Phosphorus-loading rivers and lakes is the down side to using poultry litter as a cheap form of fertilizer.
But nitrogen in chicken manure means it releases nitrogen oxide when
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has developed new pathogen reduction performance standards for control of Salmonella and Campylobacter in chilled carcasses at
Ingesting ammonia could potentially be a bad thing. Millions around the nation who consume beef products from fast food outlets consume small amounts of ammonia daily and the New York
With the U.S. Congress back in session, there is hope that work on food safety legislation will soon pick up steam. One of the issues that will be part
We are all going to be hearing a lot about traceability this year.
The Traceability Interoperability Summit is being held in Denver, Jan 21 and 22. Sponsored by the Colorado
You probably already use your iPhone to get directions, play music, or look up movie times, but did you know you could use it to track your food from farm
A Product Recall Crisis Management Forum highlighted the Food Safety track at the 2010 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference this year. The conference, held at the Savannah International Trade
The weekly “Enforcement Report” from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) always contains a nugget or two. The Jan.6th report is the first issued for 2010, but
Howard Thompson was a cold storage worker at Birdsong Peanuts in Blakely, GA last Sept. 28 when he was caught in a conveyor belt, injured critically, and died the same
Genetically modified foods are becoming more popular in the news as they become more prevalent in our society. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has defined GM foods
At least 280 people who ate at the 42nd St. Oyster Bar in downtown Raleigh, NC became ill with norovirus in November and December of 2009 according to the Wake
Cowboys will be herding longhorns through the streets of downtown Denver today, and that means the 105th running of the National Western Stock Show is underway, today through Jan. 24th.