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In the News: Golden Clogs, Food Imports, Acetaminophen and Coffee

Michael Ruhlman and Anthony Bourdain announce the inaugural Golden Clog Awards, the best and worst of the year in food. The award categories run the gamut from the Rocco Award, for worst career move by a talented chef, to the Chef's Chef Award, for the least heralded yet most deserving working chef. [Ruhlman.com] Economics drive surge in U.S. food imports: " 'There are economic factors that are pushing' this growth in food imports, David Acheson, FDA's food safety czar, said at a conference on food policy. 'The expectation is, I don't want to pay $5 for a head of lettuce. How are you going to deal with that? You import the food,' he said." [Reuters] More efforts to regulate U.S....

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Post a Comment | Posted by Alaina Browne, September 27, 2007 at 6:15 PM
Tagged: food imports, food safety, health, In the News

U.S. Restricts Chinese Seafood Imports to Healthy Fish

Andrew Martin in the New York Times reports that "The Food and Drug Administration today issued an alert challenging imports of five major types of farm-raised seafood from China, including shrimp and catfish, because testing found recurrent contamination from carcinogens and antibiotics. The alert means that the fish will be allowed for sale in the United States only if testing proves that it is free of certain antibiotics and carcinogens found previously." Here's the kicker: "In May, for instance the F.D.A. turned away 165 shipments from China, 49 of which were seafood. Monkfish was rejected for being filthy. Frozen catfish nuggets were turned away because they contained veterinary drugs. Tilapia fillets were contaminated with salmonella."...

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2 Comments | Posted by Ed Levine, June 28, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Tagged: China, food imports, seafood