When it comes to food safety transparency, how much company information can you pry out of government agencies by using the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)? On Wednesday, a panel of judges from the U.S.
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FDA Enlists NC State to Chart Transmission Routes for Salmonella
A plan to chart the routes of transmission for Salmonella species is the reason for a new cooperative agreement between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and North Carolina State University (NC State). 
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FDA Puts Out First Egg Guidance Since 2009 Egg Safety Rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued new guidance Monday to help clarify its 2009 egg rule, which outlined steps egg producers must take in order to reduce Salmonella Enteritidis in shell eggs. FDA uses
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FDA Publishes Final Guidance for New Egg Rule
The Food and Drug Administration has published the final guidance to help egg producers comply with the new FDA egg safety rule.
The “Guidance for Industry: Prevention of Salmonella Enteritidis in Shell Eggs During Production,
Top Food Safety Stories of 2011: No. 6
Although the government has a new priority of reducing Salmonella Enteritidis (SE), inspectors are still finding unsanitary conditions at big egg farms, which made egg regulations 2011’s 6th most important food safety story.
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FDA Enlists States to Finish Egg Rule Inspections
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going to require a big finish, but it apparently remains on target to complete new egg rule inspections of all 517 American egg producers with 50,000 or
Salmonella Lurks From Farm to Fork: Part 1
Two-tenths of a penny per dozen. That’s what it costs Pennsylvania farmers to make eggs safer. By disinfecting henhouses, trapping rodents and regularly testing for harmful bacteria, the state’s egg farmers have cut the presence
Egg Rule Violations Cost Sparboe its McDonald's Account
None of the 300 million dozen shell eggs produced annually by Sparboe Farms are being sold anymore under those Golden Arches. And Target stores began pulling Sparboe eggs from its store shelves late Friday.
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New Egg Rule Trips Up Minnesota Egg Producer
Another major egg producer is having trouble complying with the federal government’s new egg rule.
Forsman Farms, producer of Mae’s Eggs, in Cokato, MN, received an Aug. 30 warning letter from the U.S. Food and
New Egg Rule Inspections Show Problems Persist
A year ago, the national media, spurred on by information from activists organizations, were quick to paint the recall of more than a half billion shell eggs as the work of just one man –agricultural
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on the Egg Rule
In response to questions it has received since publishing its so-called egg rule last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Tuesday published a draft guidance to give direction to egg producers.
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