[ad_1] CNN — Starting January 1, sesame will join the list of major food allergens defined by law, according to the US Food and Drug Administration. The change comes as a result of the Food Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education and Research Act, or FASTER Act, which was signed into law …
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[ad_1] CNN — To help prevent outbreaks of food-related illness and problems like the formula shortage that left many parents in the US without adequate access to food for their babies, the US Food and Drug Administration needs a clearer mission and a different kind of leadership, and it has …
Read More »Food safety company accused of using children for hazardous overnight jobs
[ad_1] New York CNN Business — The Labor Department has filed a federal lawsuit charging a leading US food sanitation company with using dozens of children in hazardous jobs on overnight shifts at various food processing plants. The company, Packer Sanitation Services, is described by the Labor Department as one …
Read More »5 things to know for Nov. 10: Midterms, Tropical storm, Ukraine, Marijuana, Listeria
[ad_1] CNN — Election officials cautiously went into the midterms this week bracing for the possibility of harassment and hostility at some polling places. Luckily, voting went smoothly across the US – even after two years that election-deniers bragged that they would flood the polls with observers to find fraud. …
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