Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food on March 4 announced a voluntary expansion of its earlier dog food recalls due to potential adulteration with pentobarbital.
The expansion of the company’s February 3rd recall of five production
Continue Reading Evanger’s and Against the Grain Recall additional products
You’ve gotta give it to those marketing magicians at Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. Back in the 1990s when they introduced the phrase “golden extra sweet pineapple” they stated the obvious with fabulous flair. I
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Del Monte’s pretty in pink with OK for GMO
Two companies have green lights from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their non-browning potato varieties that have had their genes altered.
Calyxt, a company based in New Brighton, MN, got the go ahead for
Continue Reading Three new GMO spuds earn permission from USDA
A third genetically modified apple variety, the Arctic Fuji, has gained U.S. approval and the grower responsible for it plans next to seek approval for genetically modified Arctic Gala apples. 
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Continue Reading Arctic Fuji apple gains approval despite anti-GMO opposition
There are 18 days remaining in the public comment period on the Arctic Fuji as Okenagan Specialty Fruits Inc. seeks permission to market its third variety of genetically modified, non-browning apple.
Continue Reading Public comments so far show support for third GMO apple
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a movement permit to Mr. S. Claus of the North Pole, a broker with Worldwide Gifts, Unlimited. The permit will allow
Continue Reading USDA Permits Foreign Reindeer To Enter Without Testing
Officials with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Friday, Aug. 28, 2015, that they had made a determination of “nonregulated status” for the Innate potato, which is genetically
Continue Reading USDA Gives GE Potato ‘Nonregulated’ Status
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is working with state public health, veterinary, and agriculture officials, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) to investigate four multi-state outbreaks
Continue Reading CDC: 181 People in 40 States Infected With Salmonella From Contact With Live Poultry
About 40 activist organizations that usually can be counted upon to rally with the organic industry against genetically engineered (GE) plants and animals did just that on Monday. They weighed in with a letter to
Continue Reading Organic Industry Wants Biotechnology Regulated By Process, Not Product
Khapra beetle larvae can destroy a significant proportion of unprotected grain stores due to their “dirty eating” behavior, e.g., their feeding habit where the beetle eats only a little of a single grain before moving
Continue Reading Researchers Going Up Against the Khapra Beetle as a Food Safety Concern
