The Senate on Wednesday approved an amendment to avoid meat inspector furloughs that were slated to occur under the current across-the-board budget cuts, known as the sequester. Introduced
Natura Pet Products has voluntarily recalled selected lots of four different dry pet food brands due to potential Salmonella contamination. Select bags of California Natural, EVO, Innova and HealthWise pet
For most of the past decade, “downer” cattle were kept out of the food supply because of concern that most were older cows, which are thought to be more susceptible
Kosher food is big business. There are more than ten thousand kosher-producing companies in the United States alone, making more than 135,000 kosher products for over twelve million
“A sneaky germ.” That’s how the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describes Salmonella. The agency follows that uncomplimentary description with a warning that Salmonella can contaminate
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Monday released its version of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA) without the provisions that would have beefed up the
Between July and September of 2009, health officials in Hungary noted an unusually high number of Salmonella Goldcoast infections in the country. In October, they sent an inquiry to Europe’
The government wants one of the attorneys defending former Peanut Corporation of America CEO Stewart Parnell on criminal, fraud and other criminal charges thrown off the case. The attorney the
Pro-Amino International Inc., of Saint-Eustache, Quebec, Canada Monday recalled its ProtiDiet High Protein Chocolate Dream Bars for possible Salmonella contamination. It’s too early to know if there
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and St. Thomas Fish Market on Friday warned the public not to consume certain Bar Clams because they may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum.
A lifelong Marin County resident, Bob La Belle, thinks nothing short of a “harmonic convergence” may be responsible for saving that Drakes Bay oyster business that former Interior Secretary Ken