Congress and the States
Last year, waiting and watching for the 111th Congress to hatch a new food safety bill was the dominant food safety news story.
Congress will continue
While we’re busy making our own resolutions for the new year, we are humbly recommending a few resolutions for others to consider:
— President Obama should resolve to sign the
In an open letter to stakeholders Thursday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack called for “a new paradigm of coexistence and cooperation” for both genetically engineered and non-GE agricultural approaches.
The
Days after Tiny Greens Organic Farm Food Co. sprouts were identified as the likely source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has resulted in at least 94 illnesses, mostly among
The rice harvest in northwestern Haiti is likely to suffer over widespread fear among farmers about cholera contamination, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization announced this week.
Haiti’s
The number 2 food safety story of the year concerned USDA’s regulatory bottleneck:
Abe Lincoln saw the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) created with his signature in 1862
In our top 17 food safety stories of 2010, first place goes to the food safety bill, which was supported by an unusual alliance–including consumer advocates, grocery manufacturers and
A California company has recalled approximately 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef after microbiological sampling revealed positive results for E. coli O157:H7.
First Class Foods, Inc. of Hawthorne,
A Texas produce company that has already recalled some 7,000 cases of Salmonella-tainted cilantro and curly parsley has now recalled 18 other vegetables and leafy greens, all processed
Though Dubai has been cracking down on food safety across the board, it appears the country is struggling to ensure the cleanliness and safety of salad greens.
Every sample of