As of March 2, 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counted a total of 245 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo in 44 states. Among the 2,500 serotypes of Salmonella, according to the CDC,...
A new global monitoring tool identifies the United States as one of the top five worst food safety offenders, along with China, Turkey, Iran, and Spain. The findings are based...
Last week, all but one of the European Union nations voted in favor of using Thrombian, or Transglutaminase (TG), otherwise known as Meat Glue, or to some Meat Make-Up. Thrombian...
During the past weeks, a few news stories have highlighted the distinctions between two different legislative approaches to address the issue of food safety. There is little question that the...
Robert L. Scharff, with the help of funding from the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University, recently published a study analyzing the financial impact of foodborne illness in the United...
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The nationwide 2010 outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo has another company recalling pepper and products made with pepper. It's been a week since the federal Centers for Disease Control and...
You might think of an Oregon sprout farm as being all clean and fresh. You'd be wrong.Lucky Farm Inc. is a bean sprout processing facility in Portland. An investigation team...
Nature's Variety expanded a recall of Chicken Formula Raw Frozen Diets for dogs and cats to include the "Best If Used By" dates of 10/29/10 and 11/9/10 because these products...
Three more companies are recalling products for potential Salmonella contamination from Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP). Nestle Professional North America is recalling roughly 6,000 pounds of its ready-to-eat bacon, Procter and...
Food safety concerns, including the ongoing hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) Salmonella recall, were discussed in a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on the president's 2011 budget request for the U.S. Food...
Congressman promises "relentless" oversight after FSIS veterinarian blows whistle on humane handling and food safety violationsCongressional oversight subcommittee chairman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is vowing to increase oversight over USDA meat...
2010 has not started out as a good year for the Estrella Family Creamery in Montesano, WA.The 164-acre dairy farm located in Southeast Washington State in the past has won...
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