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  • September 2008

    • Feds Mandate Nation-of-Origin Labels for Meat, Produce

      Chicago Tribune  |  Sep 14, 08 2:19 PM CDT

      Feds Mandate Nation-of-Origin Labels for Meat, Produce

      (Newser) - Grocery shoppers will soon be able to tell their Argentine steak from their Midwest chicken at a glance, as a new federal law mandating nation-of-origin labels kicks in Sept. 30. Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) will cover everything from fruit and nuts to beef, lamb, and chicken, reports the Chicago Tribune, but critics are denouncing the measure as limited and toothless. More »

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      food  • law  • meat  • beef recall  • label  • produce  • imported food

  • August 2008

    • FDA Approves Irradiation of Spinach, Lettuce

      Associated Press  |  Aug 21, 08 3:47 PM CDT

      FDA Approves Irradiation of Spinach, Lettuce

      (AP) - Consumers worried about salad safety may soon be able to buy fresh spinach and iceberg lettuce zapped with just enough radiation to kill E. coli and a few other germs. The Food and Drug Administration will issue a new regulation tomorrow allowing spinach- and lettuce-sellers to take that extra step, a long-awaited move amid increasing outbreaks from raw produce.   More »

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      FDA  • outbreak  • food safety  • E. coli  • produce

  • July 2008

    • You Say Tomato, the FDA Says There's Another Culprit Here

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 2, 08 3:13 PM CDT

      You Say Tomato, the FDA Says There's Another Culprit Here

      (Newser) - Health officials are looking into produce other than tomatoes as the source of the recent salmonella outbreak, reports the Los Angeles Times . With much of the tomato harvest wrapped up and new cases emerging, the FDA is investigating produce typically served with tomatoes, though officials refuse to say what that other produce might be. More »

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      FDA  • outbreak  • farmer  • tomatoes  • salmonella  • produce

  • June 2008

    • Global Food Chain Ensures Ills Never Go Out of Season

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 11, 08 1:01 PM CDT

      Global Food Chain Ensures Ills Never Go Out of Season

      (Newser) - On the heels of a tomato scare, US consumers need to look closely at the risks and ever-rising costs of the global network that supplies produce no matter the season, Tim Rutten writes in the Los Angeles Times . "When one packer's tainted produce goes to three or four countries, what would have been a local problem becomes an international one," he notes. More »

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      tomatoes  • salmonella  • fruits and vegetables  • produce  • local produce

  • March 2007

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