The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) announced this week that it has trained 1,138 food safety regulators, exceeding its training goal of 1,000 officials for 2010.
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Each year millions of Americans enjoy raw oysters with a squeeze of lemon or perhaps a dash of hot sauce. However, when eaten raw, this tasty mollusk poses certain health
In an official statement from the Onondaga County Health Department early this week, Health Commissioner Cynthia Morrow said she expected the number of ill people associated with a Campylobacter outbreak
What happens to lettuce leaves and other leafy greens that become contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and then suffer insect or mechanical damage?
Can the bacteria then become internalized,
More than 50 organizations asked California officials to rescind a $180,000 federally funded grant awarded last month to the Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF), an industry communications group
A Quebec pork processor twice named as one of Canada’s best-managed companies is being fined $62,000 for multiple violations of the federal Meat Inspection Act.
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Pickled herring, pickled wild salmon, and smoked salmon—all refrigerated products–from a Washington state seafood processor are all adulterated or impure, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
The Agriculture Department is holding another in its series of mobile slaughter unit information sessions today in Fort Collins, CO as part of its “Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food”
The Onondaga County Health Department and New York State Department of Health announced this week that an uptick in laboratory-confirmed Campylobacter cases has been detected in Central New York
Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was suspended from cycling after he tested positive for clenbuteral, a growth accelerating drug used by body builders. His defense? It wasn’t me,
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday unveiled an overview of initiatives to advance regulatory science and help the agency assess the “safety, efficacy, quality and performance of FDA-
Co-founder and executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Michael F. Jacobson, received the 2010 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation Hero Award this