The Estill County, Kentucky Health Department reports that it is investigating a Salmonella outbreak in the community. Of the 41 people showing symptoms, 19 are confirmed to have Salmonella infections. All 19 of those people
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Egg-Producing States File Appeal Over California’s Proposition 2
States that, until recently, sold a total of 2 billion shell eggs a year in California clearly don’t intend to give up on that lucrative Golden State market without a fight. After first getting tossed
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Legislatures Weigh Bills on Soda Labels, Microbeads, Marijuana, Powdered Alcohol, Among Others
State legislatures remain in session from Alabama to Wyoming, with food safety mostly getting only a light touch from lawmakers who seem largely focused on budgets and education in this non-election year. In Alabama,
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Why I’ll Never Give Raw Milk to My Children Again
More than a few years ago, I made a decision that I never dreamed would result in one of my children having to fight for his life. I was looking for a way to improve
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KY Health Official Warns Residents About the Risks of Unpasteurized Milk
The Kentucky Department for Public Health has not been able to identify the source of the E. coli outbreak that sickened five children in early September, despite the work of raw milk journalist David Gumpert
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Children in KY E. Coli Outbreak Drank Milk From Raw Milk Dairy
(Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect a communication from the Kentucky Department for Public Health.) The four Kentucky children hospitalized in an E. coli outbreak earlier this month all consumed milk from
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Five Kentucky Children Hit With Kidney Disease Usually Caused by E. Coli
Five children were reportedly in a Louisville, KY, hospital on Friday being treated for hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which is a potentially fatal kidney disease typically caused by an E. coli infection. 
Three of the
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Kentucky Animal Euthanasia Bill Amended With ‘Ag-gag’ Language Probably Won’t Make It
A divided Kentucky Legislature was not expected to pass a controversial animal euthanasia bill on Monday before taking a week off and then briefly returning to consider bills vetoed by the governor. House Bill 222,
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Indiana, Kentucky Win Prestigious Public Health Award
The Indiana State Department of Health and the Kentucky Department of Public Health have been awarded the John J. Guzewich Environmental Public Health Team Award for their combined response to the multi-state Salmonella outbreak linked
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Indiana Orchard and Winery Tests Negative for E. Coli
The Indiana State Department of Health says that environmental test samples from Huber’s Orchard and Winery in Borden, IN, are negative for E. coli. Louisville’s WAVE 3 News reports that the samples were collected from
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