Mothers of young children have been particularly aggressive about prodding the government to increase food testing, and to re-evaluate the safety limit and impose more restrictions, such as a ceiling on radiation measurements in school lunches.
Food-testing mobile laboratories and mobile workshops have been seen, as well as large containers with seed-processing equipment.
According to Dr Tamanaha, the laboratory has developed a portable, battery-powered unit the size of a shoebox, and has licensed its technology to Seahawk Biosystems, a firm based in Austin, Texas, for food-testing and environmental applications.
Thanks to the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010, which gives the FDA much more power to demand food safety testing (and reduce the need for recalls after people become ill), I think the demand for NEOG products will increase dramatically over the next five years.
Food Standards Agency testing found some of it contained 80% horsemeat.
Without it, the old ways of food regulation, farm testing, commodity handling and public consultation would not have been shaken up and hauled into the 21st century.
Embattled McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) said today that it is testing health food-style "happy meals" for adults at 150 Indiana locations, under what appears to be a spirited effort to convince the public that it is the solution--and not the cause--of the obesity crisis in the United States.
Food firms have also been testing products for the veterinary medicine bute (phenylbutazone).
Under the plans, testing by the food standards authorities of each member state would begin on 1 March, and continue for three months.
The government's review will consider the responsibilities of food businesses and practices throughout the supply chain, including safety, food authenticity, auditing, testing and health issues.
Last month, the BBC bought a total of 30 food products at random for testing from supermarkets, shops and butchers in Belfast and elsewhere in Northern Ireland.
The Food Standards Agency released the results Friday of the latest round of testing ordered on products labeled beef across the UK food industry.
The UK Food Standards Agency released the results Friday of the latest round of testing ordered on products labeled beef across the UK food industry.
But Biosensors could also be used for testing water quality and food safety (the toxins produced by food-spoiling bacteria would show up easily).
Before this year, the government required only a sample to issue a licence to sell food or medicine, rather than testing products in the marketplace.
But such optional testing of a medical food is usually far less stringent than the regulatory hurdles drug makers face when trying to bring a new treatment to the market.
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Beginning January 30, the Food Standards Agency ordered 100% testing of horse carcasses, and, as of this week, their meat will not be allowed to enter the food chain until the all-clear has been given.
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New food products must endure the same costly testing for toxicity as drugs, but do not offer drug-like returns.
Food and farming minister David Heath has said the Food Standards Agency is undertaking the biggest testing of beef products ever "to offer reassurance".
In America, the Food and Drug Administration strictly regulates diagnostic testing for disease, but has been slow to extend its oversight to the public implications of genomics.
"Food businesses supplying processed beef products to public sector premises, including schools, prisons and hospitals, are already involved in an inspection and testing regime led by the Food Standards Agency, " he said.
The food industry will need to increase the amount of testing it does on products.
With the new device, investigators simply pour a smidgen of the suspect food or drink directly into the ImmunoFlow's testing chamber.
The project got the attention of the food-service industry, which is looking for testing methods that are less expensive and time-consuming than taste-testing or laboratory work.
Paterson said the representatives "agreed to do their level best to report back as many testing results as possible" to the Food Standards Agency by Friday.
Schuchat urged the public not to be alarmed if expiration dates for some of the liquid Tamiflu have passed, because the Food and Drug Administration extended them "after careful testing" to ensure they are safe and effective.
For one thing, it signals that these companies are finding ways of using these new technologies to make their medicines more effective --making for better odds in getting Food and Drug Administration approval and reducing money wasted testing drugs that won't work in human beings.
Beyond this, every batch of synthetic food color produced has to be FDA certified through further testing before being used.
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Speaking to The Sunday Telegraph, Mr Price urged the food industry to apply "renewed rigour" to their testing regimes.
Ten more counties have been put on an annual testing list by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
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