Posts tagged toxic substances

• Georgia Food Inspectors Under Scrutiny from Themselves

  Jessica Smagacz | April 19, 2009 11:24 AM | 3 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that the FDA now wants states to evaluate and assess their own inspection plans. FDA wants to implement this new plan even after Georgia failed to prevent the...

• Georgia is Still Behind in Food Safety

  Jessica Smagacz | April 13, 2009 4:47 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Today the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reported that Georgia “has largely failed to reduce the number of illnesses caused by food-borne contamination over the past four years.”...

• One Million Pounds of Pistachios Recalled because Salmonella

  Jessica Smagacz | March 31, 2009 9:33 AM | 1 CommentAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  USA Today reported that a California company is recalling one million pounds of pistachios after test results found them contaminated with salmonella. These pistachios were distributed nationwide....

• Weight-Loss Products Safety Alert Expanded by FDA

  Jessica Smagacz | March 21, 2009 5:54 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  U.S. News reported this past Friday that FDA announced an expanded nationwide alert about tainted weight-loss products containing undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients. Herbal Xenicol,...

• New Peanut Safety Guidelines set by FDA

  Jessica Smagacz | March 12, 2009 9:26 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  This past Tuesday, FDA issued new safety guidelines for companies that use peanut products, reported Red Orbit. FDA said “it may seize products that test positive for salmonella bacteria,...

• “Ingredients for a Safe Food Supply”

  Jessica Smagacz | February 28, 2009 10:42 AM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  This weekend, Atlanta Journal Constitution published an opinion from Pam Bailey, the president and CEO of the Grocery Manufacturers Association, on how to create a safer food supply. Pam Bailey...

• Experts Place Spotlight on U.S. Chemical Control Law—In Dire Need of Reform

  Jessica Smagacz | February 27, 2009 10:37 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  According to Environment News Service, experts told a House panel on Thursday that the U.S. chemical regulatory system fails to protect public health and the environment and “is in dire need...

• PCA President Refuses to testify to Congress & is MORE concerned with Money

  Jessica Smagacz | February 11, 2009 5:03 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  The latest news on the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) where the national outbreak of salmonella started is that PCA’s president, Stewart Parnell refused to testify in front of Congress,...

• PCA President & Company still claim they did NOTHING Wrong

  Jessica Smagacz | February 10, 2009 8:38 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Despite FDA confirming the contamination of salmonella at the Peanut Corporation of America’s (PCA) plant in Georgia and finding reports of about 12 other times where PCA had problems with...

• New Georgia Food Safety division Desired in the wake of PCA & the Salmonella Outbreak

  Jessica Smagacz | February 05, 2009 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsAtlanta, GA Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Associated Press reported yesterday that Tommy Irvin, Georgia Agriculture Commissioner called for a new state division. The division would focus on food safety monitoring “in the wake of a...