One person has died and more than 350 additional people have been infected with Salmonella from backyard poultry flocks, according to a CDC outbreak update. A third of the ill people are children younger than
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak now involves 1 death and 42 states; live poultry blamed
Warmer weather is here and with it comes summer holidays and opportunities to eat together. In June, we celebrate the fathers and father figures that raised us. Stop Foodborne Illness wants fathers everywhere to know
Continue Reading Foodborne illness continues to touch fathers, but it can be stopped
The official beginning of summer is coming up, but the season is already here for many who are taking the opportunity to get outside and spend time in nature this Father’s Day weekend.
Warmer weather
Continue Reading Don’t let campfire cuisine provide pathogens for dad’s day
A year ago the poultry sickness that is known as virulent Newcastle disease (vND) was spreading like wildfire in California’s backyard flocks and state and federal agricultural officials were deploying tactics to limit the spread.
Continue Reading Move from response to prevention for virulent Newcastle disease (vND)
State officials are warning the public against consuming unpasteurized milk from a New York dairy because sample test results show it to be contaminated with Listeria.
Anyone who has any raw milk from Serenity Meadows
Continue Reading Raw milk dairy shut down in New York following positive Listeria test
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is reminding mushroom hunters that their wild-foraged treasures intended for sale must be inspected by a certified mushroom expert to help control food poisoning. The MDARD also
Continue Reading MDARD says all wild-foraged mushrooms offered for sale must be inspected
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) says federal food safety agencies “could strengthen existing efforts to prepare for oversight of cell-cultured meat.”
However, the most interesting part of this latest GAO
Continue Reading Getting-to-Market barriers for cell-cultured meat discussed in new GAO report
Moms often are in charge of food safety in the home. Make sure to thank them this year by
Continue Reading Keeping mom safe this Mother’s Day
After reviewing details of brucellosis illnesses from recent years, including a 19-state outbreak, researchers are saying their findings show a link between raw milk and such infections.
Although the researchers did not name the dairy
Continue Reading Data shows connection between unpasteurized milk and infections
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“We are farmers who
Continue Reading Food safety helped spur dream of greenhouses on urban rooftops
