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July 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Arguing that a healthy food system should ensure the well-being of both consumers and farmers (in addition to the producers, processors and distributors upon whom they depend), the authors make several recommendations for personal, institutional and regulatory actions that health professionals can take to influence future food policy.
May 7, 2013 | New Public Health Post
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it will investigate the safety of caffeine in food products, especially the effects of caffeine on children and teens.
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
While the 1983 Orphan Drug Act led to a boom in development and production of orphan drugs, inattentive regulatory standards may imperil patients with rare diseases.
April 24, 2012 | New Public Health Post
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a new report that details steps the agency is taking to ensure that imported food, drugs, medical devices and other regulated products meet the same standards for safety and quality as those manufa ...
April 20, 2011 | New Public Health Post
The Food and Drug Administration has a new website aimed at helping get food recall information to consumers. NewPublicHealth spoke with FDA food safety spokesman Douglas Karas about the site. NPH: How does the new website advance and improve upon w ...
April 4, 2011 | New Public Health Post
Think movie theatres should have to post the calorie count of a large bucket of their popcorn (about 1,000 calories) or a 24-ounce super cup of regular soda (about 300 calories)? Or should they be exempt? The Food and Drug Administration wants to he ...
March 16, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Foodborne illness continues to be in the news. This week researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) presented research at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases that found that foodborne disease outbr ...
January 6, 2012 | New Public Health Post
In 2002, the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) conducted its first national food safety epidemiology capacity assessment. That assessment became the basis for development of minimum performance standards to help guide state and ...
April 27, 2011 | New Public Health Post
UPDATED — APRIL 28: The report has now been released, detailing valuable information about food safety for public health officials. NewPublicHealth also interviewed the report's lead author, Michael Batz, providing additional context and background. ...
June 9, 2011 | New Public Health Post
"If you think the deadly E. coli outbreak sweeping through Europe is an example of a food safety problem that couldn't happen here, think again." That's the message in an op-ed written today by J. Glenn Morris, who co-authored a recent Robert Wood J ...