Meat and poulty producers will soon be required to keep products being tested for pathogens off the market until all samples have been cleared. This practice could prove extremely challenging
The United Kingdom’s government-run health care system will be taking verocytotoxin-producing E. coli infection (VTEC) in children more seriously in the future.
The UK’s Health Protection
Five more E. coli O104:H4 infections have been confirmed within the cluster of Bordeaux patients who ate sprouts at an event in early June, the European Centre for Disease
Sampling and testing for E. coli O157:H7 is being increased during August and September at mid-sized to large ground beef processing plants, the USDA’s Food Safety and
Last Friday, Dr. Betsy Booren, Director of Scientific Affairs at the American Meat Institute, received a long-awaited letter from the Food Safety Inspection Service. It had been five long
A city planner in Oak Park, Michigan apparently did not get the memo about gardens being a good thing.
The Oak Park official wants to put residents Jason and Julie
Last week, the Humane Society of the United States held an unusual press conference. The group announced an agreement with its long-time adversary, the United Egg Producers, to jointly
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has posted a notice on a few proposed policy changes to its Salmonella Initiative Program, which aims
“Implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act: The 6-Month Update” is the title of a webinar set for 1-2:30 p.m. EDT July 21.
Sponsored by Sandler, Travis
Eighteen months ago, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) signaled that the meat industry’s 2005 request to use low-dose irradiation as
In the spring it was an Applebee’s near Detroit and this summer it’s a Chili’s restaurant outside of Denver. They are recent examples of how busy bartenders,
In the fall of 2004, more than 300 people were sickened in an outbreak of E. coli in Peru, New York. This cider-related incident led the NY Apple Association