It says it will reintroduce the food-safety bill in Parliament this spring, with only minor changes.
The recent outbreaks prompted Congress two years ago to strengthen the federal government's food-safety powers.
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European officials say they hope a pan-European food-safety agency will, in time, make things less muddled.
This month he stepped in to require a more thorough vetting of measures that would tighten food-safety regulations.
The findings provide "foundation for priority setting for food-safety interventions, policy development, research, and analyses, " the spokeswoman said.
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Some guard ingredients as closely as Coca Cola, and western food-safety officials do not like secret foreign recipes.
Indeed, food scares have become common enough that the World Health Organisation is helping Vietnam to set up a food-safety agency.
Two days later the Ministry of Health gave its first news conference on the crisis and the cabinet declared a national food-safety emergency.
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Local and national food-safety regulators didn't return requests for comment.
Public anger over the incident hastened the passing of a food-safety law in 2009 which was intended to tighten standards, improve supervision and impose tougher penalties on violators.
The House passed food-safety legislation more than a year ago.
GEN, a Dublin-based food-safety company, has relocated its American headquarters.
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They include getting rid of non-tariff barriers (eg, by harmonising food-safety rules) and allowing free trade in services and government purchases, as well as eliminating the many exceptions to the common tariff.
Trade relations took a knock earlier this month when China temporarily blocked millions of dollars of New Zealand meat from entering the country, as it bolstered scrutiny of imports after a spate of mainly homegrown food-safety scandals.
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If anything, this most recent outbreak in Europe points to how strong our own food-safety system is, and not just because the nationwide reach and capabilities of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control is unmatched elsewhere in the world.
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The issue came into sharp relief in 2011, when China's food-safety inspectors discovered in pork products from a Shuanghui subsidiary the chemical clenbuterol, which speeds muscle growth in pigs but can cause headache, nausea and an irregular heartbeat when consumed by humans.
Food-safety officials in the southern province of Guangdong on Wednesday released the results of tests that showed less than 5% of local rice supplies contained excessive levels of cadmium, a carcinogenic heavy metal that can wreak havoc on the kidneys and weaken bones if ingested in large quantities.
The Office is developing, through multi-disciplinary consultations, a training manual to offer a glossary of key concepts and best journalistic practices, as well as to take stock of government normative actions, such as the up-coming China National Plan for Food Safety and Nutrition 2011-2020.
He hasn't embraced the bill Mr. Ryan shepherded through the House earlier this year that would fend off year-end cuts in military spending by squeezing from food stamps and other social-safety-net programs.
This is especially true for an emerging food-products technology the safety of which even the FDA has acknowledged a lack of understanding.
For example, even in the midst of gridlock in 2012, Democrat Barbara Boxer of California and Republican Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma reached agreement on a major transportation bill, and Democrat Tom Harkin of Iowa and Republican Mike Enzi of Wyoming forged compromises to produce a far-reaching food safety legislation.
The federation's A-Z of Food Safety guidelines, which are regularly updated, contains basic tips on how to keep safe.
Over the past few months, CBS News, NPR and Dan Rather have run powerful segments and the popular media in general has cheerleaded a recent lawsuit spearheaded by the Center for Food Safety and other anti-chemical groups demanding that the Environmental Protection Agency ban the insecticide.
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Washington (CNN) -- The Senate passed a food safety bill to give more power to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday, more than a year after the House of Representatives passed a similar measure.
One supplier, meat processor Silvercrest, based in County Monaghan, Ireland, lost supply contracts with Tesco, Aldi and Co-operative supermarkets after the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) found horse and pig DNA in burgers it supplied.
Any feces on the exterior of an egg shell poses a food safety threat from potential cross-contamination if, say, a consumer cracks open an egg then proceeds to prepare a salad with those same bacteria-riddled hands.
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Beijing this month said it would streamline the food-regulation regime, in part to address safety concerns.
Anti-biotech activist group Center for Food Safety then filed suit against APHIS, alleging that its EA was inadequate under NEPA and demanding a full environmental impact statement (EIS).
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