The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has until Dec. 20 to issue a draft of its proposed intentional adulteration rules under the Food Safety Modernization Act, according to a
Canada’s Minister for Agriculture and Agri-Food, Gerry Ritz, came south on Monday to warn about a “thickening” of the U.S.-Canadian border because of country-of-origin
A total of 22 people in San Francisco fell ill in August in an E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Burma Superstar, a restaurant in the Richmond neighborhood, according
On Monday, two judges from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver issued a temporary stay of a lower court opinion over USDA inspections of horsemeat slaughter and packing
Reser’s Fine Foods is again expanding its Oct. 22, 2013, recall of refrigerated ready-to-eat products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recalled refrigerated ready-
An interim report from the Southern Nevada Health District states that approximately 140-150 people were infected with Salmonella after attending, or coming into contact with attendees of, a potluck
The U.S. Department of Agriculture released its final ruling late Friday afternoon easing regulations on beef imports in regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), the fatal disease in cattle
Trade experts say we should not expect to see a decline in food exports and imports when figures become available for Oct. 1-16, 2013, the period of the partial
The mayor of the Hawaiian island of Kauai has vetoed a bill that would have placed restrictions on pesticides used by biotech companies on the island for testing purposes. The
Friday’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Christina Armijo surprised me. I was expecting New Mexico’s top federal judge to issue a permanent injunction barring USDA from
At least seven people have fallen ill in a Salmonella Lomalinda outbreak in California, according to a spokesman for the California Department of Public Health. The source of the outbreak
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not required to conduct an Environmental impact Statement nor an Environmental Assessment in order to grant equine-inspection services to businesses planning