Posts tagged 'FDA'
Combating seafood fraud
Posted: Nov. 4, 2015 | Tags: FDA, reporting, science, seafood trade
Illustration by Lesia Olesnyckyj
One of the things we do at the Investigative Reporting Workshop is explore how different academic disciplines can enrich and inform investigative journalism. A talk this week on seafood fraud sponsored by AU’s interdisciplinary ECOllaborative provides a case in point.
Kimberly A. Warner, senior scientist for the ocean conservation group Oceana, described her organization’s efforts to combat widespread global seafood fraud. The United States imports 94 percent of its seafood. Oceana scientists have discovered that much of it is mislabeled. Thanks to advances in DNA testing over the last several years, scientists like Warner ...
Food safety: 'The Trouble with Chicken' airs in May
Posted: April 13, 2015 | Tags: antibiotics, FDA, Frontline, health, health newss
FRONTLINE investigates the spread of dangerous pathogens in our poultry — and why the food-safety system isn't stopping the threat. Preview our co-production, which airs May 12 nationwide (check local listings).
