Food safety

UNEP Regional Office Urges Caution On Transgenics

IPS | March 3, 2004 Mexico City, 3 Mar (IPS/Diego Cevallos) -- The United Nations Environment Programme warned Wednesday in Mexico that transgenic crops could pose a threat to biodiversity and human health, and recommended that the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean act with caution in using genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Victory Over US Claimed As Rules Agreed On GM Exports

Agence France Presse | By M. JEGATHESAN | February 27, 2004 Environmentalists claimed victory over the United States Friday as more than 100 countries agreed to international rules covering the export of genetically-modified crops and food.

Europe Claims Victory Over U.S. On Genetically Modified Foods; U.S. Warns Of Disrupted Trade

Associated Press | By SEAN YOONG | February 27, 2004 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Europe and developing countries claimed a victory over the United States on Friday when a conference of more than 80 nations agreed to improve the labeling of genetically modified food shipments despite U.S. objections.

FDA Rarely Tests For Toxic Pollutants Found in Salmon Study

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fish safety testing does not include, except for limited samples through their Total Diet Study, PCBs and dioxins - pollutants which were found to be widespread in farmed salmon in a study published last week.

Dioxin: What Every Person Should Know

This Factsheet, published by IATP, summarizes the history, and health and environmental impacts of dioxin, one of the most toxic substances known to humans.

Turn off the "Tap" to Stop Our Dioxin-Food Problem

The recent recommendation by the National Academy of Sciences to reduce our exposure to dioxin from our food. It's too bad the Academy's solutions focused mostly at the bottom of the dioxin food chain, rather than turning off the dioxin "tap" at its source. Dioxin is considered one of the most toxic compounds ever produced.

Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition Applauds McDonalds for Recognizing Americans Deserve a Break Today

KAW press release commending McDonald's for its new policy that seeks to reduce the antibiotics used by its meat suppliers.

Governor Signs Into Law Restrictions on Arsenic in Fertilizer

The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) applauded the Minnesota Legislature and Governor Tim Pawlenty for signing into law last week a bill which would restrict the sale of fertilizer products in Minnesota to those with less than 500 parts per million of arsenic.

Some Basic Facts about Dioxin

Dioxin is an unintended by-product of industrial manufacturing processes and is identified as one of the most toxic of all chemicals known to man. This fact sheet is an introduction to this chemical and what its impacts are.

FDA Mercury Fish Warnings to Get 5 Times Stricter

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is strengthening its advisory for warning consumers about unsafe mercury levels in fish, according to recent statements made by its chief medical officer to the news media.

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