OrganicAuthority.com - Organic Blog » foodborne pathogens http://www.organicauthority.com/blog Organic Authority - organic food, organic living, green living, organic thoughts. Sat, 18 May 2013 08:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Lawsuit Claims FDA Could Prevent Food Poisoning Deaths with New Regulations http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/health/lawsuit-claims-fda-could-prevent-food-poisoning-deaths-with-new-regulations/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/health/lawsuit-claims-fda-could-prevent-food-poisoning-deaths-with-new-regulations/#comments Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:51:24 +0000 Lacy http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=11211

A lawsuit filed Wednesday against the FDA alleges that the agency has repeatedly missed mandatory deadlines to implement and enforce regulations established by the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in 2011. The plaintiffs claim that the law, when properly enforced, will save thousands of American lives from foodborne illnesses.

]]> http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/health/lawsuit-claims-fda-could-prevent-food-poisoning-deaths-with-new-regulations/feed/ 0 USDA Announces New Testing Rules for Foodborne Pathogens http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/usda-announces-new-testing-rules-for-foodborne-pathogens/ http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/organic/usda-announces-new-testing-rules-for-foodborne-pathogens/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:08:43 +0000 Jill Ettinger http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/?p=9023 USDA announces new testing rules for foodborne pathogens Last week, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, announced a new rule proposed by the USDA that would require all beef, pork and poultry producers in the US to test their products for potential contaminants, and hold them until test results had proven the meat products safe, before releasing the foods for sale .

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