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news biTes r e g u l at o r Y FDA wants inspectors around the globe he FDA intends to post inspectors to embassies and consulates throughout the developing world in hopes of improving the quality of the food and medicines flowing into the U.S. Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach said the agency needs “boots on the ground” in places such as India and China. The FDA already sends inspectors to dozens of countries each year to inspect pharmaceutical plants and clinical trial sites, but this would be the first such inspections of food products. Von Eschenbach said he wanted the agency’s presence to be “ongoing and continuous basis rather than episodic and periodic.” The inspectors would primarily “build capacity and bring others in to do inspections that are certified,” the commissioner said. In recent years, as more food and drugs are produced abroad for sale in America, FDA has been less able to ensure the products’ safety. The agency inspects less than 1 percent of imported foods. Von Eschenbach did not elaborate on the plan nor announce a timetable. T ‘reSearCh’ peTA offers $1 million for synthesized meat Shannon, MS T Rialto, CA Edison, NJ his may be the first PETA story we’ve published. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has offered a $1 million prize to the first scientist to produce and market in vitro meat. “Scientists around the world are researching or seeking the funds to research ways to produce meat in the laboratory – without killing any animals,” PETA said in announcing the offer. “In vitro meat production would use animal stem cells that would be placed in a medium to grow and reproduce. The result would mimic flesh and could be cooked and eaten.” While still advocating a vegetarian diet, PETA seems to acknowledge that some carnivores may be difficult to convert. So the animal rights group hopes technology could save the “more than 40 billion chickens, fish, pigs, and cows killed every year for food in the U.S.” Food For thought much more than expected more than expected As expected Less than expected A lot less than expected How mucH DiD your energy cosTs increAse in 2007 compAreD To 2006? 13% 45% 39% 2% 0.3% source: Food Processing Annual manufacturing Trends survey, taken during november 2007 FooDprocessing.com http://www.orkincommercial.com http://www.orkincommercial.com http://www.orkincommercial.com http://foodprocessing.com

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