Lao Chareune Foods in Dallas, Texas is recalling approximately 8,200 pounds of beef and pork products because they were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and misbranded, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety
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Oysters At New Orleans Restaurant Cause Norovirus
Fourteen people became ill with norovirus after eating Gulf oysters at a New Orleans area restaurant on April 28 and 29, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) announced Tuesday.
As a result, DHH
Too Much Fresh Water May Kill Gulf Oysters
Coming a year after an oil spill and six years after a hugely damaging hurricane, the Gulf oyster industry fears too much fresh water coming down the Mississippi River could be its final strike.
The
Letter From The Editor: River Rising
When it was built just before the Civil War, the Nottoway Plantation House had about 80 acres of front yard between it and the Mississippi River. Today a dike that protects Nottoway from the Mighty
Most of Louisiana's Waters Open to Fishing Again
BATON ROUGE, LA — A year after the Deepwater Horizon oil platform explosion and BP oil spill, the biggest thing in the environment impacting anglers is the wind.
Louisiana’s coastal waterways and inland bays
Letter From The Editor: NOLA
New Orleans is back.
Let me explain. The first trip I made here was in 2009, four years after Hurricane Katrina crippled the city by flooding 80 percent of the Big Easy.
My 2009 trip
Lethal Listeria Outbreak Tied to Hog Head Cheese
In August, 2010, a half million pounds of sausages and hog head cheese were pulled off Louisiana grocery shelves in a recall triggered by what the state Department of Agriculture and Forestry said were Listeria
Listeria Scare Brings Recall in Louisiana
A half million pounds of “ready to eat” sausages and hog headcheeses are being recalled in Louisiana for possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry’s Office of Animal Health and
White House, Saints Give Gulf Seafood a Boost
The New Orleans Saints and the Obama administration tried to boost the battered Gulf seafood image yesterday during a ceremony to honor the team’s Superbowl victory.
As federal and local waters reopen to fishing, the
Louisiana Calls on FDA to Expedite Seafood Testing
Just days after BP stopped the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the reopening of Louisiana’s waters to