“I watched my friends get sick, just melt away, and die in hours.” A senior, returning to our college from Nepal in 1968, after participating in a 5 year program
Clusters of E. coli infection reported in Eastern Tennessee could be the “new normal” as non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) take their place beside O157, making outbreaks
The Obama administration expressed “serious concerns” Monday about the agriculture appropriations bill for fiscal year 2012 the House is expected to vote on today. The spending bill, which was recently
The German E. coli outbreak that has now claimed 37 lives and damaged fresh produce markets across Europe finally seems to be abating; but the question of how the suspect
Juice processing facilities in Indiana and Puerto Rico received warning letters recently from the Food and Drug Administration after failing inspections conducted last year.
Both a Feb. 23 warning letter
A half dozen seafood processors spent much of May and June trying to get back into compliance with federal regulations.
It might be too much to say that the U.
Health authorities have said contaminated bean sprouts were the source of the outbreak of E. coli O104:H4 in Germany, and that became more evident this weekend.
But as the
As urban homesteading becomes increasingly popular, more people are refraining from store-bought eggs to try their hand at raising backyard chickens. However, despite the many potential benefits, it’s
A cultural war, environmental nightmare and multi-million dollar business Editor’s Note: This is a special report for Food Safety News by Andrew Schneider, thefoodwatchdog.com
When environmental concern
About a month ago, I was having this feeling that all news people occasionally get that the news of the future will never be as exciting or interesting as the
“Of course we are challenging nature itself, and, it hits back … We have to accept that it’s much stronger than we are.”
– Werner Herzog (German Filmmaker on filming of