In reaction to the ongoing multistate E. coli beef outbreak, which has sickened 25 and caused two deaths, Representative George Miller (D-CA) asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to
Twenty-five people in ten states are part of a cluster of victims of an E. coli O157:H7 strain matched to ground beef from Fairbank Farms, the Centers for
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the publication of an updated FDA Food Code yesterday.
The updated code, which hadn’t been significantly revised since 2005, includes
Canada is adding standards for handling aquatic animal pathogens to its current lineup for handling human and animal pathogens. And through the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), comments are being
Cattle hides are more likely to be contaminated with E. coli at the feedlot than at the slaughterhouse and transport and lairage do not increase the number or isolation rate
Researchers discovered chronic wasting disease in Colorado and 42 years later the Centennial State remains at the center of studies into the fatal neurological disease found in deer, elk and
Twenty-two senior Chinese food safety delegates from industry, government and academia met in Minnesota last week as part of the Global Initiative for Food Systems Leadership’s (GIFSL’s)
Food safety technology is going down that familiar path of making things smaller and quicker.
The latest example is found at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario where a team led
Early snow in the West’s high country sent deer, elk and moose down to lower elevations where hunters are waiting this hunting season. Hunters see themselves as rugged individualists
The chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) is getting into common foods at unsafe levels according to a recent study by Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports.
Consumers Union found that almost