The debate over whether the pending Senate food safety legislation would have a disparate impact on small and mid-sized farmers has been reignited as it’s rumored the upper chamber
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will testify in Congress this week on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) FY 2011 budget and with Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) convening
U.S. Representative John Dingell (D-MI), the longest serving member of the House and a longtime advocate for stronger food safety laws, recently told Washington, DC’s The Hill that
The hardest two weeks of my life were when I agreed to help my friend Brad when his parents were on vacation. Brad’s family were Minnesota dairy farmers. They
Prior to 1993, little was known about pathogenic E. coli. Although scientists identified the first harmful foodborne strain in 1982 (O157:H7), it took a deadly E. coli O157:H7
Food products produced in un-licensed kitchens that have not been inspected by public health inspectors or certified as meeting food safety standards may soon be available at farmers’ markets, roadside
Beef Products Inc. (BPI), the pioneer of ammonia-treated beef, announced on Friday it intends to begin posting all E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella test results online.
“We intend to
As part of the 2010 Annual Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, Symposium 3 brought together experts to present during a symposium titled, “Implications of Rapid Diagnostic Testing.”
Presenters for this portion
As part of the 2010 Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, Symposium 2 brought together experts in the area of Susceptibility Issues.
Dr. George M. Eliopoulous, of Beth Isreael Deaconess Medical Center
The first symposium of the Annual Conference on Microbial Resistance focused on the economic and public policy aspects of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic development.
Moderator Susan Foster, PhD, of the
Meat industry groups are bracing for consumer backlash from a much-anticipated CBS Evening News series on antibiotic use in food animal production, scheduled to air this week after experiencing several
Last year, Ohio voters voted by a nearly 2-to-1 margin to amend its state constitution and create a Livestock Care Standards Board, made up of veterinarians and agriculture experts, to