The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit focused on nutrition and food safety, has petitioned the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking to classify four antibiotic-
The consumer advocacy groups that went to court this week in an attempt to take non-therapeutic antibiotics away from animal agriculture ignored science, failed to cite any data and
The alarming outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) in Germany has been linked to fresh cucumbers grown in Spain, and perhaps other raw vegetables. Meanwhile, the epidemic may be spreading
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released its annual Pesticide Residue Data on fresh fruits and vegetables, and consumer groups who questioned why the information was four months late
In 1885, a 28-year-old German-Austrian physician named Theodor Escherich wanted to understand why infants and small children were prone to diarrhea. So he started studying his young
A Georgia retailer is recalling approximately 500 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume Fumagalli La Salumeria brand Seasoned Dry Cured Pork Loin, imported from Italy, because the product may be
The same groups that did a pretty good job last year of convincing former CBS news anchor Katie Couric that giving antibiotics to the healthy animals we eat is not
The British consumer group that goes by the name “Which?” called it a U-turn as the United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency decided to allow the sale of meat
Tens of thousands of cancer cases could be prevented each year if people ate less red meat and added more fiber to their diets, according to a report released Monday.
Do-N-Joy Holsteins at Arlington, MN was charged in a May 11 warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration with misuse of the animal drug penicillin
A test to help determine whether a pregnant woman or a person with swollen lymph nodes has a recent Toxoplasma gondii infection has been cleared by the U.S. Food