Some fresh produce from hydroponic growers has been approved for and is being sold under USDA’s organic seal, but farmers who grow their organic crops in the soil don’t like the competition.
The litigious Center
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Brashears, Earp, Hutchins start work today at USDA
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue is no longer waiting for U.S. Senate action to beef-up his C-Suite.
Perdue Monday named Mindy Brashears as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety, Naomi Earp as Deputy Assistant
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Peering into 2019: Names to watch
Opinion
Editor’s note: In recent days we’ve recapped top news from 2018. Today we look toward 2019 and some of the names we expect to see in the food safety headlines around the world. Some
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Food Safety News readers are nice, but can you sing?
Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town
You better watch out, you better not cry
You better not pout, I’m telling you why
Santa Claus is comin’ to town, gather all
He’s making a list and
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Top 10 food safety stories of 2018
Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the Top 10 most important food safety news events for 2018. Since 2009 we’ve shared our rankings with our readers. As in past years,
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Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant
Opinion
An additional 87 ill people from 16 states were included in this investigation since the last update on Nov. 15. States with newly reported illnesses include: Michigan, Mississippi, and West Virginia.
As of Dec.
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$867 billion Farm Bill now moving quickly through lame-duck Congress
One of the last vestiges of bipartisanship in Congress began delivering its baby Tuesday. House and Senate agricultural conferees finally agreed on the 2018 Farm Bill, and by late afternoon it was sailing through the
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American Statistical Association wants Congress to demand details on USDA plan for research service
Opinion
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s reorganization plan, which would relocate a key agricultural research agency outside Washington, DC, has drawn increasing criticism from those who know and depend on its economic and statistical
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Reality of our world: Money trumps altruism in the quest for safer poultry
Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part opinion piece. To read part one, please click here.
In the previous article, I wrote about the decades-old public health problem of poultry-borne salmonellosis.
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The key role farm workers play in produce safety
MOUNT VERNON, WA — They’re out there on the front lines waging a battle against dangerous pathogens that can contaminate your food and make you sick or even kill you. Yet most people don’t even
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New U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal maintains status quo on food safety
The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada-Agreement, USMCA contains food safety provisions not unlike the North American Free Trade Agreement it seeks to replace, but not the kind of changes some wanted.
Fulfilling one of President Donald J. Trump’s
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