Oregon’s 121-year old Newman’s Fish Markets Inc. received a warning letter last Dec. 7 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over violations at its
Two companies and one veterinarian are paying fines totaling $125,000 for violations of agricultural laws enforced by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).
The penalties are the first court-
When it comes to food, everybody’s got an opinion. Same goes for parenting. Mix the two together and you’ve got the makings of a culture war. Witness the
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is going into overdrive and and working with the food industry to meet the historic mandate of the new food safety law, Michael
Preliminary studies by Tara H. McHugh, a food technologist and research leader at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Processed Foods Research Unit at the Western Regional Research Center in Albany,
In an unexpected move, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Thursday that USDA will allow genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa to be planted without restriction.
The announcement bucked expectations that
Recent outbreaks linked to fresh sprouts remind us that toxic microbes can sometimes travel in small and seemingly healthful packages.
The Japanese need no reminder. They learned the hard way,
A Massachusetts company has issued a recall list of more than 90 mixed salad greens and other fresh greens products distributed to retail stores on the East Coast under various
Listeria monocytogenes is already a virulent species of foodborne bacteria most often found in raw milk, soft-ripened cheeses and ready-to-eat cold cuts. It is particularly tenacious and
In the latest issue of the Journal of Dairy Science, a new study funded by the European Union compared the fat composition of retail milk produced through conventional methods and
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has not yet found a permanent state health director, and now he has been tripped up over the interim appointment.
Neal Palafox, interim director of the
Former presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, is suing the U.S. House of Representatives cafeteria for selling him a sandwich wrap in 2008 containing an