On cue with recent discussions regarding the regulation of non-O157:H7 strains of E. coli, two outbreaks of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) strains have just emerged.
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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), who is quickly becoming a leading food safety advocate in the Senate, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom
On Monday Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Representative Nydia Velazquez (D-NY) introduced legislation to combat ‘food deserts’ prevalent throughout urban and rural communities across the United States.
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After a series of USA Today exposes in 2009 found staggering gaps in school food safety, many in food policy circles thought food safety would be addressed in the Child
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) is becoming the newest food safety champion in the Senate. Gillibrand, the first New Yorker to serve on the Agriculture Committee in almost four decades, introduced
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced a bill Monday that would set more specific guidelines for disseminating food recall information to consumers and health care providers, and it appears Democratic leaders
In the wake of increased media attention to meat safety issues, including an in-depth front page New York Times expose last week and Monday’s Larry King Live on CNN,