Hacker News with Generative AI: Food Safety

USDA Withdraws Proposed Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products (federalregister.gov)
FSIS is withdrawing the proposed rule and proposed determination titled “Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products.”
Food Safety, Government Regulations, Poultry, Salmonella
9 points by impish9208 19 hours ago | 2 comments
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry (apnews.com)
Russian strike on Kyiv kills at least 12 in biggest attack on Ukrainian capital since last summer
Food Safety, Government Regulations, Salmonella, Ukraine, War, Russia
7 points by geox 19 hours ago | 0 comments
US Delay in Banning Food Dyes Is a Symptom of a Larger Problem (malone.news)
Today, Secretary Kennedy and FDA Commissioner Makary announced another step forward in the “Make America Healthy Again” initiative.
Food Safety, Government, Health, Policy
4 points by abctx 3 days ago | 0 comments
Swill Milk Scandal (wikipedia.org)
The swill milk scandal was a major adulterated food scandal in the state of New York in the 1850s. The New York Times reported an estimate that in one year, 8,000 infants died from swill milk.
Food Safety, History, Public Health, New York
5 points by croes 5 days ago | 4 comments
The 'king of poisons' is building up in rice (grist.org)
As the planet heats up, this popular process of growing rice is becoming increasingly more dangerous for the millions of people worldwide that eat the grain regularly, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Lancet Planetary Health.
Climate Change, Food Safety, Health, Rice, Agriculture
8 points by libpcap 6 days ago | 1 comments
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say (cbsnews.com)
The Food and Drug Administration is drawing up plans that would end most of its routine food safety inspections work, multiple federal health officials tell CBS News, and effectively outsource this oversight to state and local authorities.
Food Safety, Government, Regulation, Public Health
12 points by pmags 8 days ago | 2 comments
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it (nbcnews.com)
An E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce ripped across 15 states in November, sickening dozens of people, including a 9-year-old boy in Indiana who nearly died of kidney failure and a 57-year-old Missouri woman who fell ill after attending a funeral lunch. One person died.
Food Safety, Health, Public Health, Government Regulation, News
24 points by perihelions 8 days ago | 6 comments
Europe deplores America's 'chlorinated chicken.' How safe is our poultry? (npr.org)
When President Trump recently griped about Europe's distaste for buying American chicken, his comments touched on a long-running and divisive trade spat that's flared up from time to time.
Food Safety, Trade, Politics, Agriculture
17 points by srameshc 8 days ago | 3 comments
Climate change will make rice toxic, say researchers (insideclimatenews.org)
Rice, the world’s most consumed grain, will become increasingly toxic as the atmosphere heats and as carbon dioxide emissions rise, potentially putting billions of people at risk of cancers and other diseases, according to new research published Wednesday in The Lancet.
Climate Change, Food Safety, Health, Science, Agriculture
4 points by LinuxBender 9 days ago | 0 comments
Target baby food recalled over lead contamination (nxsttv.com)
A company that makes baby food sold under a Target store brand is recalling more than 25,000 packages of a product because it may contain elevated levels of lead.
Food Safety, Product Recall, Health, Lead Contamination, Baby Products
5 points by LinuxBender 10 days ago | 1 comments
DOGE USDA Cuts Could Cause US Grocery Price Inflation, Invasive Species Spread (wired.com)
Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.
Government, Agriculture, Economy, Food Safety
10 points by rntn 39 days ago | 0 comments
Children under eight should avoid slushies as glycerol leads to hospitalisations (news.sky.com)
Children under the age of eight should not consume slushies due to the ingredient glycerol potentially making them ill, new research has suggested.
Health, Children, Food Safety
80 points by austinallegro 45 days ago | 87 comments
Parents can soon use QR codes to reveal heavy metal content in baby food (theconversation.com)
Parents across the U.S. should soon be able to determine how much lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury are in the food they feed their babies, thanks to a California law, the first of its kind, that took effect this year.
Food Safety, Regulations, Parental Health, Heavy Metals
14 points by pseudolus 69 days ago | 5 comments
Eating from plastic takeout containers can increase heart failure risk (theguardian.com)
Eating from plastic takeout containers may significantly increase the chance of congestive heart failure, a new study finds, and researchers suspect they have identified why: changes to gut biome cause inflammation that damages the circulatory system.
Health, Food Safety, Science, Environment
7 points by mindracer 73 days ago | 2 comments
Live poultry markets ordered shut in New York City due to avian flu outbreak (apnews.com)
All live poultry markets in New York City and some of its suburbs were ordered Friday to close for a week after the detection of seven cases of avian flu, which has also hit farms nationwide, led to the slaughter of millions of birds and driven up egg prices.
Avian Flu, Public Health, Food Safety
5 points by geox 78 days ago | 0 comments
Cat and Dog Food Manufacturers Required to Consider H5N1 in Food Safety Plans (fda.gov)
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has determined that it is necessary for manufacturers of cat and dog foods who are covered by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Preventive Controls for Animal Food (PCAF) rule and using uncooked or unpasteurized materials derived from poultry or cattle (e.g., uncooked meat, unpasteurized milk or unpasteurized eggs) to reanalyze their food safety plans to include Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus (specifically H5N1) as a known or reasonably foreseeable hazard.
Food Safety, Animal Health, Poultry, H5N1, FDA
4 points by bookofjoe 97 days ago | 0 comments
US will ban cancer-linked Red Dye No. 3 in cereal and other foods (bloomberg.com)
US health officials banned the artificial food coloring Red No. 3, which has been linked to cancer and is currently in scores of products from candy to cold medicine.
Food Safety, Health, Regulations, Cancer, Food Additives
427 points by toomuchtodo 101 days ago | 566 comments
Lead and cadmium found in muscle-building protein powders, report says (wqow.com)
Over-the-counter protein powders may contain disturbing levels of lead and cadmium, with the highest amounts found in plant-based, organic and chocolate-flavored products, according to a new investigation.
Health, Supplements, Food Safety, Heavy Metals, Consumer Products
89 points by mikhael 104 days ago | 92 comments
Lead and cadmium found in muscle-building protein powders (cleanlabelproject.org)
Health, Nutrition, Supplements, Food Safety, Heavy Metals
7 points by so_delphi 104 days ago | 4 comments
Foods with the Most Plastic Chemicals: Study Reveals Surprising Results (newsweek.com)
From popular brands like Burger King, McDonald's, Starbucks, and Whole Foods to everyday kitchen staples such as rice and salt, a new study highlights the alarming extent of plastic contamination in foods.
Food Safety, Environmental Issues, Consumer Products, Science, Health
17 points by XzetaU8 110 days ago | 1 comments
CA bans food 'sell by' dates. Will it save you money without getting you sick? (latimes.com)
A new California law further regulates food safety labels and will take effect in 2026.
Food Safety, California Law, Consumerism, Food Waste
7 points by rntn 114 days ago | 2 comments
EU bans BPA in food materials (europa.eu)
The Commission has today adopted a ban on the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials, due to its potentially harmful health impact.
EU, Food Safety, Regulation, Chemicals
82 points by geox 124 days ago | 10 comments
USDA locks barn door after Listeria escapes (efoodalert.com)
Five months after the CDC posted the initial notice of a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak ultimately traced to Boar’s Head deli meats, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced a series of “…stronger measures to protect the public from Listeria monocytogenes.”
Food Safety, Outbreaks, Listeria, USDA, Food Industry
55 points by speckx 129 days ago | 90 comments
Bird Flu Can't Stop the Thirst for Raw Milk (theatlantic.com)
Not even bird flu can stop some Americans’ thirst for unpasteurized dairy.
Public Health, Food Safety, Dairy
13 points by bookofjoe 137 days ago | 10 comments
US Food and Drug Administration moves to ban red food dye (theguardian.com)
A red food dye that is ubiquitous in American drinks, snacks, candies and cereals may finally be banned by the federal government after years of concern that it has adverse health impacts, particularly upon children.
Food Safety, Health, Regulation, FDA, Food Industry
53 points by rntn 140 days ago | 32 comments
US to start nationwide testing for H5N1 flu virus in milk supply (arstechnica.com)
On Friday, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it would begin a nationwide testing program for the presence of the H5N1 flu virus, also known as the bird flu.
Public Health, Avian Flu, Food Safety, Government
12 points by ctoth 140 days ago | 1 comments
Black plastics may contain toxic compounds that can leach into food, experts say (cbc.ca)
Takeout containers and utensils made of some recycled black plastics may contain chemicals used in electronics, according to a recently published study.
Food Safety, Plastics, Environment, Recycling, Health
21 points by pseudolus 144 days ago | 4 comments
Man suffers chemical burn that lasted months after squeezing limes (arstechnica.com)
In a case of an oft-overlooked food preparation risk, a 40-year-old man showed up to an allergy clinic in Texas with a severe, burning rash on both his hands that had developed two days earlier.
Health, Food Safety, Allergies, Unusual Injuries
107 points by lisper 149 days ago | 68 comments
Raw milk recalled for containing bird flu virus, California reports (arstechnica.com)
Bird flu virus has been found in a batch of raw—unpasteurized—milk sold in California, prompting a recall issued at the state's request, health officials announced over the weekend.
Food Safety, Public Health, California, Bird Flu
54 points by bikenaga 152 days ago | 110 comments
CDPH: Bird flu virus found in raw milk for sale (statnews.com)
Health officials in California have discovered bird flu virus in raw milk for sale in a store in the state, a development scientists following the ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows have been anticipating and worrying about for some time.
Health, Food Safety, Avian Influenza, California
12 points by classichasclass 152 days ago | 1 comments