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- Risks from Food and Drink
To avoid illness, travelers should be advised to select food with care. All raw food is subject to contamination. Particularly in areas where hygiene and sanitation are inadequate, the traveler should be advised to avoid salads, uncooked vegetables, and unpasteurized milk and milk products such as cheese, and to eat only food that has been cooked and is still hot or fruit that has been peeled by the traveler personally. Undercooked and raw meat, fish, and shellfish can carry various intestinal...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Campylobacter:
Low-Profile Bug Is Food Poisoning Leader
by Audrey Hingley When it comes to food poisoning, big outbreaks make headlines. E. coli in apple juice and alfalfa sprouts. Listeria in cheese and hot dogs. Salmonella in eggs and on poultry. But the most frequently diagnosed food-borne bacterium rarely makes the news. The name of the unsung bug? Campylobacter. "Most Campylobacter infections are sporadic and not associated with an outbreak, but we know it causes up to 4 million human infections a year," says Frederick J. Angulo, D.V.M., an...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Food Freshness and 'Smart' Packaging
by Carol Lewis JEFFERSON, Ark. -- What could a roll of new carpeting possibly have in common with a slab of smelly, old salmon? They both emit chemically similar vapors--the carpet, as it's being installed; the fish, as it rots. Chemists here at the Food and Drug Administration's National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) have identified "volatile amines" not only as the toxic connection between two seemingly unrelated products, but ultimately as a potential link to determining...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- The 'Poison Squad' and the Advent of Food and Drug Regulation
"O, they may get over it but they'll never look the same, That kind of bill of fare would drive most men insane. Next week he'll give them mothballs, a la Newburgh or else plain; O, they may get over it but they'll never look the same." Chorus from "Song of the Poison Squad" Lew Dockstader's Minstrels, October 1903 By Carol Lewis A century ago, 12 men sat down to a plate of food laced with poison and came back for more. Blessed by Congress, the dinner was the first in a series of meals...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- FDA Introduces New Technology to Improve Food Security:
Electronic Food Facility Registration Goes "Live,"
Allowing More Than 400,000 Facilities to Register in
Minutes; FDA Reports on Progress in Developing
Rapid Tests of Food Contamination
The Food and Drug Administration today announced further steps to use modern technology to provide new protections for America’s food supply. First, FDA announced that its new electronic registration system for food facilities, foreign and domestic, will be “live” today at 6 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. This registration system, available online at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~furls/ovffreg.html and designed to bolster the safety and security of America's food supply, will help...
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Organizations
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- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration -
- Food and Nutrition Service -
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration - http://www.fda.gov/
- Food Addicts Anonymous - http://www.foodaddictsanonymous.org/
- Food and Nutrition Board - http://www.iom.edu/board.asp?id=3788
News
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- Low-fat dairy food may hurt fertility
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:11 EST
- Low-fat dairy food may hurt fertility
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:11 EST
- Safe Packaging For Food
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- More cash needed to protect U.S. food: experts
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:50 EST
- More cash needed to protect U.S. food: experts
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:03 EST
Clinical Trials
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- Ready to Use Therapeutic Food in the Rehabilitation of Severely Malnourished Children.
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00131417 - Active, not recruiting
Malnutrition; Severe
- Fast Food Study: Assessment of the Effects of Fast-Food on Inflammatory Markers
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00233311 - Recruiting
Heart Diseases; Diabetes; Obesity
- The Food Intake Phenotype: Assessing Eating Behavior and Food Preferences as Risk Factors for Obesity
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00342732 - Recruiting
Obesity
- An Observational Study of Childhood Food Allergy
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00356174 - Recruiting
Food Hypersensitivity; Peanut Hypersensitivity; Egg Hypersensitivity; Milk Hypersensitivity
- Development and Validation of the Food Acceptability Questionnaire
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00412724 - Active, not recruiting
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