Editor’s Note: This is the ninth and final installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family
An outbreak of Q fever, carried by domestic goats, infected about 20 people in Montana and Washington state last spring, the federal Centers for Disease Control reported in its October
One of the nation’s largest fresh fruit and vegetable organizations, the Produce Marketing Association, just wrapped up its annual “Fresh Summit” in Atlanta with a warning from its chief
In its 11th update on the multistate outbreak of listeriosis linked to contaminated cantaloupes from Jensen Farms in Colorado, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta
A combination of safety lapses inside the packing plant at Jensen Farms in Colorado likely led to the contamination of cantaloupes blamed for the nationwide outbreak of at least 123
From both sides of the aisle, Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) are again taking aim at the genetically engineered salmon, which now may be closer
Changes implemented since Canada’s deadly Listeria outbreak three years ago are starting to show up in the stepped up numbers of inspections and recalls by the Canadian Food Inspection
Peanuts aren’t listed as an ingredient on some containers of Kroger’s Private Selection Extreme Moose Tracks Ice Cream, so the grocery chain is recalling the ice cream that
Editor’s Note: This is the eighth installment in a series written by John Munsell of Miles City, MT, who explains how the small meat plant his family owned for
It has been more than one month since Jensen Farms recalled its cantaloupes from the marketplace. By now, any melon that was not eaten, discarded or returned to the store
The Senate is considering its Fiscal Year 2012 agriculture appropriations bill — which includes spending levels for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration — this week,
A month ago, Listeria was not a household word in the United States. Now that the pathogen has turned up in cantaloupes, a few more people know about this rare