In a nation that loves big stuff–from cars and certain body parts–you’d think people would be pretty excited about a new line of fast-growing farmed fish.
And
In an effort to ramp up the pressure on the Senate to move on the pending food safety bill, food safety advocates and foodborne illness victims yesterday unveiled a report
The “Meatless Monday” campaign that urges Americans to cut their beef consumption by 15 percent suggests grilled avocado with salsa as the meat substitute of the week.
Pays Café in
Former Congressman Bob Barr and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) are butting heads over bisphenol-A politics and the pending food safety bill.
Late last week Bob Barr penned an Op-Ed for
Food Safety News to provide $25,000 scholarship for consumer advocacy.
In less than two weeks (on Sept. 14), the House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, headed by
Victims of foodborne illness will travel with their families to Washington, D.C. next week to again lobby for the pending Senate food safety bill.
The broad coalition of interests
The headline-grabbing recall of over half a billion eggs for Salmonella contamination in the U.S. is complicating the ongoing dispute with Russia over the acceptance of U.S. poultry
Massive Egg Recall Prompts Hearing on Federal Food Safety System
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak (D-MI) yesterday announced that the Subcommittee
Most Americans have suffered in one way or another from the recent economic downturn, but money problems don’t just apply to citizens. An overwhelming number of state governments are
Lawmakers are widening the scope of their investigation into the nationwide recall of over 500 million eggs.
The House Energy and Commerce Committee yesterday asked both the Food and Drug
On Monday an ammonia leak at a refrigeration plant in Alabama caused 84 people to seek medical attention, reported Meatingplace.
Millard Refrigeration Services in Theodore, Ala., freezes poultry
for export.
Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution won an Emmy this past Saturday at the Creative Arts Emmy Ceremony in Hollywood. Oliver, a British celebrity chef turned health activist, has used the