Several hundred schools may have received recalled beef, USA Today reported Wednesday. The beef, potentially contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, was not purchased by the U.S. Department of
Two lawsuits were filed this week against a Subway in Lombard, Illinois, the site of a county-wide Shigella outbreak. The suits were filed by Marler Clark, the Seattle-based
The nationwide 2010 outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo has another company recalling pepper and products made with pepper.
It’s been a week since the federal Centers for Disease Control and
During the past weeks, a few news stories have highlighted the distinctions between two different legislative approaches to address the issue of food safety. There is little question that the
A new global monitoring tool identifies the United States as one of the top five worst food safety offenders, along with China, Turkey, Iran, and Spain. The findings are based
Last week, all but one of the European Union nations voted in favor of using Thrombian, or Transglutaminase (TG), otherwise known as Meat Glue, or to some Meat Make-Up.
As of March 2, 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) counted a total of 245 individuals infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Montevideo in 44 states.
You might think of an Oregon sprout farm as being all clean and fresh. You’d be wrong.
Lucky Farm Inc. is a bean sprout processing facility in Portland. An
Three more companies are recalling products for potential Salmonella contamination from Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (HVP). Nestle Professional North America is recalling roughly 6,000 pounds of its ready-to-eat
Food safety concerns, including the ongoing hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) Salmonella recall, were discussed in a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing on the president’s 2011 budget request for the U.
Congressman promises “relentless” oversight after FSIS veterinarian blows whistle on humane handling and food safety violations
Congressional oversight subcommittee chairman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is vowing to increase oversight over