Topic
Dioxins
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Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Dioxins Are Extremely Dangerous and Cannot Be Overlooked Following Wildfires
By Chip Merlin
Property owners and property managers need to face the reality if they have a property that is smoke damaged from wildfires. Following my recent post, A Safety Video Every Homeowner…
Food Safety News
FSIS set to begin dioxin analysis of U.S. meat, poultry
By News Desk
Federal agencies are set to begin a year-long testing program on U.S. beef, pork and poultry to measure the levels of a highly toxic group of chemicals called dioxins, which…
Food Safety News
Hairy crabs taking dioxin and dioxin-like PCBs into Hong Kong
By News Desk
Among six hairy crab samples — three collected at the import level and three from retail sales — Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety recently found one with levels of…
Food Safety News
FSIS: Some Recalled Chilean Chicken Got Through to U.S. Retailers
By News Desk
The Chilean chicken recall for dioxin contamination expanded Thursday, with the amount being held at the U.S. border growing from 126,000 to 155,595 pounds. Still, some of the product reached…
Food Safety News
USDA: Level of Dioxin in Chile's Chicken Recall Would Not Have Sparked Recall in U.S.
Nearly 200,000 pounds of Chilean chicken is being recalled in the United States for dioxins only because the levels found violate Chile's domestic limits, according to federal food safety officials.…
Food Safety News
Dioxin Chicken Recall Prompts Questions from Food & Water Watch
Food & Water Watch, a Washington, DC-based advocacy group, said Monday it's concerned about the way the U.S. Department of Agriculture is regulating meat imports following last weekend's recall of…
Food Poison Journal
Chile Chickens Recalled
By Bill Marler
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced over the weekend that about 188,000 pounds of chicken imported from Chile is being recalled for potential dioxin contamination.…
Food Safety News
188,000 Pounds of Chicken from Chile Recalled for Dioxin
By News Desk
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced over the weekend that about 188,000 pounds of chicken imported from Chile is being recalled for potential dioxin contamination.…
Science, Law & the Environment
Transgenerational Effects of Dioxin in Rats: Implications for Human Health Risk Assessments?
By Doug Steding
Researchers at Washington State have put out an interesting study on dioxin exposure in rats. A good summary of that research is in this week's online version of Scientific American,…
Food Safety News
EPA Misses Key Deadline for Dioxin Assessment
The Environmental Protection Agency missed a deadline this week to release part of an analysis on the public health impact of dioxins, a lapse that angered public health and environmental…