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FDA Seeks Comments on Defining 'Healthy' Foods

Various stakeholders from academia and industry, as well as consumers, have requested that FDA update additional nutrition labeling regulations for nutrient content and health claims, including the implied nutrient content claim "healthy."

Landscaping Company Cited After Worker Dies from Heat Stroke

The employee was initially hospitalized with a body core temperature of 108 degrees.

Big Fine Issued in Washington State Forklift Case

The $117,740 in penalties includes a willful violation with the maximum allowed penalty of $70,000 for not performing regular safety inspections and not fixing defective items such as broken horns and broken seat belts.

AIHA Foundation Seeks Nominations for Member-at-Large Trustee

The trustee would help shape the future for students in the IH profession.

During transportation, the HMR governs hazcom labeling requirements, and OSHA

Joint Memo Clarifies Hazmat Labeling Requirements

PHMSA and OSHA issued it Sept. 19, it explains that an HSC 2012-compliant OSHA label and a DOT HMR label or marking may both be the same package.

NSC Partners with Circuit Court of Cook County

The partnership will offer defensive driving courses to Illinois Drivers.

ASTM Sets Commercial Spaceflight Organizational Meeting

Standards would support the growing number of people and organizations that design, manufacture, and operate commercial space vehicles for both manned and unmanned flights; human spaceflight occupant safety will be an area of immediate focus, according to those who have expressed initial interest, ASTM reported.

DC Circuit's Process Safety Decision a Setback for OSHA

In a unanimous decision, three D.C. Circuit judges -- Sri Srinivasan, Judith W. Rogers, and Patricia A. Millett -- ruled that OSHA failed to follow the required notice-and-comment procedure when it narrowed the retail exemption in its PSM standard following the West Fertilizer explosion in 2013.



Young Safety Professionals Recognized by NSC

The agency has announced its seventh class of NSC Rising Stars of Safety.

Six Candidates Submitted for WHO Director-General

WHO announced that a forum will be held Nov. 1-2 for the candidates to present their visions to WHO Member States and the public and to answer questions from Member States on their candidacy.

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