Sentences with phrase «health and food contamination»

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After Health Canada demanded a recall of Apotex's mispackaged birth control pills (they contained too many placebos and not enough medication), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration threatened to block Apotex products for «repeated deficiencies,» including bacterial contamination.

FSMA was enacted to strengthen the food safety system and protect public health by proactively preventing contamination.

Contamination of traditional crops and food systems by under - quality GM seeds are leading to loss of genetic purity, environmental problems and health concerns.

Strict health and safety standards in the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries require all machinery used in the production process to be thoroughly sanitised at regular intervals to keep equipment clean and eliminate the risk of bacterial contamination.

The public health implications of arsenic contamination in food and water, particularly foods like infant rice cereals and other commonly consumed rice products early in life, raise serious concerns.»

Ammonia contamination in food is rare, Schafer said, and there is no indication it causes long - term health consequences.

The April 30 hearing will examine the frequency and types of illness outbreaks from school food and the ability of government health agencies to protect children from contamination, Durbin said.

The Center for Health, Environment and Justice will soon begin advocating for environmental pollution to receive the same type of government response as that done for infectious diseases or mass cases of food contamination.

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Health officials from South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, and the Philippines are beginning to screen food imported from Japan for radiation, and several other Southeast Asian countries are expressing concern over the potential for contamination of soil and water that could affect food sources.

The fact of the matter is, whole plants are the most nutrient dense sources of food we can come across http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/antioxidant-content-of-3139-foods/ If one is to eat a diet high in meat, putting all health detriments and contamination aside, meat is a relatively nutrient poor food and does not promote the immune system unlike plant sources, which are the only foods that contain phytochemicals and the great majority of the antioxidants.

Antibiotics and are linked to a variety of health problems, including the spread of antibiotic - resisting strains of common illnesses, contamination of soil and water, and some scientists believe that medications given to animals transfer to people when their meat is consumed - meaning you are being drugged every time you eat a fast - food burger.

The leaves and seeds of moringa may protect against some of the effects of arsenic toxicity, which is especially important in light of news that common staple foods, such as rice, may be contaminated.13 Contamination of ground water by arsenic has also become a cause of global public health concern, and one study revealed: 14

A detailed description of the aspects of life which directly influence health is provided with the emphasis on personal hygiene, waste disposal, food preparation, diet, and sources of contamination and infection.

Our modern food system, which has enabled virtually unbridled population growth, is also culpable in decreased biodiversity, loss of topsoil, the depletion of global stocks of fish, the contamination of groundwater, and a host of other negative environmental effects, such as increased carbon emissions, the gross misuse of antibiotics, and the health implications of vast quantities of cheap, virtually nutrition-less calories.