Federal Egg Recall Investigation Widens

Federal officials are widening their investigation of two Iowa farms at the center of a large-scale egg recall and multistate Salmonella outbreak. The criminal division of the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Justice have become involved in...

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CA Rejects BPA Ban for Baby Bottles, Sippy Cups

The California Senate defeated a bill Tuesday that would have banned the use of bisphenol-A, or BPA, in baby bottles, sippy cups, and infant formula packaging intended for use by...

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USDA Sticks a Hoe into the Sugar Beet Issue

Caught since Aug. 13 between a federal judge and some inept inaction by the Agriculture Department, sugar beet growers with about one million acres in a dozen states have been...

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Making School Food Healthier

Some kids have already started attending classes, and most will be back in school after Labor Day.  Many parents may justifiably be wondering about recent efforts to improve the quality...

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Publisher's Platform: Magic Wand

What if I had a food safety magic wand?The other morning when I was prepping in another studio to talk with another cable channel about yet another food crisis--this time...

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Federal Government Wants Michigan Dairy Shut Down

Michigan's Scenic View Dairy, with farms at Fennville, Freeport, and Gowen, should be shut down for selling cows for human consumption with antibiotic levels that exceed tolerable limits.   So...

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Rapid Egg Cooling Could Cut Risk

Kevin Keener, associate professor of Purdue University in Indiana, said the rapid cooling of eggs after laying and processing would "significantly reduce the ability of Salmonella to grow inside the...

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Litigation Twist Removed, PCA Payments Ready

U.S. District Judge Norman K. Moon Wednesday removed the final obstacle blocking settlements for victims of the infamous Peanut Corporation of America Salmonella outbreak that resulted in nine deaths...

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Food Scandals Prompt Organic Growth in China

Food safety scandals have helped propel rapid growth in the the organic food sector of China's economy, according to the Telegraph."Interest has been promoted by a series of scares including...

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Grape Gummy Candy Recalled for Lead

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) warned consumers this week to discard any Cocon Grape Gummy 100% candy imported from Malaysia after testing revealed high levels of lead in the...

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Nevada Mobile Slaughter Unit Info Session Planned

The Agriculture Department announced this week that its Food Safety and Inspection Service will host a red meat mobile slaughter unit information session Sept. 9.   The information session, which is...

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Egg Co. Faces Another Lawsuit

Quality Egg, which does business under the name Wright County Egg, faces a fourth lawsuit brought on behalf of a Salmonella outbreak victim by the Seattle law firm Marler Clark. ...

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'Fire them all,' Says R-CALF Chief

In 1892, disagreements among cattlemen about the use of the open range led to shootings, lynchings, and an open, armed conflict that came to be known as the Johnson County...

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Russian Poultry Dispute Complicated by Egg Fiasco

The headline-grabbing recall of over half a billion eggs for Salmonella contamination in the U.S. is complicating the ongoing dispute with Russia over the acceptance of U.S. poultry products."In light...

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Purdue Scientist Develops Fast, Smart E. coli Test

Somebody may need to send a memo to J. Patrick Boyle at the American Meat Institute.   That rapid analytical test for non-O157: H7 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) that...

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