His latest challenge: Keeping our food supply safe
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In mid-March, 60 million cans and pouches of pet food were found to be tainted with melamine, a chemical used in fertilizer and plastics. The contamination was linked to wheat gluten and rice protein concentrate imported from China, and it triggered one of the largest pet food recalls ever. Globe staffer Diedtra Henderson spoke with Dr. David W.K. Acheson , ...
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Life & style: Michael Pollan gives his recipe for reclaiming control over our disastrous diets
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China's regulatory standards chief pledged Wednesday to update and boost enforcement of food safety rules as the country faces intense international pressure for exporting unsafe products from toothpaste to pet food ingredients.
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The federal agency charged with keeping food and drugs from harming people may soon be asked to take a consumer product that kills more than 400,000 people a year and make it safer.
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The new "local foods" movement is questioning whether that pesticide-free apple is better than one grown in your own backyard. John Cloud investigates the new food fight
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The packaged food outfit is taking some important steps that should contribute to improved results down the road.
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By The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, Wash.  Sep. 5--Sustainable Connections' Food & Farming program will sponsor the second annual Buy Fresh Eat Local Week and Eat Local Pledge, Sept. 10-16.
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Consumers love the ease, and the choice, of food shopping  on the Internet. But it's making the job of Australia's  quarantine inspectors more difficult as they try to stem rising  imports of banned food, animal and plant items.
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The fast-food leader is paying the price for its unhealthy ways, but it just isn't fair.
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Wide-open spaces, technological glitches and bitter cold all are potential obstacles to plans to track livestock and protect the food supply from disease and bioterrorism.
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From fast-food chains to Congress, moves are afoot to reduce animal suffering and ensure food safety
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The U.S Food and Administration's plan to consolidate laboratories used for testing food and other products would make it even more difficult for the understaffed agency to protect Americans from unsafe food, lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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SHOPPERS want clear âtraffic lightâ labels on food to help them choose healthy items, according to the Governmentâs food watchdog.
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There have been signs of danger he has read about, warnings of trouble told to him.
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The government announced new rules Monday aimed at helping trace the source of food contamination, particularly in the event of a bioterror attack on the food supply.
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The FDA alert has made aficionados of raw fish nervous. Here's how to navigate through a newly anxious marketplace
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At age 51, Billy Shore -- founder and chief executive of the anti-hunger charity Share Our Strength in Washington -- has some food issues himself. Although it is not known how many American adults are picky eaters, a growing number are seeking treatment, says Bradley C. Riemann, clinical...