/2007
Author: Leslie Krasny

Regulatory Issues: Trans fat tipping point

For better or for worse, there seems to be no real, ongoing scientific debate about whether trans fats are truly dangerous.
Post Date: 03/05/2007
Author: David Joy, Contributing Editor

Redefining natural

Organic is a standard that has the same meaning from Portland, Ore., to Portland, Maine, but natural doesn’t.
Post Date: 03/01/2007
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