When I left Connecticut with my family four years ago, we settled into a rural Civil War-era farm in Virginia. I never intended to farm — I was just happy
German health officials Tuesday continued to grope for clues to the source of an outbreak of non-O157 E.coli that has killed three German women and sickened hundreds more,
House lawmakers sparred over proposed cuts to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in an appropriations markup on Tuesday. A proposal unveiled by House Republicans Monday seeks $285 million
In what qualifies as ground-shifting news in the food safety world, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Tuesday lopped 15 degrees off its recommended temperature for safely cooking
Press reports from northern Germany say public health authorities there are trying to determine if uncooked vegetables might be the source of an E. coli outbreak that has claimed at
Although health department investigators have not been able to pinpoint the cause of a Salmonella outbreak in St. Charles, Illinois, they say evidence suggests it was the salad at Portillo’
Chinese authorities say they have solved over 1,000 severe food safety cases so far this year in a growing effort to combat a string of high-profile scandals.
The
The contents of the sealed complaint that led to last week’s raid by U.S. Marshals of Brunkow Cheese of Wisconsin Inc., located near Darlington, were made public after
A new budget proposal put forth by House Republicans Monday would cut the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s budget for Fiscal Year 2012 by $285 million, an 11.
Up until now, court challenges to genetically engineered crops have mostly been about process and procedure, not the merits of the brave new GM world.
But a decision last week
Earlier this year, when a small Maine town declared “food sovereignty” to exempt its local food sales from food-safety regulations, many wondered: Can they do that?
The short answer
Salmonella is one of the most common foodborne pathogens in the United States, causing an estimated 1.2 million infections per year. It also is a notable cause of illness