Washington | Reuters — U.S. health regulators will announce action on baby formula imports as soon as Monday to address a nationwide shortage that has left parents scrambling to feed […] Read more			
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	U.S. eyes baby formula imports amid nationwide shortage
About 40 per cent of formula products out of stock in U.S.
 
	Biden says U.S. baby formula shortage to ease in weeks
Shortage follows major Similac recall in February
								Washington | Reuters — The U.S. baby formula shortage should improve dramatically in coming weeks, President Joe Biden and top officials said on Friday as the administration scrambled to reverse […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. surgeons successfully test pig kidney transplant in human patient
								New York | Reuters — For the first time, a pig kidney has been transplanted into a human without triggering immediate rejection by the recipient’s immune system, a potentially major […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. Senate Democrats roll out draft bill to legalize weed
								Reuters — Three top U.S. Democratic senators on Wednesday unveiled a discussion draft of a bill that aims to legalize cannabis, a move that would allow adult Americans to buy […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. rolls back inspection rules for egg products
New rule to affect 83 U.S. facilities
								Chicago | Reuters — The Trump administration said Wednesday it will stop requiring U.S. plants that produce egg products to have full-time government inspectors, in the first update of inspection […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. regulators allow GM cotton as human food source
								Washington | Reuters — U.S. regulators on Friday gave the green light for genetically modified cotton to be used for human consumption, paving the way for a protein-packed new food […] Read more			
		 
	CFIA warns on California romaine lettuce
								The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is advising lettuce buyers such as retailers and restaurants not to sell, serve or import romaine lettuce from parts of California tied to the latest […] Read more			
		 
	Major grocers pull romaine lettuce nationwide
								Despite seeing no evidence yet of nationwide contamination, several major Canadian grocers are pulling romaine lettuce from sale across Canada in the wake of E. coli-related illness outbreaks in three […] Read more			
		 
	Partially hydrogenated oils on the way out
								The federal government has served a year’s notice on partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs) as ingredients in foods sold in Canada. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor announced Friday that PHOs will […] Read more			
		 
	U.S. GMO food labeling bill passes Senate
								UPDATED, July 7, 2016 | Reuters — The U.S. Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would for the first time require food to carry labels listing genetically-modified ingredients, which labeling […] Read more			
		