Washington DC –April 29- A decade after it first asked the federal Food and Drug Administration to crack down on the misappropriation of dairy terminology on imitation milk products, the National Milk Producers Federation today sent another petition to the FDA, asserting that the practice has gotten worse in the past 10 years.

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Washington DC - April 8 - Senator Tom Harkin cited a Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General report which identifies significant weaknesses in FDA’s inspections of food facilities, including the fact that FDA inspects less than a quarter of food facilities each year.

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Washington DC - April 1 - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk transmitted to Congress the 2010 National Trade Estimate (NTE), which describes significant barriers to U.S. trade and investment faced in the last year as well as the actions being taken by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to address those barriers.

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Washington DC - March 30 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is working with state health officials from Mississippi and Louisiana to notify consumers, food service operators and retailers nationwide about an outbreak of norovirus associated with oysters recently harvested from an area near Port Sulphur, La.

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Washington DC - March 30 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a number of actions to address the potential effects of bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in the manufacture of a wide range of consumer and industrial products.

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Washington DC - March 18 - As part of the Salmonella Montevideo investigation, the Food and Drug Administration has been actively investigating the supply chain of black and red pepper supplied to Daniele International Inc., Pascoag, R.I.

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Washington DC - March 15 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration added a boxed warning to the anti-blood clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), alerting patients and health care professionals that the drug can be less effective in people who cannot metabolize the drug to convert it to its active form.

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Washington DC - March 11 - The Procter & Gamble Company announced that it is voluntarily recalling Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger potato crisps and Pringles Family Faves Taco Night potato crisps as part of an industry ingredient recall to protect consumers from potential Salmonella exposure.

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Washington DC - March 9 - McCormick & Company, Incorporated is initiating a recall of products manufactured with HVP (hydrolyzed vegetable protein) supplied by Basic Food Flavors of Las Vegas, Nevada, because the ingredient has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.

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Washington DC - March 5 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to protect the public following the early identification of Salmonella Tennessee in one company’s supply of hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP). This is a common ingredient used most frequently as a flavor enhancer in many processed foods.

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Washington DC - February 19 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration are working together to achieve the goals of enhancing the safety and quality of fresh produce in ways that take into account the wide diversity of farming operations.

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Washington DC - February 8 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued guidance on Bayesian statistical methods in the design and analysis of medical device clinical trials that could result in less costly and more efficient patient studies.

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Washington DC - January 19 - On the basis of results from recent studies using novel approaches to test for subtle effects, both the National Toxicology Program at the National Institutes of Health and FDA have some concern about the potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and young children.

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Washington DC - December 30 - Many major companies, including Coca-Cola, Kellogg, Kraft, General Mills, and Nestle’s, continue to confuse or defraud consumers about the health effects, ingredients, or “natural”-ness of their products.The Center for Science in the Public Interest(CSPI) documents some of the most egregious examples of false claims, ingredient obfuscations, and other labeling shenanigans.

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Washington DC - October 27 -  NOAA and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unveiled an interagency agreement to strengthen seafood inspection and improve seafood safety and quality.

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