Though the recently-released Senate food safety bill didn’t include a controversial bisphenol-A ban or an amendment by Jon Tester (D-MT) to exempt small producers from certain
Are Iowa chefs having trouble landing dates these days? If so, it may explain why one head chef was caught kissing toads by the Scott County Health Department. The restaurant
The annual National Food Policy Conference will be held September 22 and 23 in Washington, DC this year. Hosted and coordinated by the Consumer Federation of America and the Grocery
According to a recent study done by investigators from Purdue University in Indiana and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, there is no safety advantage to consuming grass-fed beef over
In yet another move to boost consumer confidence in seafood harvested in the Gulf of Mexico, the White House held a live video chat yesterday, taking seafood safety questions from
If you’ve been feeling out of sync from trying to follow the ball on genetically modified (GM) sugar beets, the ten-page order last Friday from U.S. District
For years, the term “food traceability” has permeated the media, and there has been a greater emphasis on consumers’ right to know where their food comes from.
With the high
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said Monday that seven Salmonella Enteritidis cases it has been investigating were linked to a multistate egg recall announced over the weekend, and the
A half million pounds of “ready to eat” sausages and hog headcheeses are being recalled in Louisiana for possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’
An Ontario outbreak of Salmonella Oranienberg, a rare form of Salmonella that causes acute intestinal infections in humans, may be linked to raw onions.
Dr. Arlene King, Ontario’s chief
The issue of whether antibiotics used to treat Shiga toxin-producing E. coli increase the risk of the hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) has been a vexing one. But beyond E.
On-farm egg testing and a records review for Salmonella by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has led to a multistate egg recall by Wright County Egg