A grade B dairy plant in Winthrop, MN owned by the giant milk-marketing cooperative known as Dairy Farmers of America was found contaminated with Salmonella senftenberg during a routine
A Michigan man who became ill after eating beef tacos has filed suit against Yum Brands, Inc., parent company of Taco Bell and Chicago Diversified Foods Corporation, the franchisor of
Senators Mark Begich (D-AK) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) reintroduced a bill Tuesday that would ban genetically engineered (GE) salmon, a fast-growing fish that the U.S. Food
On the heels of a 500 million egg recall in August and the implementation of a new federal rule aimed at preventing Salmonella in shell eggs, the U.S. Food
The 76th Session of the Oregon Legislature will get underway Tuesday in Salem. It will wait only until the next day to take up a sweeping new farm law that
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is working with the Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) to develop a voluntary national farm-level biosecurity standard for the dairy industry.
Biosecurity refers
A Salinas, CA company is recalling fresh cilantro after Salmonella was detected during a USDA Microbiology Data Program test.
Sabor Farms said the cilantro was sold in California and “several
The landmark Food Safety Modernization Act, signed earlier this month by President Obama, certainly provides a long overdue increase in food safety authority to the Food and Drug Administration. But
The Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) has announced the implementation of a new and easy to use online resource, called EAT SAFE!, aimed at helping consumers avoid foodborne illness.
The
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Friday asking him for details on the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)’s new
The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2010 come close to what Michael Pollan advised in his book, “Food Rules”: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.
A bit more prosaically,