ABC’s Jim Avila, the man who so adroitly ended the expected shelf life of lean, finely textured beef when failed TV chef Jamie Oliver and an award-winning but
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday released the Foods and Veterinary Medicine Program’s Final Strategic Plan for 2012 to 2016.
The plan highlights seven strategic “program
After six years, bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) has again been discovered in the U.S. cattle herd.
A dairy cow in central California dairy was recently diagnosed with BSE, commonly
Federal meat safety officials are stepping up efforts to prevent meat with illegal levels of drugs or other chemicals from entering the food supply.
The new plan – unveiled Monday by
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a new report this week outlining the ways the agency is trying to fulfill its mission globally.
Though the report, titled “Global
This time last year, Minnesota public health officials found themselves in the path of a political tornado – a classic clash between government and religion. Thousands of church leaders and others
In the last several months various stories have resulted in misunderstanding and confusion about honey and honey filtration, leading some readers to believe that any honey without pollen is not
The 35th Annual National Food Policy Conference, organized by Consumer Federation of America, will take place May 17-18 in Washington, DC. FDA Deputy Commissioner for Foods Mike Taylor will
From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warning letters posted since our April 10, 2012 udpate:
– Société Fromagere de Bouvron of Bouvron, France, which imports cheese to the U.
It’s been well over a year since the monumental Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law and so far implementation has been riddled with speed bumps, not
A new method of testing for Salmonella could shorten the time it takes to detect the bacteria in food samples.
Researchers at the Agricultural Research Service’s Quality and Safety
I really did not plan on stirring up reader comments last week, but I did.
That’s not what I have in mind for these Sunday sermons and generating comments