July 25, 2008Food industry bitten by its lobbying success - Forbes Food industry bitten by its lobbying success - Forbes
The food industry must drop any remaining opposition to electronic record-keeping and back an effective system for tracing contaminated food to its source, a lawmaker investigating food safety said Friday. "It is my hope that the food industry will Source: www.forbes.com U.S. struggles to trace food in crises - MSNBC WASHINGTON - When there's an urgent need to trace fruits and vegetables in a crisis like the salmonella outbreak, a lot of the pieces for a rapid-response system are in place. But nobody has quite figured out how to put them together to operate Source: www.msnbc.msn.com Roche arthritis drug works: FDA staff - Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's drug Actemra, known generically as tocilizumab, appears to be effective for treating rheumatoid arthritis, U.S. drug reviewers said in a summary released on Friday. Food and Drug Administration staff said Source: www.reuters.com U.S. narrows salmonella warning to Mexican jalapenos - Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. health officials urged consumers on Friday to avoid only raw jalapeno peppers from Mexico, narrowing an earlier warning against eating any fresh jalapenos amid an outbreak of salmonella illness. The Food and Drug Source: www.reuters.com Safety of cloned animal products uncertain - EU agency - Reuters India BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's top food safety agency said on Thursday cloned animal products may not be safe and further study was needed. "It is clear there are significant animal health and welfare issues for surrogate mothers and Source: in.reuters.com FDA: Avoid jalapenos from Mexico, not US - Boston Globe WASHINGTON— Only jalapeno peppers grown in Mexico seem to be implicated in the nationwide salmonella outbreak, the government announced Friday in clearing the U.S. crop. The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to avoid raw Mexican Source: www.boston.com # posted by Network @ 3:00 PM
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