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Tara Flour: A Reminder of the Real-Life Consequences of Broken GRAS

Source: EDF (August 10, 2022)

In the spring, folks who ordered from a company that sells pre-assembled smoothies and other frozen foods for home delivery, started getting sick—really sick—after consuming an item called “French Lentil and Leek Crumbles” (Crumbles). Daily Harvest, the manufacturer, recalled the product on June 17. A month later, Daily Harvest said it had ruled out various food-borne pathogens, mycotoxins, heavy metals, and major allergens and had “identified tara flour as the cause of the issue.”

Unleaded Juice: Getting Credible Lab Results is Essential

Source: EDF (August 2, 2022)

FDA’s move to establish action levels on lead in juice – and eventually other foods that young children eat or drink – is an important step forward. While we believe that the action levels need to be tougher, any action level has a limited value if labs that analyze samples for contamination provide results that buyers, regulators, or consumers cannot trust.

Preterm birth more likely in women exposed to phthalates during pregnancy, study finds

Source: Today (July 29, 2022)

Expectant mothers exposed to certain chemicals are more likely to deliver their children prematurely, according to a recent study published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics — the largest on the topic to date.

A slice of health problems: Frozen pizza chemicals linked to cancer, DNA and immune harms

Source: EWG (July 29, 2022)

Frozen pizza is a favorite of children and adults alike – and for good reason. It’s quick and easy to make, with enough varieties to satisfy almost any dietary preferences or restraints.

A Lawsuit Claims Skittles Are Unfit for Consumption. Experts Weigh In.

Source: New York Times (July 26, 2022)

If you’ve been paying attention to nutrition headlines lately, you may have noticed a recent lawsuit that claimed that Skittles — the colorful candies of “taste the rainbow” fame — were “unfit for human consumption” because of the presence of a “known toxin” called titanium dioxide.

A Skittles lawsuit raises questions over titanium dioxide — a legal food additive

Source: NPR (July 24, 2022)

A California man, who claims Skittles candy contains a “known toxin” that makes it “unfit for human consumption,” is suing the manufacturer, Mars.

Skittles was sued for containing titanium dioxide. Plenty of other products have it too

Source: USA Today (July 23, 2022)

In a lawsuit filed last week, a consumer alleged that Skittles were “unfit for human consumption” because the rainbow candy contained a “known toxin” – an artificial color additive called titanium dioxide.

For Now, Skip Eating Products That Contain Tara Flour, CR’s Food Experts Say

Source: Consumer Reports (July 22, 2022)

Until more information is made available to the public, Consumer Reports’ food safety and policy experts recommend that consumers stop eating products that contain an additive called tara flour. This advice comes after a popular plant-based meal delivery service, Daily Harvest, named tara flour as the culprit behind a recent outbreak of illness related to its French Lentil and Leek Crumbles frozen product. The recalled product is known to have sickened almost 500 people so far.

Public action groups call for separate food arm at FDA to streamline food safety

Source: Food Safety News (July 14, 2022)

Consumer groups continue to call for faster and more efficient work from FDA on a variety of topics including heavy metals in baby food and the recent outbreak of cronobacter from infant formula.

DeLauro and Durbin introduce The Food Safety Administration Act for a move toward a single federal food safety agency

Source: Food Safety News (July 13, 2022)

The President’s appointment of Jose Emilio Esteban, of California, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety has gone for eight months without Senate confirmation. And a capital media investigation into the deficiencies of FDA’s major food safety unit goes largely ignored by all but a handful in Congress.

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