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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Water and chemicals that never go away are subjects of Consumer Reports cover story By Dan Flynn on Sep 24, 2020 06:02 am The new Consumer Reports soon hitting mailboxes returns to one of CR’s old mainstays—Safe drinking water. In short order, it teaches how to check on your tap water, discloses test results for 45 bottled water brands, and runs down the facts on water filters. It was 45 years ago that Consumer Reports (CR) helped Congress enact... Continue Reading FDA action on ‘high risk’ foods settles lawsuit brought by Center for Food Safety By News Desk on Sep 24, 2020 12:05 am When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week issued a proposed rule naming certain high-risk foods, it also settled a 2018 lawsuit with the Center for Food Safety that requires FDA to meet deadlines and reporting requirements as mandated by the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA’s proposed rule establishing additional traceability... Continue Reading WHO wants data on mercury in fish By News Desk on Sep 24, 2020 12:03 am The World Health Organization (WHO) is requesting data on methylmercury and total mercury in certain fish species. Fish types for which maximum limits have already been established are excluded. People are mainly exposed to methylmercury when they eat fish and shellfish that contain the compound. It can adversely affect a baby’s growing brain and nervous... Continue Reading Salmonella finding prompts recall of dried, imported, edible fungus By News Desk on Sep 23, 2020 07:21 pm A California company has initiated a recall for imported dried fungus because state officials found Salmonella in the food product. Wismettac Asian Foods Inc., Santa Fe Springs, CA, is recalling Shirakiku brand imported dried fungus, also known as black fungus or kikurage, from restaurants in 31 states, the District of Columbia and one Canadian province.... Continue Reading