Washington, DC-based Food & Water Watch is praising Congress for “uniting” against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s expected approval of genetically-engineered (GE) salmon.
The groups
In a letter delivered to each member of the Oregon Legislature Wednesday, the Oregon Dairy Farmers Association (ODFA) told why it opposes opening up the gates on unpasteurized milk in
FoodCorps, a brand new national service program funded by AmeriCorps and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, launched this week and is now seeking applications for its first class of service
An outbreak of Salmonella in a Camden, ME retirement and assisted living facility has caused seven illnesses, including one fatality.
According to a report in the Bangor Daily News, epidemiologists
House Republicans Thursday released a more detailed picture of the cuts that would be required under their budget proposal for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, which is slated to
Minnesota’s “cheeseburger bill” is back on the grill in St. Paul.
State Rep. Dean Urdahl, R-Grove City, has again introduced legislation to bar obese Minnesotans from suing their
Mold, maggots and flies were found during a federal inspection of a Pennsylvania canning factory.
In a Feb. 2 warning letter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) details
An Australian court has fined a New South Wales man $53,000 for various food safety violations, including selling unpasteurized dairy products “deliberately mislabeled and camouflaged as cosmetic products” when
With last week’s release of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, there was an increase in attention on healthy eating. The same may be true about the upcoming release
Vegetables and fruits should take up half the plate, according to the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and following that advice will cost only about $2 to $2.50 a
The pork industry is taking issue with Mark Bittman’s inaugural New York Times food opinion column, “A Food Manifesto for the Future.” In a letter to the editor published