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... the food and drug administration (fda) has announced fee rates for food facility reinspections and non-compliance with recall orders, as authorized by the food safety modernization act (fmsa) ... the hourly fees of $224, or $335 if foreign travel is required, apply to reinspections of domestic and foreign facilities as well as importer reinspections, and are due to come into effect on october 1 ... the fda said that the fees would be collected in the case of reinspection after a previous inspection had been classified as official action indicated, meaning inspectors found significant problems with the conditions or practices in a food facility, where regulatory action would be necessary to address the issue, and non-compliance was related to food safety requirements ... the fees would also apply for import reinspections following refusals related to food safety requirements ... however, fees would not apply in certain circumstances, such as if the company involved could present information indicating that the food was not adulterated or misbranded, the fda said ... the rate has been set at a level intended to pay for 100 percent of the agency’s costs related to reinspections and non-compliance with recall orders ... calculation of the hours necessary to deal with reinspections would not only include the inspectors’ time at the plant, but also time spent on travel, related administrative tasks, and analyzing samples from the facility ... the fda has also published a notice requesting comment on the burden of fees on small businesses and whether and how the fda should alleviate that burden ... the fees are intended to pay for some of the additional responsibilities granted to the fda under the food safety modernization act, which was signed into law in january this year ... its development was prompted by a spate of contaminated food recalls in recent years, some of which were fatal, including a nationwide recall of salmonella-tainted peanut products that killed at least nine at the beginning of 2009

... producers of sports drinks , jelly and fruit pulps commonly use a palm-oil based product to obtain a cloudy appearance, but in the taiwan ese incident, manufacturers had instead used bis-(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate ( dehp ) and - in one case - di-iso-nonyl phthalate ( dinp ) ... all three analytical methods, or standard operating procedures (sops), are based on different combinations of chromatography and mass spectrometry techniques ... the contaminated products were exported on a significant scale to canada, the us, malaysia and china and the incident caused major commercial ructions in the markets around south east asia ... however, a commission spokesman told this publication that the taiwanese scare had relatively little impact on european businesses and consumers: “ the eu was only affected to a limited extent (export of some consignments of contaminated products to uk and germany) ... the information was transmitted via the rasff (rapid alert system for food and feed), the products were traced and withdrawn from the market ... ” he added that the new methods would provide reliable tools for regulators and other interested parties in any future incidents ... dehp and dinp are believed to affect reproductive performance and fertility and have been linked to developmental problems in children ... they are also restricted in plastic toys and childcare products within the eu ... the latest incident blew up when the taiwanese food and drug administration published the names of 879 products from more than 300 producers that contained high amounts of phthalates

... arguments put forward by senators attempting to derail the approval process for the world’s first genetically engineered fish for human consumption are politically motivated and have no basis in fact, according to the firm trying to bring them to market ... fda: transgenic salmon would have "no effects on stocks of wild atlantic salmon" aquabounty technologies’ aquadvantage atlantic salmon includes a gene from the faster-growing pacific chinook salmon, which enables it to reach maturity twice as quickly as standard atlantic salmon and consume less feed ... the reduced production costs meant the fish could be reared inland in tanks in the us, reducing transport costs and carbon emissions, said the firm’s chief executive ronald stotish ... the transgenic fish were biologically and chemically indistinguishable from standard atlantic salmon, but simply grew faster, claimed stotish, who was speaking to foodnavigator-usa ... com after a group of senators and congressmen wrote to the food and drug administration (fda) calling it to cease the approval process ... this really is a very precise technology and a remarkably simple change ... ” claims flatly contradicted by the evidence letters to fda commissioner margaret hamburg – signed by eight senators and 15 members of the house of representatives - cite “ a variety of [unspecified] concerns from potential threats to public health and the environment to the socio-economic impacts on producers of sustainable wild salmon” ... a press release by one signatory - senator mark begich - warns the fish could " decimate wild salmon populations " and adds: "we don’t need frankenfish threatening our fish populations and the coastal communities that rely on them ... as the politicians in question were well aware, he said, the transgenic salmon were sterile, exclusively-female, and unable to breed even if they did escape from enclosed, fda-regulated facilities into the wild

... the boss of a massachusetts-based firm attempting to commercialize genetically engineered farmed salmon has accused a small group of senators opposing the move of “ willfully ignoring science-based research” and spreading “misinformed paranoia” ... stotish: this is about 'technology, innovation, and science based regulation' his comments came as eight senators signed a letter to the food and drug administration (fda) urging commissioner margaret hamburg to halt the regulatory approval process of aquabounty technologies’ aquadvantage salmon ... aquadvantage atlantic salmon includes a gene from the faster-growing pacific chinook salmon, which enables it to reach maturity twice as quickly as normal atlantic salmon, and consume 25 percent less food ... in a statement defending the technology, aquabounty chief executive ronald stotish said the fda had spent 15 years scrutinizing the fish and concluded that it was “ exactly the same as any other atlantic salmon and, therefore, safe for consumption” ... no threat to the environment meanwhile, his aquadvantage salmon would be sterile and grown in self-contained inland tanks, posing no threat to the environment, he claimed ... “the facts about the safety and the environmental benefits of the fish have been made fully public by the fda ... " he added: “ the real waste of tax-payer dollars would be to abandon the important american principle of science-based regulation, responding instead to economic protectionist fears or subjective and emotional judgments ... “this is an issue greater than our application, an issue of american leadership in technology, innovation, and science based regulation ... “knowing whether our salmon is genetically engineered is important for a host of reasons, including risks to our native salmon species, and allowing consumers to make dietary choices consistent with concerns they may have for the environment, food safety, and religiously or ethically based dietary restrictions,” assemblyman huffman said

... a new study has suggested that there are undeclared allergens in many commercial processed food products in thailand, which could cause allergic reactions ... the study, undertaken by researchers at the thailand-based institute of food research and product development, investigated the presence of undeclared allergens – namely milk, egg, wheat and peanut – in commercial processed food products in thailand ... levie cequena, food and health policy manager for food consultancy eas asia, said that such studies should not be taken lightly especially as food products form such big part of the thai economy, especially in the export sector ... “the country is a major producer and exporter of processed food products and the food industry is a targeted industry by the ministry of industry,” she said ... cequena said thai standards adhere to international standards such as codex, oie standards and the international plant protection convention, and food manufacturers should adhere to them ... quality assurance systems such as gmp, total quality management, haccp, and the international organization for standardization are mandatory for certain products, including canned foods, she added ... cequena pointed out that while there is no specific allergen labelling regulation in thailand, the thai food and drug administration has earlier issued guidance on food allergen labelling ... “this guidance provides that manufacturers should have statements in thai language if their food products contain pollen, royal jelly, or fish oil,” she added ... study details among all positive products, undeclared milk appeared the most frequently with 21 cases, followed by egg and wheat with a similar frequency of 17 cases, while peanut was rarely found ... the researchers indicated that milk and egg positive products were further confirmed by the presence of the milk protein, casein, or the egg protein, ovalbumin, by western blot tests

... researching attitudes to food safety, fox and colleague shonda anderson surveyed attitudes to buying and eating meat and other products from cloned animals among undergraduates at kansas university studying agriculture, english and sociology ... they also surveyed agriculture undergraduates at university college dublin in ireland and ecole superieure d’agriculture in purpan, france ... “we were also interested in how those reactions differed between countries, particularly in the united states and europe ... ” results showed differences on both an international and local level, most significant being that americans were more accepting of cloned products than europeans ... specifically, students in ireland and france were less likely to consume cloned products than k-state students, and at kansas state, sociology and english students were less likely to consume cloned products than the agriculture students ... food and drug administration and the european food safety authority had stated that cloned animal products pose no safety risk ... more of the european students were concerned about cloning from an ethical and moral perspective, while the american students cited food safety concerns ... the strength of opposition to cloning was much stronger for those who morally opposed cloning than for those who opposed it for food safety concerns, fox said ... the survey also found that women were less likely to purchase cloned products, and people familiar with science were more accepting of cloned products ... ” while the survey results can’t be generalized across any large population, fox said they do offer insight into american and european views toward food technology ... fox and anderson are working on a similar study in china and honduras ... “results suggest that a significant number of people do have concerns about cloning from an ethical and moral perspective,” fox said ... “that will be very relevant if these products come to market and are labeled as such, because we would expect to see a significant number of people avoiding them

... the research, led by sean fox of kansas state, focused on consumer attitudes toward food safety , in particular consumer attitudes on cloned animals ... “we were interested in finding out how different groups of consumers react to the possibility of consuming products that were derived from cloned animals …we were also interested in how those reactions differed between countries, particularly in the united states and europe,” said fox, a professor of agricultural economics ... “results suggest that a significant number of people do have concerns about cloning from an ethical and moral perspective ... “that will be very relevant if these products come to market and are labeled as such, because we would expect to see a significant number of people avoiding them,” he added ... study details the researchers surveyed students in agriculture, english and sociology at kansas state, and compared the attitudes of students on campus to those of agriculture students surveyed at university college dublin in ireland and ecole superieure d'agriculture in purpan, france ... the survey asked participants about their likelihood of buying and eating meat and other products from cloned animals ... fox and his team’s results showed differences in attitudes and opinions on both an international and local level, the most significant of which being that european consumers are less accepting of cloned products than americans ... the researchers reported that students both ireland and france were less likely to consume cloned products than american students ... fox said that more european students were concerned about cloning from an ethical and moral perspective, whilst american students cited food safety concerns as the main reason to avoid cloned meat s ... the strength of opposition to cloning was found to be much stronger for those who opposed animal cloning from a moral or ethical standpoint than for those who opposed it for food safety concerns, added fox

... the limited nature of many toxicity studies into engineered nanoparticles used in the food and dietary supplements industry makes it very difficult to draw firm conclusions about their safety, according to one expert in the field ... speaking at the ift show last week, dr bernadene magnuson, senior scientific and regulatory consultant at cantox health sciences international, said an analysis of 30 studies toxicity studies into engineered nanoparticles highlighted gaps in the research and methodological problems ... for example, most in vivo tests were high, single-dose, acute studies, which were of “ limited relevance to food exposure ”, which should examine the impact of repeated low doses over a long period of time, she argued ... "we need to improve characterization and the quality of the studies," added magnuson, a toxicologist best known for her work on assessing the safety of aspartame ... testing methodologies must be validated meanwhile, many in vitro test results were equally unreliable because the nanomaterials in question could interfere with optical or other detector measurements and with colorimetric and fluorometric dyes used in cell cytotoxicity tests, she pointed out ... ” some nanomaterials could also adsorb essential growth factors and nutrients from the growth media, “ leading to non-specific indirect growth inhibition and apparent cytotoxicity”, she added ... ” what was missing was reliable data on the detection and quantification of nanomaterials in tissues, especially those with multiple components that may not be stable in vivo, she said ... more research looking at the incorporation of nanomaterials in food matrices was also needed to find out whether they adhered to proteins or other food components in ways that could not be predicted from studying them in isolation, she said ... “we need studies on the effect of food matrices on the bioavailability of nanomaterials

... both compounds are carcinogenic and can cause hormonal abnormalities ... fsanz said that the taiwan food and drug administration was continuing to track affected products and is informing agencies in countries where these products have been exported, but criticisms have been levelled at the taiwanese agencies for the difficulty involved in tracking the products ... fsanz said it is continuing to monitor information from overseas, and that further action may be taken as more information becomes available

... the food and drug administration (fda) has outlined its strategy for ensuring the safety of imported foods in an effort to move away from seizing harmful goods to preventing their arrival, the agency said ... the fda’s strategy, laid out in a report issued monday entitled “pathway to global product safety and quality” , revisits many ideas that the agency has previously suggested, including those detailed in the recently passed food safety modernization act, such as increased computerization of import tracking systems and better regulatory collaboration ... it said that the fda intends to partner with other food safety authorities worldwide to create global coalitions of regulators, which will develop data sharing systems and ways of sharing regulatory resources ... the agency also said it would increasingly leverage the food safety efforts of industry and other third parties, and allocate fda resources based on risk ... in addition to an increase in imported finished products, manufacturers increasingly use imported materials and ingredients in their u ... production facilities, making the distinction between domestic and imported products obsolete ... there has been a perfect storm - more products, more manufacturers, more countries and more access ... ” the new fda strategy is intended to address upcoming food import trends, particularly the expectation that manufacturers will adopt new processes and emerging technologies in response to growing demand and squeezed supply for many foods and ingredients in the years ahead, leading to a more globalized food system ... "the fda and our global regulatory partners recognize this new reality and realize we must work proactively and collaboratively to address the challenges we face,” she said ... “the fda must further collaborate and leverage in order to close the gap between our import levels and our regulatory resources