Feb 25 – The German food additive manufacturer at the centre of the melamine food scare in South Korea has said there are no health risks connected to the contamination of its product and that a subsequent recall is a “pure precautionary measure”.

Chemische Fabrik Budenheim (CFB) confirmed to FLEXNEWS today that the measures have been taken after “small traces of melamine compounds” were found in some batches of 5.4 tonnes of ferric pyrophosphate exported to Korea in three shipments over a seven month period between October 2007 and April 2008.
Yesterday, …

Dubai , UAE – February 24, 2009:  DuPont, a world leader in market-based science products and services, will deliver a presentation on science-based solutions that promise to significantly enhance food safety, today (February 24, 2009) at the 4th Dubai International Safety Conference. The conference is a major event within Gulfood 2009, the 14th Gulf Food, Hotel & Equipment Exhibition and Salon Culinaire running from February 23 to 26, 2009 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC).
The science company will present its comprehensive range of customer-oriented innovative technologies in …

After more than seven years in business, most restaurants settle into a predictable pattern – for good or bad. But at Aziza, a contemporary Moroccan restaurant in San Francisco’s Richmond District, chef-owner Mourad Lahlou shows the passion and drive of a chef just starting out.

I can’t think of another restaurant that has so transformed itself to come into its own.
Lahlou always has had a modern take on Moroccan food, but in the last few years he’s stepped it up. At Aziza, customers will find no belly dancing, no washing of …

The Cuisinart Food processor DLC10S are among the cream of the crop when it comes to food processors made by Cuisinart. Cuisinart creates several different heavy duty food processors including the DLC10S. Many of the Cuisinart food processor DLC10S are depended on by those who live to prepare abundant and delicious meals in very little time.
 
For those of you who haven’t yet owned a food processor, you ought to look at the Cuisinart Food Processor DLC10S. This series of food processors is high end but well worth the money. Once …

The Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress will begin the fourth examination of a draft Food Safety Law in late February 2009.  The draft Food Safety Law is based on the Food Hygiene Law, which was promulgated in October 1995.  The Food Hygiene Law will be repealed at the time the Food Safety Law is implemented. 
The Food Safety Law makes improvements on China’s food hygiene safety system in the following ways, many of which arose as a response to the “Sanlu baby formula” scandal:

Establishing a food safety risk …

It is normal, and indeed, necessary, for you to have sound reasons for taking different actions in your life. This applies to switching to organic foods as well. This is a significant change and you should know the reasons for making the shift. What makes organic foods better than the traditional ones? What benefits will you gain? What are the drawbacks? Let us discuss some of the reasons you may wish to change.
Firstly, you should be aware of how to recognize an organic food. Organic foods have a label which …

The liver is responsible for detoxifying the blood as it comes from the colon, lungs, and lymphatic system. Once detoxified, this blood moves into your entire body to provide your cells with oxygen and digested nutrients.
Because you eat, breathe, and create so many toxins, the liver has a hard time neutralizing these toxins. If you are constipated, this puts an extreme toxic load on your liver, which eventually leads to the excretion of these toxins through your skin and face. Excessive toxins coming out through your skin can lead to …

Feb. 25 (Bloomberg) — Orion Corp., a South Korean snack maker, fell by the most in seven weeks in Seoul trading after food regulators started probing its products for possible contamination of an industrial chemical.
Orion shares dropped 7.5 percent to 148,000 won at the close on the Korea Exchange, set for the steepest decline since Jan. 2. The benchmark Kospi stock gauge gained 0.3 percent.
South Korean authorities found melamine in imported food additives used to make iron-fortified products, and issued a temporary ban on the distribution and sale of 12 …

BEIJING (AP) — Fourteen people in southern China have been poisoned after eating pig organs suspected of containing an animal-feed additive, state media said Thursday, the second such outbreak this month.
The 14 fell sick after eating pig’s liver at a dinner party in Guangzhou, in southern Guangdong province, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
They were all hospitalized with stomachaches, diarrhea, vomiting and headaches, it said.
A doctor at the hospital did not give a reason for the poisoning, but said that it could be from clenbuterol, a chemical used to prevent …

The salmonella outbreak in peanut butter that has killed nine people and sickened more than 600 has earned the dubious distinction of being the biggest foodborne outbreak in American history, and it’s still ongoing. U.S. News talked with Robert Tauxe, deputy director of the Division of Foodborne, Bacterial, and Mycotic Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about why this outbreak is raising such loud alarms. Edited excerpts:
As one of the nation’s top epidemiologists, you’ve investigated many outbreaks. Why is this one different?
One of the really striking things …