WASHINGTON — Rep. Rosa DeLauro called Tuesday for a speedy overhaul of the nation’s food safety programs, calling the patchwork approach dysfunctional.

The tainted Chinese ingredient that was incorporated into U.S. pet food and later made its way into chicken and pig feed was neither wheat gluten nor rice protein as advertised, but seriously contaminated wheat flour, government investigators said yesterday.

Source: Reuters BEIJING, May 9 (Reuters) - China will launch a nationwide cleanup of its food industry after two Chinese companies were found to have illegally exported contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein for …

PARENTS were advised by food safety experts yesterday to omit several additives from their children’s diets, with new research set to confirm a link between the E numbers and behavioural problems.

One independent agency with broad power would do a better job of protecting U.S. food safety than the current piecemeal system, a U.S. lawmaker who oversees food and agriculture said on Tuesday.

One independent agency with broad power would do a better job of protecting U.S. food safety than the current piecemeal system, a U.S. lawmaker who oversees food and agriculture said on Tuesday.

Food safety experts have advised parents to eliminate a series of additives from their children’s diet while they await the publication of a new study that is understood to link these ingredients to behaviour problems in youngsters.

Food safety experts have advised parents to eliminate a series of additives from their children’s diet while they await the publication of a new study that is understood to link these ingredients to behaviour problems in youngsters.

Food safety experts have advised parents to eliminate a series of additives from their children’s diet while they await a new study.

No one yet knows how many pets died from kidney failure after eating contaminated pet food, but reports from veterinary hospitals indicate cats far outnumber the dogs. If that turns out to be true, cats’ well-known susceptibility to kidney problems will have hurt them again.