In another weekend recall announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported yesterday that Southern California-based Huntington Meat Packing Inc. has dramatically expanded its January 18th recall over
Even something as ominous sounding as “The Year of the Tiger” should be celebrated safely.
The year of Geng Yin, the formal name for the Lunar New Year that begins
Red Darla cheese is one of those locavore products that has a unique distribution chain. It’s made its way from the Estrella Family Creamery at Montesano, WA to Farmer’
A customer complaint had led a pet food company to discover its product might be contaminated with Salmonella and prompted it to adopt a “test and hold” policy so it
The rapidly growing St. Louis-based Ralcorp Holdings Inc., which through acquisitions and sales growth is nearing the $4 billion annual revenue mark, has a problem.
It appears that one
Another lawsuit has been filed in the Fairbank Farms E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, this time on behalf of Alice Smith. The suit was filed by Marler Clark, the Seattle-
The nationwide Salmonella outbreak associated with Italian-style salami may involve two strains of the pathogen, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta has confirmed.
In
After much debate, the federal government is moving to bring clearer and more stringent regulation for organic agriculture, the fastest growing sector in the food system.
The U.S. Department
As part of the 2010 Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, Symposium 6
brought together experts in the area of Stewardship and Policy.
Dr. Susan J. Rehm, of the National Foundation for
“What the traceability industry needs right now is a single traceability standard”.
This underlying theme was echoed in a number of presentations from several speakers at the recent Traceability Inter-
Illinois resident Raymond Cirimele regularly purchased Daniele Inc. Italian-style salami products at a Costco store in Cook County. Last November he ate some of that pepper-coated salami and
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) should “give a life-saving gift” to Americans this Valentine’s Day by declaring six additional strains of E. coli that cause illness