The agency suggests implementing a new label that draws more attention to the connection between nutrition and chronic diseases.
The interim final regulations set procedures and timeframes for handling retaliation complaints under the act, including OSHA investigations.
The meat is recalled due to worries that it is unfit for human consumption.
The state's Department of Health has warned Texans against eating six species of fish caught in the Neches River Basin.
Ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, he has played a leading role in enacting major environmental and health laws for decades.
The council's report says despite knowledge that certain livestock antibiotics were not necessarily safe for human consumption, the FDA allowed their use.
The organization announced the launch of its new interactive portal for advisory committee membership nomination.
The FDA has issued a warning that the highly contagious virus is spreading through oysters.
The state has rolled out a new 6-12 month rule that requires those in food preparation to wear gloves.
The organization announces new prevention guidelines for salmonella in market hogs.
The state department of inspections and appeals has drafted new food safety standards set to start Jan. 1, 2014.
Consumer Reports states that 97 percent of raw chicken breast it tested contains gut bacteria that could make people sick if handled improperly.
The proposed rule published Dec. 24 is the sixth issued this year to fulfill the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. This is the first time FDA has proposed a regulatory approach for preventing intentional adulteration of the U.S. food supply.
The study, published in the Journal of Food Protection, points to a lack of safe procedures for raw ground beef and leafy greens in many restaurants.
The safety group has determined that at current levels, aspartame is safe to consume.
The agency is issuing a final guidance document that explains how animal pharmaceutical companies can work with it to voluntarily remove growth enhancement and feed efficiency indications from the approved uses of their medically important antimicrobial drug products.
Governor Walker cites child safety as a primary concern.
The plan says FSIS will consider posting Category 2 and even Category 1 establishments on its website, in addition to the already posted Category 3 establishments, in order to provide an "incentive for industry to improve process control."
"We are taking a key step forward in capturing critical data that will allow us to assemble a big picture view of the environmental causes of foodborne outbreaks," said Carol Selman, who heads CDC's Environmental Health Specialists Network team at the National Center for Environmental Health.
Cloud's Meats, Inc. recalled beef and pork products due to possible E. Coli contamination.