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KY Republican Puts Together Left-Right Coalition to Allow Interstate Raw Milk Sales

By Dan Flynn on March 28, 2014

A left-right libertarian coalition led by U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) is sponsoring two bills in Congress to permit the interstate sales of raw milk. Massie says the bills are but the first in a…
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Legislative Audit Questions Effectiveness of Louisiana Restaurant Inspections

By Dan Flynn on December 14, 2012

A new report published by the Louisiana Legislative Auditor questions whether inspection of restaurants and other retail food establishments are doing enough to prevent foodborne illness in the Bayou State. With its $9.5 billion tourist…
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Uninspected Beef and Pork Products Recalled in Louisiana and Texas

By News Desk on October 16, 2012

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

By Dan Flynn on May 9, 2012

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…

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Too Much Fresh Water May Kill Gulf Oysters

By Dan Flynn on May 10, 2011

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.

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Letter From The Editor: River Rising

By Dan Flynn on May 8, 2011

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…

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Most of Louisiana's Waters Open to Fishing Again

By Dan Flynn on May 2, 2011

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…

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Letter From The Editor: NOLA

By Dan Flynn on May 1, 2011

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.

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My 2009 trip…

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Lethal Listeria Outbreak Tied to Hog Head Cheese

By Mary Rothschild on April 8, 2011

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…

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Listeria Scare Brings Recall in Louisiana

By Dan Flynn on August 16, 2010

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…

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