Can a company focused on being America's "one-stop-shop" help support the local and sustainable farming movement? That's the idea behind the launch of Wal-Mart's new Heritage Agriculture Program earlier this year.The goals of the program include supporting local farms, women...
Fisheries and Oceans Canada announced March 6 that the Canadian government would invest $170,000 into Canada's organic sector at the Atlantic Canadian Organic Regional Network (ACORN) conference and trade show...
The timing of legislation that would overhaul the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) authority and capacity to regulate the food supply has been in question since the House passed...
There is much to be said for tradition, especially as it relates to food. When my mother was alive, her tradition at Christmas was to make twice-baked potatoes, which she...
Why did Whole Foods stop selling raw milk in California, Washington, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut?In January, I wrote “Risky Business - Why would a retailer like Whole Foods sell Raw Milk?”...
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The Spice Barn and C. H. Guenther & Son, Inc. this week joined the recall of products made with pepper purchased from the same supplier used by Rhode Island's Daniele...
A public health alert is out in the United States about ready-to-eat meat from Canada.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued the public health alert...
Two seafood processing facilities--one in California and the other in Ohio---were on the receiving end of "Warning Letters" from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that were made public...
As far back as at least 2000, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been warning a Louisiana sprout company about its "seriously poor sanitary conditions and controls."Now, FDA...
The European Food Safety Authority released the results of a survey on the prevalence of Campylobacter in broiler batches and of Campylobacter and Salmonella on broiler carcasses yesterday. Campylobacter and...
Basic Food Flavors--the company that made the hydrolyzed vegetable protein or HVP contained in 159 products recalled since the crisis over the ingredient began--tried talking for the first time Wednesday.The...
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill Monday that would set more specific guidelines for disseminating food recall information to consumers and health care providers, and it appears Democratic leaders...
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