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The craft spirits industry is riding the wave of public enthusiasm for distilled spirits and locally sourced foods and beverages.

From Brooklyn to Ipswich to Nashville, the craft of spirit making is on the rise as consumers seek local foods and drinks. http://ow.ly/TQqTd

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Major global food stakeholder group focuses on halving food waste

The Consumer Goods Forum board of directors agreed on a landmark Food Waste Resolution.

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Disadvantages associated with buying groceries online include shipping fees and quality and freshness of orders

Online grocery shopping opportunities are expanding rapidly in the U.S., with companies such as Amazon, Google, eBay, and others offering same-day delivery service to consumers.

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The Genomic Era Is Here

A look at FDA’s “GenomeTrakr,” the first distributed genomic food shield for identifying and tracing foodborne outbreak pathogens back to their source.

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Oversight of the cottage foods industry remains a mixed bag across the country with differences ranging from what can be sold and where, to if ingredient labels are required

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Consumers typically purchase the best-looking fruits and vegetables, which cause farmers to toss between 20 to 40 percent of fresh produce that is not cosmetically satisfactory, according to estimates from the United Nations Environment Program UNEP . However, in Europe, campaigns to promote produce and therefore to reduce food waste are...

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Serious illnesses linked with consumption of nonpasteurized milk have increased in recent years, with most caused by Campylobacter spp. Although reports of illness associated with raw milk are publicized, interest in nonpasteurized milk continues, along with an increase in the number of states where its sale is legal or where access to raw milk is...

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The ongoing recall of cumin and cumin-containing foods due to undeclared peanuts or almonds is almost certainly the result of purposeful economically motivated adulteration EMA, food safety experts believe. Since late last year, food agencies in the U.S., Europe, and Canada have been tracking and reporting what the FDA calls the

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The European Food Safety Authority EFSA has determined that current levels of exposure to bisphenol A BPA pose no health risk to any population group, including pregnant women, the elderly, unborn children, infants, and adolescents. BPA is a chemical compound used in some polycarbonate plastic food contact materials, including reusable plastic…

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New York Senator Charles Schumer has issued a call for the FDA to increase inspections at food warehouses throughout the country, citing some 90 warnings issued by the agency in 2014 to food facilities about insanitary conditions that included, in multiple cases, dead rodents and rodent feces. ldquoAt the end of 2014, the FDA quietly revealed...

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Fresh and locally grown produce available at farmers’ markets comes with some health risks, according to a study that found Salmonella and E. coli in samples of basil, cilantro, and parsley purchased at such markets.

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As the cost of gene sequencing equipment continues to decline, FDA and state public health laboratories will increasingly use WGS to investigate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses. They will store the sequenced genomic information in large databases, which will be publicly accessible nationally and internationally.

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“While Australian farmers produce just one percent of the world's food, Australia is the source for almost three percent of the food traded worldwide,” Dr. Gobius says. “These food exports from Australia feed over 60 million people every day.”

Australia’s food protection system sets high standards for accountability

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With more food trucks popping up all around the nation, the question of whether or not their food is safe to eat has become more important. A study by the Institute for Justice titled “Street Eats, Safe Eats: How Food Trucks and Carts Stack Up to Restaurants on Sanitation” researched over 260,000 food and safety inspection reports in seven cities, Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Miami, Seattle, and Washington, D.C., and found that in all seven cities, food trucks and carts did..

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PSAs aim to raise awareness about the risks of foodborne illness and educate consumers, especially parents, to take specific actions to reduce their personal risk through safe food-handling steps.

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PSAs aim to raise awareness about the risks of foodborne illness and educate consumers, especially parents, to take specific actions to reduce their personal risk through safe food-handling steps.

#e. coli #food safety #USDA #FSIS #foodborne illness #food handling #food #Food Pathogen

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