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662[USA] Eatery rating easy as A-B-C (2016-11-03)New grades easier read for diners Boston restaurants are now getting letter grades from city health inspectors — replacing the old number scores, in a move that ultimately will lead to prominent public posting of the grades. “This is a simple way you’ll be able...2016-11-04
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661[Canada] Philpott looking into meat inspection cutbacks (2016-11-01)Canada’s health minister says she is looking into reports the Canadian Food Inspection Agency cut back on daily inspections in domestic meat processing plants in Northern Alberta for nearly two years because of staffing shortages. “Certainly the health and safety of Canadians is o...2016-11-03
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660[USA] FDA Requests Information on the Appropriate Product Category and Reference Amount Customarily Consumed for Flavored Nut Butter Spreads and Products that Can Be Used to Fill Cupcakes and Other Desserts (2016-11-01)Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a request for information (RFI) to invite comments, data and other information on the appropriate reference amount customarily consumed (RACC) and product category for flavored nut butter spreads (e.g., cocoa, cookie, and coffee flavored), a...2016-11-03
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659[Australia] Call for submissions on an alternative source of DHA for infant formula (2016-11-01)Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has called for submissions on an alternative source of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) for use in infant formula products. FSANZ Chief Executive Officer Steve McCutcheon said the Applicant, DSM Nutritional Products, is seeking approval of an alternativ...2016-11-02
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658[UK] NFCU launches industry guide (2016-10-31)'Working together to tackle the threat from food crime' is a guide that will support closer working relations between the food industry and the unit. The National Food Crime Unit provides a criminal intelligence function that can protect consumers and industry from seri...2016-11-02
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657[USA] Guidance for Industry : What You Need to Know the FDA Regulation : Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food; Small Entity Compliance Guide (2016-10-31)Contains Nonbinding Recommendations The Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food (PCHF) rule creates new requirements for the production of human food by registered food facilities, and revises previous requirements. This guide wa...2016-11-02
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656[USA] Three new GMO spuds earn permission from USDA (2016-11-01)Two companies have green lights from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their non-browning potato varieties that have had their genes altered. Calyxt, a company based in New Brighton, MN, got the go ahead for its cultivar known as “PPO_KO” and the J.R. Simplot Co. of Boise, ID...2016-11-02
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655[USA] US approve 2 types of genetically engineered potatoes (2016-10-31)BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved commercial planting of two types of potatoes that are genetically engineered to resist the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine. The approval announced Friday covers Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co.'s Ranger Russet a...2016-11-02
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654[UK] Calls for more control over food hygiene rules in Wales (2016-10-28)Calls have been made for Wales to have greater control over food hygiene. It follows concerns changes proposed by the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) could undermine the "scores on doors" scheme in Wales. In November 2013, Wales became the first UK nation to require food ou...2016-11-01
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653[UK] Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) Report 2015 (2016-10-27)The FSA has published the annual Radioactivity in Food and the Environment (RIFE) report, which shows that the level of man-made radioactivity to which people in the UK are exposed, remained below the EU legal limit during 2015. No food safety risks were identified. Key findings ...2016-11-01