Safety News
Food Standards Agency Aware That 2,4 Dinitrophenol, DNP, is Still Available
The Food Standards Agency is aware that 2,4-Dinitrophenol, known as DNP, is still available and being used by some people within the body building community and by those trying to lose weight. DNP is an industrial chemical that is extremely dangerous to human health. Depending on the amount consumed, signs of acute poisoning could include [...]
HHS Grants to Bolster Disaster Preparedness for Health Care, Public Health
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded more than $916 million to continue improving preparedness and health outcomes for a wide range of public health threats within every state, eight U.S. territories, and four of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. “Recent events underscore the critical role these preparedness programs play in ensuring [...]
FSA Issues Reminder About Eating Curry Leaves
The Food Standards Agency is reminding those who eat or use fresh curry leaves in their dishes, to ensure that the leaves are washed thoroughly before use. Cooking provides further assurance that these leaves are safe to eat. The use of uncooked fresh curry leaves, which were contaminated with several different bacteria including salmonella, was [...]
Food Standards Agency Issues Statement on Tuberculosis Risk From Meat
The Food Standards Agency is highlighting its meat inspection process following reports in the media about TB risks from meat. The Agency’s meat hygiene inspectors check all meat before it enters the food chain to make sure it is fit for people to eat. Where inspection reveals any lesions caused by TB in more than [...]
New Road Safety Resources for Teachers And Parents
A new online resource to help teachers plan road safety lessons for schoolchildren has been launched by Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond. The THINK! resource centre brings together a wide range of road safety materials for children and teenagers in one place. It will allow teachers, road safety officers and anyone teaching road safety to [...]
Disaster Safety And Preparedness Checklist for Families By Save the Children
As tornado-ravaged Oklahoma and other states across the Midwest brace for more severe storms, the East Coast is getting ready for hurricane season. In light of National Hurricane Preparedness week, now through June 1, Save the Children is releasing its disaster preparedness tips to help parents across America keep their children safe when disasters like [...]
EU Votes to Ban 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene
It has been decided by the European Commission and European Union member states that the flavoring substance 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene should be banned. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion and press release on 16 May that said: ‘The flavoring substance 3-acetyl-2,5-dimethylthiophene is genotoxic (that is, it can damage DNA, the genetic material of [...]
Asda Finds Very Low Levels of Veterinary Medicine Bute in 340g Tins of Its Smart Price Corned Beef
The Food Standards Agency has been informed by Asda that very low levels of the veterinary medicine phenylbutazone, known as bute, have been found in 340g tins of its Smart Price Corned Beef. Asda is recalling this product and anyone who has Asda Smart Price Corned Beef should not eat it, but return it to [...]
Patient Dies of Rabies Contracted From a Donor Organ
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene have confirmed that a patient who recently died of rabies in Maryland contracted the infection through organ transplantation done more than a year ago. The patient was one of four people who had received an organ from the same [...]
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