EATERIES WARM UP TO COOL NEW RULE.
Byline: RETAIL NOTEBOOK By Joe Mosley The Register-Guard It won't necessarily make salads any crisper, or keep meats fresh any longer. But restaurants all over Oregon will be lowering the temperatures in their refrigerators an average of 4 degrees - and in many cases buying...

Federal food and drug act violations.
I. INTRODUCTION This article describes the elements of criminal violations of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act ("FDCA" or the "Act"). (1) In 1938, Congress enacted the FDCA pursuant to its constitutional authority to regulate interstate commerce. (2) The primary purpose of the law is to protect...

NFPA 'Strongly Supports' Funding In FY 2002 Budget For Food Safety Programs.
Association Opposes New 'Regulatory Taxes' on Food Industry WASHINGTON, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- In testimony submitted to Congress on the Bush Administration's FY 2002 Budget, the National Food Processors Association (NFPA) strongly supported "adequate funding" for effective food safety programs by the Food and Drug...

Internationalization, Democracy, and Food Safety Measures: The (Il)Legitimacy of Consumer Preferences?
Reconciling internationalization with democracy is a matter of considerable interest and importance. As a mode of governance, democracy presumes the relevance of the territorial state; the geographic scope of those who exercise political authority coincides with the population that they represent and are accountable to and that have a...

USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator, Barbara J. Masters, DVM, to Join Olsson, Frank and Weeda as Senior Policy Advisor.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Olsson, Frank and Weeda, P.C. (OFW), the leading Washington, D.C. law and lobbying firm serving clients in agriculture, food, drugs, medical devices and health care policy, today announced that Barbara J. Masters, DVM, who is leaving her position as Administrator of the U.S. Department...

Food fight.
SAFE FOOD: Bacteria, Biotechnology, and Bioterrorism by Marion Nestle University of California Press, $27.50 IN THE ILLUSTRIOUS HISTORY OF the American meat industry, few moments stand out quite like the day in 1999 when Rosemary Mucklow, director of the National Meat Association, suggested that tighter E. coli...

Dietary supplements: efficacy and implications in dental health.
Introduction Comprehension of the complexity of regulations and the definition of dietary supplements is essential in educating clients regarding appropriate use of supplements. In the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, Congress defined the term "dietary supplement" as a product taken orally that contains...

Non-Authorised GMOs: Operation Of The Precautionary Principle.
By Rob Greenhalf, Science Unit, London Commission Decision on emergency measures regarding the non-authorised genetically modified organism LL RICE 601 in rice products1 INTRODUCTION In August 2006, the European Commission issued a provisional Decision significantly restricting the importation of rice from the US,...

Food Safety's Cost: stiffer regulations loom but you may not pay the (entire) price after all.
During the many discussions regarding food safety in recent years, one theme kept rearing its ugly head: there was no way growers could pass along the costs. After all, growers historically haven't been able to pass down other costs, such as the rising price of inputs they need to...

Bayer's GMO rice variety passes EU test.
Byline: MARVYN N. BENANING The controversial LLRICE62 of Bayer CropScience, which has been slammed by lobbyists in the Philippines as a "dangerous genetically modified rice variety," has passed the most stringent food safety tests conducted by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). This achievement douses...