As you may know, there's an important
food safety bill in the Senate right now.
We've sent out several alerts about
the food safety bills in Congress, and are continuing to monitor the situation with S. 510, the Senate's version of the bill.
Not exact matches
Assembly
Bill 97 of 25 July 2008 amends California's Health and
Safety Code to require all
food facilities (restaurants)
in the state, with the exception of public school cafeterias, to cease using artificial trans fats by January 2011.
The goal of the
bill is to help ensure the
safety of the
food served to kids
in school meal programs.
And for those interested
in learning more about the connection between nut butters and salmonella contamination, you can read this blog post from
Bill Marler, one of the nation's leading
food safety lawyers.
Food Safety News was kind enough to reprint my refutation of the beef industry's defenses of pink slime, and leading food safety lawyer Bill Marler also weighed in in his own post yesterday, supporting disclosure of pink slime on lab
Food Safety News was kind enough to reprint my refutation of the beef industry's defenses of pink slime, and leading food safety lawyer Bill Marler also weighed in in his own post yesterday, supporting disclosure of pink slime on l
Safety News was kind enough to reprint my refutation of the beef industry's defenses of pink slime, and leading
food safety lawyer Bill Marler also weighed in in his own post yesterday, supporting disclosure of pink slime on lab
food safety lawyer Bill Marler also weighed in in his own post yesterday, supporting disclosure of pink slime on l
safety lawyer
Bill Marler also weighed
in in his own post yesterday, supporting disclosure of pink slime on labels.
In the meantime, the food safety bill is still stuck in Congres
In the meantime, the
food safety bill is still stuck
in Congres
in Congress.
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Seattle lawyer
Bill Marler, who represents children and families
in lawsuits over
food - borne illness, said the database «will create an economic incentive for companies to have better
safety records.
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bill would protect our children from potentially contaminated meat and poultry processed or raised
in China, which has a horrific and deadly track record
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Editors Note: Attorney
Bill Marler, publisher of
Food Safety News, represented retired USDA scientists Gerald Zirnstein and Carl Custer until they were dismissed as defendants
in this case.
The
bills follow years of debate over the
safety of genetically modified
foods, which were introduced
in the early l990s.
Gorny said the proposed congressional
food safety bills are intentionally broad to allow flexibility
in the way they are implemented.
Just before Christmas, President Barack Obama celebrated a string of last - minute legislative accomplishments on tax cuts, gays
in the military, the nuclear arms pact, the 9/11 responder
bill, and
food safety.
«The Plant Pest Act was completely inappropriate for regulating biotech crops, but the USDA jury - rigged it,» says
Bill Freese, science - policy analyst at the Center for
Food Safety in Washington DC.
WAPF members have been reading for several years about the problems that the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) poses, and have more recently been alerted to the federal
food safety bills that are pending
in Congress.
In our
food choices, we seem to have traded the
safety of our long - term health for lower prices and convenience, though this cost incentive is actually an illusion, given the medical
bills and medications a diet of processed and conventional
foods will eventually generate.
* Breaking news: study shows unsafe levels of toxic heavy metals
in pet
food * Aflatoxin caused illness in recalled Kroger pet foods * FDA seeking comments on proposed PETNet * Food Safety Bill signed into law * Small animals re-protected * Bottled water report * Medicated topical creams for people can harm pets * Nordic Naturals introduces new fish oil products for pet
food * Aflatoxin caused illness
in recalled Kroger pet
foods * FDA seeking comments on proposed PETNet *
Food Safety Bill signed into law * Small animals re-protected * Bottled water report * Medicated topical creams for people can harm pets * Nordic Naturals introduces new fish oil products for pet
Food Safety Bill signed into law * Small animals re-protected * Bottled water report * Medicated topical creams for people can harm pets * Nordic Naturals introduces new fish oil products for pets 2.
Consulting with economic impact analysts, medical specialists, and
food safety professionals, we calculate what your negligent care means
in terms of medical
bills, lost wages, adverse living conditions, and psychological trauma.
In addition to
food safety, IBM is advancing other Blockchain supply chain initiatives using the IBM Blockchain Platform for an automated
billing and invoicing system.
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Food Worker — New Age Coffee Shop, Las Vegas, NV — June 2012 — January 2015 • Maintained customer satisfaction by preparing coffee - based beverages, sandwiches, and baked goods to patron specifications • Ensured restaurant was clean and neat by cleaning
food and beverage preparation areas and the facility in general • Helped café adhere to health department and food safety standards by inspecting foods and beverages for quality on a regular basis • Kept registers balanced by processing bills and customer payments in a timely and accurate manner • Restocked coffee bar at the end of each shift so baristas and other workers had access to adequate ingredi
food and beverage preparation areas and the facility
in general • Helped café adhere to health department and
food safety standards by inspecting foods and beverages for quality on a regular basis • Kept registers balanced by processing bills and customer payments in a timely and accurate manner • Restocked coffee bar at the end of each shift so baristas and other workers had access to adequate ingredi
food safety standards by inspecting
foods and beverages for quality on a regular basis • Kept registers balanced by processing
bills and customer payments
in a timely and accurate manner • Restocked coffee bar at the end of each shift so baristas and other workers had access to adequate ingredients