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Timing, temperature and tragedy — avoid the third on July 4th with simple food safety practices

Editor’s note: Children, pregnant women and older adults can develop serious and life-threatening illnesses from food poisoning. Holidays usually include these high-risk groups, making food safety even more important

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 4 Jul 2019

Timing, temperature and tragedy — avoid the third on July 4th with simple food safety practices

Sprout, tofu company warned 18 months after FDA inspectors found bugs, rodents, Listeria

The FDA issued a warning letter in recent days regarding an inspection 18 months ago at a sprout and tofu facility where federal officials found live rodents and cockroaches, as

By News Desk

/ 1 Jul 2019

Sprout, tofu company warned 18 months after FDA inspectors found bugs, rodents, Listeria

Food safety tips for fairs, festivals could save you this summer

Editor’s note: With summer unofficially beginning with this holiday weekend, the number of festive events and trips to farmers markets begin to balloon. Most offer foods and drinks that

By U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

/ 24 May 2019

Food safety tips for fairs, festivals could save you this summer

Trends and advertising claims don’t mean countertop cookers are safe

If you’re considering picking up some of those electric pressure cookers at early summer garage sales thinking they’d be a handy, easy way to put up small batches

By Coral Beach

/ 20 May 2019

Trends and advertising claims don’t mean countertop cookers are safe

Tennessee gambles by leaving raw milk loophole open for another year

A bill to close Tennessee’s raw milk loophole is dead, killed when it was assigned to the General Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee. The Tennessee General

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Apr 2019

Tennessee gambles by leaving raw milk loophole open for another year

Florida lawmakers close to giving residential vegetables gardens a green light

One of the more bizarre powers of local government will likely end this week or next when the Florida House of Representatives votes to make vegetable gardening a right that

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Apr 2019

Florida lawmakers close to giving residential vegetables gardens a green light

Bill would legalize retail raw milk sales, exempt smallest herds from safety regs

Following what a raw milk producer described as a visit during which she “met our cows,” State Rep. Michele Presnell introduced a bill in North Carolina to allow retail sales

By News Desk

/ 7 Mar 2019

Bill would legalize retail raw milk sales, exempt smallest herds from safety regs

FSA reveals levels of antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter in chicken

Campylobacter isolates with antimicrobial resistance have been found on whole fresh chickens sold at retail in the United Kingdom, according to a survey by the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The

By Joe Whitworth

/ 7 Mar 2019

FSA reveals levels of antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter in chicken

Montana again smacks down efforts to legalize sales of unpasteurized milk

Lingering death is the usual means for killing legislative bills, but there’s also the swift smackdown method. The Montana Legislature used that second method, also known as tabling, to

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Feb 2019

Montana again smacks down efforts to legalize sales of unpasteurized milk

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

Opinion Pop quiz: When is food food? When are foodborne pathogens pathogens? When will government act? When will businesses do the right thing? I’ve no doubt these questions, in

By Coral Beach

/ 1 Jan 2019

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

FSS report suggests ways to improve pathogen control in raw milk cheeses

Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has published a report that it says can be used as a basis to improve safety for artisan Scottish producers making cheese from unpasteurized milk. The

By Joe Whitworth

/ 20 Dec 2018

FSS report suggests ways to improve pathogen control in raw milk cheeses

Best intentions aren’t enough; volunteers must practice food safety

Contributed At this time of year, many community groups, volunteer organizations, work places and other groups celebrate Thanksgiving with a potluck meal. When cooking for a large group, it is

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 18 Nov 2018

Best intentions aren’t enough; volunteers must practice food safety

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Timing, temperature and tragedy — avoid the third on July 4th with simple food safety practices

Sprout, tofu company warned 18 months after FDA inspectors found bugs, rodents, Listeria

Food safety tips for fairs, festivals could save you this summer

Trends and advertising claims don’t mean countertop cookers are safe

Tennessee gambles by leaving raw milk loophole open for another year

Florida lawmakers close to giving residential vegetables gardens a green light

Bill would legalize retail raw milk sales, exempt smallest herds from safety regs

FSA reveals levels of antimicrobial resistant Campylobacter in chicken

Montana again smacks down efforts to legalize sales of unpasteurized milk

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

FSS report suggests ways to improve pathogen control in raw milk cheeses

Best intentions aren’t enough; volunteers must practice food safety