The deadly Salmonella outbreak in western Kentucky has grown to 15 cases in three counties. The outbreak is already blamed for one death and for sending five people to area
Schools are dropping out of the National School Lunch Program over the new nutrition standards, but not all that many, USDA reports. The federal subsidized lunch program has lost 524
This was originally published Oct. 1 on Maryn McKenna’s Superbug Blog, hosted by Wired Science. There’s going to be a lot — a lot — of coverage today on the
Naming Taylor Farms de Mexico as the likely source of this summer’s national Cyclosporiasis outbreak was a “rush to judgment” still without sufficient evidence, says “Perishable Pundit” Jim Prevor.
A Hanford, CA, meat-processing facility is again recalling ground beef for potentially containing small pieces of plastic. According to a recall notice issued Tuesday by the U.S. Department
Big Blue Fisheries, LLC, of Sitka, AK, is recalling all of its vacuum-packaged smoked salmon and cod products because they were not properly cooked and may be contaminated with
The Food and Drug Administration responded Monday to a four-year-old petition from the Center for Food Safety and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, stating that the
Last month, California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that will enforce the nation’s toughest restrictions on hydraulic fracturing, a process through which oil and natural gas
Few, if any, U.S.-born chickens are going to be getting on a boat or plane for processing in China unless and until the little matter of tariffs totaling
If Congress fails to approve a budget by Monday night, the government will shut down on Oct. 1 and thousands of federal employees will be furloughed. A contingency staffing plan
Laboratory tests on 92 wines by a French consumer group found traces of pesticides, insecticides and/or fungicides in virtually every bottle. Even wines made from organic grapes had pesticide
Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, Under Secretary of Food Safety for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, wrote a letter to Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) last week regarding DeLauro’s concerns