Last year the Texas Legislature approved a bill to allow the sale of food made in uninspected and unlicensed home kitchens, but some now say the state’s rules implementing
Headlines about another restaurant involved in an outbreak are almost a daily occurrence now. Some major restaurant chains have had at least one outbreak. It begs the question, why? In
As early as next week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will likely be deciding whether the “Live Free or Die” state should allow unlicensed “homestead” food and on-farm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s new, groundbreaking non-O157 E. coli policy, which classifies six new strains as adulterants and requires testing, will become effective 90 days later
Nine in 10 U.S. adults consume much more sodium than they should, putting them at risk for heart disease and stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and
Grand Strand Sandwich Company of Longs, SC is recalling some of its chicken salad sandwiches from convenience stores in the Southwest after its distributor recalled the chicken salad used to
In a victory for raw-milk farmers, Maine’s Portland City Council has given a unanimous thumbs-up to allow raw-milk sales at the city’s farmers’ markets.
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Washington state and local health officials are investigating an outbreak of intestinal illnesses that struck a number of people who attended a cheerleading competition in Everett last weekend.
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In one of the first uses of genome sequencing to trace the path of a foodborne illness outbreak, a team led by scientists from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
In another recall related to hard-cooked eggs that may be contaminated with Listeria, Bost Distributing Company of Bear Creek, NC, doing business as Harold Food Company, is withdrawing approximately
Research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicates blood levels of trans fatty acids in U.S. white adults dropped by 58 percent from 2000 to 2009 — a
Consumer groups formally petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Tuesday to switch gears and evaluate genetically engineered (GE) salmon as a food additive, not a veterinary drug, as