Extension agents — usually associated with helping farmers behind the scenes — sometimes do get out front on public policy. And when they do, it’s with such a light touch it’
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Wednesday announced its plan to assess the risks of Salmonella contamination associated with tree nuts. The aim of the risk assessment, described in
The last meal of rice, beans and potato curry for 21 primary school children in India’s northeastern state of Bihar was likely contaminated with an insecticide, according to government
Two individuals who contracted E. coli infections in upstate New York in late June may have come into contact with the bacteria at a lake, health officials said Wednesday. The
An additional six illnesses from Iowa were added to the case count of the Cyclospora outbreak occurring in the Midwestern United States. At least 87 people have now been sickened
The Washington state-based company that issued a precautionary recall of some hummus products Sunday following a presumptive positive Listeria test has received confirmation that samples of its product indeed
The parasite cyclospora has gained notoriety this week as it’s been revealed to be responsible for over 170 illnesses in the Midwest in June. What is this organism that
More exercise is not cutting into the nation’s high obesity levels, and unwise diets are killing more people than about anything else—including smoking, drinking and drug use. Those
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday stepped up its outreach to small- and medium-sized growers by launching more resources to help explain the sweeping new food
A cyclospora outbreak has sickened at least 81 people in Iowa and 53 in Nebraska, as well as an unknown number of people in neighboring Midwestern states, according to the
Four more illnesses have been reported in the hepatitis A outbreak linked to pomegranate seeds sold in the western U.S., bringing the total case count up from 143 to
Governors in Maine and Wisconsin are using or threatening to use their big veto pens on bills to liberalize raw milk sales in their states. In Maine, it’s over.