With the expiration of a temporary restraining order (TRO), the slaughter of horses under U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection again became a legal possibility today. That reality has sent
At least three children have been hospitalized with E. coli illnesses in Tennessee’s Knox County after consuming raw milk. Health officials are investigating McBee Dairy Farm and collected samples
Eight people are sick with E. coli after eating at Jimmy John’s in the Denver metropolitan area. Fox 31 Denver reports that the victims ate at three area Jimmy
On Oct. 28, Richard Raymond, the former Undersecretary for Food Safety at USDA, wrote a short piece about industrial agriculture, food safety, the recent Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable
After an online petition calling for the action drew more than 348,000 signatures, Kraft has reportedly pledged to remove two artificial yellow food dyes from its kid-friendly macaroni
Imagine having a handheld device able to detect different types of bacteria on food, whether that food is in your kitchen, a store, a restaurant or virtually anywhere. This wireless
At least 51 students and employees at Stanford University have been sickened in a suspected norovirus outbreak, according to a spokeswoman for Santa Clara County Public Health. The outbreak appears
Rumors of witchcraft began spreading through the Salem Massachusetts colony prior to 1692 and helped fuel the turmoil between the different religious sects in the area. Life at that time
A batch of canned, sliced beef has been taken off store shelves in Britain after it was found to contain horse DNA not identified in the ingredients list, reports the
With the official case count in the Foster Farms chicken Salmonella outbreak rising again on Wednesday, many reports have highlighted the fact that at least six of the seven Salmonella
UPDATE: Because the temporary restraining order in the case discussed below expires at midnight Thursday, all sides expected a ruling from the federal judge today, but that did not happen.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a draft of its spice risk profile on Wednesday, calling attention to the most common microbial hazards and filth in spices, along