Could Vietnamese food have led to the death of Truro preschool teacher Edith Sweet?
David Gilman, also of Truro, may argue in September that monosodium glutamate — known as MSG — caused him to black out and drift across a double line on Route 6, causing the accident in which Sweet died on Nov. 9, 2007, according to court records.
Phenobarbital is a barbiturate that has the potential for addiction. It is the oldest antiepileptic drug in common use, dating from 1912, according to the Epilepsy Foundation. It is also a commonly …

Legislation to improve food-safety rules has cleared the House and is on its way to the Senate. With recent high-profile incidents including the 2006 distribution of E. coli-contaminated spinach and the more recent salmonella traced to pistachios, giving the government greater powers in terms of food inspections and recall of tainted foods seems appropriate.
However, there are aspects of the legislation that require further scrutiny and need to be addressed when the Senate takes up the measure this fall.
First, here’s what the Food Safety Enhancement Act offers in hopes of restoring …

Sorbic acid,as one of the key food preservatives has developped fast since the end of 1990s. Nowadays, China has become the world’s largest suppliers for soribic acid and potassium sorbate.
This report is prepared on base of continuous market watch from 1997 to 2000, discussing the situation of sorbic acid and potassium sorbate from all the possible aspects including the manufacturers, production, pricing, import & export, consumption, production cost benchmarking, etc. It is formulated independently by CCM’s professional market researchers, based on the first-hand and primary data which are analyzed by …

The Centre for Food Safety tested 5,600 food samples in June with an overall satisfactory rate of 99.6%. However, 24 samples were found to have excessive or illegal use of food preservatives, veterinary drug residues or colourings, and metal contamination.
 
It tested vegetables, fruit, meat, poultry, seafood, milk and milk products, frozen confections, cereals and grains.
 
Five ice-cream bars and five ice-cream samples were found to contain excessive coliform organisms. They were from the first consignments of two brand-new products imported into Hong Kong. All affected batches have been marked and sealed. …

Sweeteners are the food additives
 
 
used to sweeten food products, i.e., the food additives listed as sweeteners in China’s national standard GB2760-1996, hygienic standards for uses of food additives and dietary supplements. 20 sweeteners in total have been permitted to be used in food in China by the end of 2007. There are totally 13 HIS listed in GB 2760 allowed to be used as food additives or dietary supplements by the end of 2007. Most of these HIS are 100 or more times sweeter than sugar except cyclamate and calcium …