The editors of Scientific American recently encouraged U.S. hog farmers to “follow Denmark and stop giving farm animals low-dose antibiotics.” Sixteen years ago, in order to reduce the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement Tuesday that it is moving toward mandating a test-and-hold policy for the meat and poultry industry drew some praise, but
Several months ago, Gerald O’Malley, the director of clinical research at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital’s Emergency Department in Philadelphia, took a stroll through Philadelphia’s Chinatown district. Recently
It encompasses 2,438 pages spanning six volumes, cost somewhere between $1 million and $10 million to produce, and weighs just under 40 pounds.
“Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science
California’s Fresh Express announced on Tuesday that it has recalled 2,939 cases of bagged spinach because it might be contaminated with Salmonella.
Random sample testing turned up a
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has criticized Air Wisconsin’s Canadair Regional Jets out of Philadelphia for operating in January with non-working toilets and lavatories. One
Dixie Mills Old Fashioned Yellow Grits, manufactured in Tifton, GA, were being made in an inadequately maintained facility infested with rodents and insects, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
A recent Bill Marler blog said “Mary Clare Jalonick of AP reports on the Vilsack/Hagen briefing that the Obama administration is aiming to prevent meat recalls by withholding meat
As added sugar intake has increased over the past 27 years, so has body weight, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota.
Researchers examined trends in the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday moved toward mandating test-and-hold in the meat and poultry industry, a policy change aimed at reducing the amount of unsafe food
A Bristol County, Massachusetts mother filed suit Monday against the Rhode Island bakery whose zeppole have been determined to be the source of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened dozens.