The Gulf seafood story, which began with the April 20 explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and subsequent spill of BP’s oil, is ending 2010 on a decidedly
UPDATE: The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510, cleared the full Senate Tuesday by a vote of 73-25. See Food Safety News tomorrow for all the details. For
Researchers from the University of Missouri are hopeful that a newly developed lab test will detect live Salmonella in poultry and eggs with faster and more accurate results.
Currently, the
A public warning issued in Canada Nov. 16 about ham and cheese sandwiches has been expanded to include additional products made with processed cheese slices, and the suspect cheese has
A commercial poultry farm located about 18 miles northwest of Winnipeg has been placed under quarantine because of low pathogenic H5N2 avian influenza.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirmed
The nation’s biggest fresh produce handlers, distributors and retailers received a gift last week when Food Safety News published an apparently long-planned Q&A with Bob Whitaker,
I’ve been worrying over some of the provisions of this bill, especially since some of my friends in small production agriculture are so dead set against it. They believe
The Senate is expected to begin a series of votes on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S.510, this evening, a critical move forward for a bill that would
Improving food safety is not as easy task! But right now, we have a huge opportunity to “seize the day” and make a much-needed first step toward food safety
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With just over 30 days before 2010 is history, it is time again for