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Chemicals in food continue to be a top food safety concern among consumers

Source: Food Safety News (September 20, 2021)

By Guest Contributor on September 20, 2021 FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION MONTH OPINION By Tom Neltner, Environmental Defense Fund Chemicals Policy Director The latest annual food industry survey demonstrates that U.S. consumers continue to have significant concerns about chemicals in food. Specifically, the survey from the International Food Information Council (IFIC) found: 29 percent of consumers rated chemicals in food as their top food […]

PFAS contamination may be an emerging food safety issue

Source: Food Business News (September 14, 2021)

KANSAS CITY — Food manufacturers received reassuring news when the Food and Drug Administration published the testing results of its first survey of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as “forever chemicals.” The survey showed 164 of the 167 foods tested had no detectable levels of the PFAS measured. Despite the positive news, uncertainty […]

EWG urges Congress to quickly set limits on toxic metals in baby food

Source: EWG (September 4, 2021)

WASHINGTON – The Environmental Working Group is urging Congressional leaders to quickly set mandatory limits on levels of toxic heavy metals in baby food, after a new House oversight panel report highlighted food companies’ failure to protect babies. The House Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Economic and Consumer Policy Subcommittee in its September 29 report details failures […]

REPS LIEU AND PORTER URGE FDA TO PROTECT FAMILIES FROM TOXINS

Source: Ted Lieu Government Website (June 11, 2021)

June 11, 2021 Press Release WASHINGTON – Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D-Los Angeles) and Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-Orange County) led a letter signed by 12 Members of Congress to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration to take action on the presence of phthalates in food and cosmetics. Phthalates are […]

Beech-Nut to stop selling baby rice cereal after finding high arsenic levels

Source: CNN (June 9, 2021)

By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Updated 12:23 PM ET, Wed June 9, 2021 CNN)Beech-Nut Nutrition voluntarily recalled an infant rice cereal Tuesday because the product exceeds a US Food and Drug Administration limit of 100 parts per billion of arsenic. The company also announced it would no longer sell baby rice cereal. Research has shown that even […]

Toxic food chemicals highlighted in FDA budget request

Source: EWG (June 1, 2021)

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration’s budget request for the Food and Drug Administration makes toxic chemicals in food a priority. The administration proposed a $49 million increase in the FDA’s budget to address food safety, including additional funds to be used to review the safety of food chemicals and metals in baby foods. “None of […]

Fast food may come with a side of phthalate chemicals

Source: CBS (April 13, 2016)

BY DENNIS THOMPSON APRIL 13, 2016 / 5:32 PM / HEALTHDAY Eating fast food may expose a person to potentially harmful chemicals known as phthalates, a new study suggests. People who consumed lots of fast food tended to have levels of phthalates in their urine that were 24 percent to 40 percent higher than people who rarely ate take-out […]

10 ways the incoming FDA Commissioner should protect people from toxic chemicals in food

Source: EDF (April 22, 2021)

Tom Neltner, Chemicals Policy Director at Environmental Defense Fund. The FDA’s critical role in the COVID-19 pandemic has brought intense interest in whom President Biden will nominate to lead the agency as its new commissioner. While COVID-19 is the priority, the FDA obviously has many vital other responsibilities. Though it doesn’t get that much attention, […]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Calls On FDA To Reexamine Health Effects Of Chemical Food Additive TBHQ

Source: CBS (April 9, 2021)

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the health effects of a common food additive.

Parents Erupt Over FDA Failure To Regulate Toxic Metals in Food

Source: Politico (February 28, 2021)

Lead, arsenic and cadmium are commonly found in baby foods, but also in many of the ingredients families use to make their own. When Congress released a report this month finding that popular baby foods contain worrisome levels of toxic heavy metals, the reaction was swift. Scary headlines blared from the New York Times to […]

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