“It is unlawful to knowingly sell or offer for sale at wholesale or retail any fresh, frozen, or processed food fish or shellfish without identifying for the buyer at the point of sale the species
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GMO Labeling Bill Introduced in U.S. Congress
Today Colorado’s Jared Polis will announce, outside a reborn organic retail store in Boulder, that he is introducing a federal bill in Congress to mandate the labeling of food containing genetically modified organisms in all…
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Quick Ruling Expected in Maryland Chicken Manure Trial
A fast-moving, but emotional civil trial pitting environmentalists against family farmers could end in the next day or two with a ruling by U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson in Baltimore. At issue is whether…
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Maryland Chicken Case Goes to Trial Smaller Than When It Started
It’s been more than two years since a federal bench trial in Oklahoma over chicken industry practices ended, but that judge has yet to issue a ruling. Now a three-week bench trial is underway in…
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Maryland First State to Ban Arsenic in Poultry Feed
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley Tuesday signed a bill banning arsenic in poultry feed, making his state the first to have a law against the practice on the books.
The new law, which takes effect…
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Maryland Confirms Campylobacter in Dairy’s Raw Milk
Maryland public health officials say lab tests confirmed Campylobacter jejuni bacteria in two unopened containers of unpasteurized milk from the Your Family Cow farm in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania health authorities have not yet announced the results…
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20 Campylobacter Cases Now Linked to Raw Milk Dairy
Pennsylvania health authorities said Tuesday that the number of confirmed cases in an outbreak of Campylobacter infection has risen to 20 – 16 from that state and 4 from Maryland.
All of the people who…
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Campylobacter Cases Tied to Raw Milk Dairy Double
There now are 12 cases of Campylobacter infection among people who drank unpasteurized milk from a dairy in Chambersburg, PA, Pennsylvania health officials reported Monday.
State health and agriculture investigators are awaiting results of tests…
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6 Campylobacter Cases Linked to Raw Milk from Pennsylvania Dairy
Six people have been infected with Campylobacter in an outbreak linked to raw milk from a farm in Pennsylvania, the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene said Friday.
Three cases of campylobacteris have been…
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FDA Shuts Down Maryland Kimchi Maker
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that Sungwon Inc of Columbia, Md., corporation, and the company’s president, Sang Ja Lee, have signed a consent decree of permanent injunction, which shuts down company operations.…