Philippines may overhaul food safety system

Arroz caldo is Filipino dish with rice, chicken, ginger, garlic and onion. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

The U.S. and Canada aren’t the only nations giving their food safety laws a makeover.

The Philippines also may soon join them in revamping food safety laws, Food Safety News (FSN) reports.

Senate Bill 3311, known as […]

December 4th, 2012 | Category: Food industry | Tags: , , , , , | Comments are closed

Dog that lost half of snout saving two girls to get reconstructive surgery

Image courtesy of www.careforkabang.com.

Kabang is a brave girl.

The 2-year-old shepherd mix from the Philippines is slated to undergo facial reconstructive surgery at UC Davis in California after losing part of her snout to save two children.

In 2011, Kabang threw herself into a motorcycle that was about to hit two young girls […]

October 17th, 2012 | Category: Animal safety | Tags: , , , , | Comments are closed