Trinity Regional Health System announced this week that it has paid Rock Island County $80,000 to help reimburse unanticipated expenses related to a hepatitis A outbreak traced to the
Beef tongues without tonsils are a delicacy. Beef tongues with tonsils are banned product by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Tonsils are “specific risk material” (SRM) as they
Japan is trusting the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate why and how Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. exported a 35-pound box of spinal bones to the island nation.
U.S. nut company John B. Sanfilippo & Son based in Elgin, IL has recalled two lines in its Baking Classics range due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
John
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), a long-time advocate for reforming the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said yesterday that Senate legislation to do just that will likely
OMB Watch, a non-profit dedicated to shedding light on the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), said yesterday that the 2010 budget for U.S. Department of
A public health emergency remains in effect for Morobe province in Papua New Guinea (PNG), but the threat from an outbreak of a combination of cholera and Shigella-related dysentery
The Agriplex at the Western Fair in London, Ontario, Canada might well be North America’s largest petting zoo with easily accessible stalls for 400 animals. Just ten years ago,
Rebutting Michele Bachmann on the 2009 Food Safety Modernization Act.
Twenty years ago, when I was in college and studying for a BA in Philosophy, one of the courses required
In the wake of increased media attention to meat safety issues, including an in-depth front page New York Times expose last week and Monday’s Larry King Live on
With small and organic farmers having the most apprehension about a future that is going to include better traceability and more inspections, a Salinas, CA business has popped up to
Living Foods Inc. of Ionia, Michigan, initiated a voluntary market withdrawal of alfalfa sprouts yesterday in response to a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak investigation being conducted by the Michigan departments of