U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong made her annual presentation to the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Committee on appropriations
The cattle states of Colorado and Nebraska are putting up some defenses over what’s going on with brucellosis up in the Yellowstone country of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
The
A retailer has recalled 2,659 pounds of Peppermint Organic Herbal Tea produced by a Washington state company because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Atlanta-based Teavana Corporation announced
The Alliance for a Stronger FDA, an advocacy group made up of medical and food industry groups, released a white paper Monday examining the “far-reaching and positive” economic impact
Seafood processing facilities turning out lobster bisque, canned pasteurized crabmeat and refrigerated tuna loins, as well as yellow fin and big eye tuna, received warning letters in February about their
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) announced late last week
that nearly one-fourth of over 10,000 calls received through the
agency’s advice line were information requests
An alternative meat inspection program used by Australian exporters maintains sanitation standards equal to those of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), according to a notice of
Last week, I penned an article for Food Safety News about a quote attributed to an American Meat Institute official regarding testing of product at a further processing plant that
The New York Times on Sunday sharply questioned proposed food safety budget cuts, pointing to potential public health and economic consequences.
The House has voted to cut more than $88
In November 1996, a butcher who had been in business 28 years in the little town of Wishaw, southeast of Glasgow, used the same utensils to handle raw and cooked
America’s Dairyland could dramatically raise the bar on raw milk regulation if its Legislature and governor ever allow it to be sold in Wisconsin.
A year after Wisconsin’s
I am proud to say that I am a card-carrying member of the International Association for Food Protection.
I am a member because last summer the publisher sent me