[Biohackers] cheese imports affected by new FDA rules

[Marc Juul]

On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Stan Osborne <stan at ana.com> wrote:

> According to this FDA now test for any E-coli in dairy products and makes
> no distinction between good or bad ones.
>
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/05/politics/fda-cheese-rules/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
>
> Are there FDA rules / guidelines for rDNA food products?
>

Does not seem like it, but worth a check.


> If such rules / guidelines do not exist, will we need to follow the ones
> for pharmaceutical products when using fermentation processes to make milk
> and cheese?
>

No.


> Do we need to worry about this even when we are just testing small amounts
> on ourselves?
>

No.

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marc/juul
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