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FDA Calls on Food Companies to Correct Labeling Violations; FDA Commissioner Issues an Open Letter t FDA PRESS RELEASE Mar. 3, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has notified 17 food manufacturers that the labeling for 22 of their food products violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The action follows an October 2009 statement by Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret Hamburg, M.D., encouraging companies to review their labeling to ensure that they were in compliance with FDA regulations, and were truthful and not misleading. For details, please click link below http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm202814.htm

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China Files WTO Complaints Over US Poultry Ban

Updated April 17, 2009 08:01 PM

GENEVA (Xinhua) - China filed complaints to the World Trade Organization (WTO) today about a US law effectively banning imports of Chinese poultry products, saying the law may violate WTO regulations.

Pursuant to Section 727 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, which was already signed into law, the United States effectively prohibits the establishment or implementation of any measures that would allow poultry products to be imported from China, the Chinese WTO mission said.

China is concerned that Section 727 places restrictions on the import from China of poultry products that are inconsistent with the United States' WTO obligations, it added.

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Protecting U.S. Food Supply May Be Costly, Groups Say Protecting U.S. Food Supply May Be Costly, Gro Additional rules designed to improve food safety in the U.S. will add costs for businesses and may not be effective, food-industry groups said.

Scares involving the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, salmonella, listeria and other threats have harmed consumer confidence, prompting industry support for some tougher measures, J. Patrick Boyle, the president of the American Meat Institute, said today at a congressional hearing. The added cost to defend the food supply may be burdensome, he said.

“Only industry can provide safe food,” and voluntary collaboration with government will do more to protect consumers than additional rules, Boyle told the House Agriculture Committee. Boyle’s group represents Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, and other meatpackers.

Congress is increasing the food-safety budget to add inspection resources and considering more than a dozen proposals to combat food-borne illness. They include legislation, approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, to grant the Food and Drug Administration authority to order food recalls even when a company refuses to cooperate.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aAD65Z3FeyRo

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FDA New Guidance for Reporting to the Reportable Food Electronic Portal 3/19/2010 FDA has issued new guidance entitled "Guidance for Industry: Submitting a Report for Multiple Facilities to the Reportable Food Electronic Portal as Established by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, " which can be found at http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodSafetyPrograms/ucm205209.htm. This document provides guidance intended to assist those parties responsible for complying with the Reportable Food Registry requirements prescribed by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (Pub. L.110-085). As required by section 1005(f) of this law, in September 2009, FDA issued guidance to industry about submitting reports of instances of reportable food through the electronic portal and providing notifications to other persons in the supply chain of such articles of food. This guidance document provides further guidance to industry on submitting a single reportable food report to FDA covering reportable food located at more than one of a company’s facilities. FDA has also updated its Questions & Answers For Industry Regarding the HVP Recalled by Basic Food Flavors, Inc. http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/FoodIndustry/ucm203201.htm Provided by: Lesley Maloney, Pharm.D. Senior Advisor, Industry and Business Relations Office of External Relations/Office of the Commissioner U.S. Food & Drug Administration Office: (301) 827-6252

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Investigators say food tracing system full of gaps

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press Writer

Posted: 03/25/2009 11:08:27 PM PDT

WASHINGTON—The government's system for tracing foods is riddled with holes, and that could undercut officials' ability to find the source of a disease outbreak or bioterrorism attack, according to a federal report released Thursday.

Investigators for the Health and Human Services inspector general's office conducted a test of the tracing system. The result: they were only able to follow five out of 40 foods all the way through the supply chain.

For detail report , please click link of San Jose Mercury News http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11999064?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com

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A new team has been elected to lead OFA in 2009. Mr. John Lao of Ajinomoto, is the President; Daniel Chun of American Poly Sales, Mr. Jason Lam of New Horizon and Mr. Steve Shih are the Vice Presidents,

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