There is increasing evidence that farm animal stress can have a significant detrimental effect on food safety according to a recent study.
Though it is known that animal stress can
‘No one is exempt from food safety,’ but USDA, FDA show sensitivity to small farmer concerns
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan addressed food safety concerns last week in the
Canadians who had symptoms of listeriosis after eating contaminated deli meats from Maple Leaf Foods last year have until Nov. 2 to file for a share of a $25 million
One of the nastiest chapters in unsafe food is still unfinished business due to an ongoing federal lawsuit that is focused on fraud in the school lunch program.
The lawsuit
In late August 2009, patrons of Mi Ranchito restaurant in Lenexa, Kansas, began falling ill.
Their symptoms included severe nausea and vomiting. Part of the mystery surrounding the outbreak of
Twelve Oklahoma families yesterday sued the Country Cottage restaurant in Locust Grove for injuries they endured from the largest recorded outbreak of E. coli O111.
Pryor’s Blevins Law Firm
Yesterday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Strategic Plan for Risk Communication to improve the way the agency informs the public of health risks.
The plan
Two Ohio dairy farms received warning letters in recent weeks from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ‘s (FDA) Cincinnati office about sales of bull calves for slaughter as
Just as Florida’s “pet use” scheme for selling raw milk appears to be coming apart, Wisconsin prosecutors are threatening to take away the old “cow share” gambit.
Three Wisconsin
Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization met yesterday to collaborate on improving Cambodia’s food safety system.
The purpose of the meeting
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a public meeting in Chicago this week to discuss the final egg rule that will require preventative measures to lessen
A dispute with China over poultry import safety was likely diffused last week after House-Senate conferees reached a deal on Agriculture appropriations language.
Lawmakers came to an agreement that would