One week after U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General Phyllis Fong called for better E. coli O157:H7 testing procedures, the Beef Industry Food Safety Council unveiled new, voluntary
The New York Times on Sunday sharply questioned proposed food safety budget cuts, pointing to potential public health and economic consequences.
The House has voted to cut more than $88
For the first time, the UK Department of Health on Friday advised people who eat a lot of red and processed meat to consider cutting down to about 3 oz.
I have now had time to look at the full report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines-all 95 pages of what they are calling “the policy document.”
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Packages of ground and chopped meat and poultry will soon bear a nutrition facts label–just like nearly everything else in the grocery store–as the U.S. Department of
More than 27 million pounds of meat and poultry were recalled in 2010 by processors regulated by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
Meat and poultry recalls often
A Quebec pork processor twice named as one of Canada’s best-managed companies is being fined $62,000 for multiple violations of the federal Meat Inspection Act.
The Court of
Judge E.W. Coward of Canada’s Lethbridge Provincial Court in southern Alberta has given local resident Andrew McMillan until Oct. 14 to pay a $300 fine.
McMillan pleaded guilty
According to a national survey of more than 3,000 participants conducted for NPR by Thomson Reuters, more than 60 percent of Americans are worried about food safety, with 51
Commercial red meat production for the United States totaled 4.18 billion pounds in June 2010, up slightly from the 4.16 billion pounds produced in June 2009.
Meatingplace reported
According to a European study, people who eat more meat are likely to gain weight over time even if they eat the same number of calories as their peers.
The
The Northwest Side hospital in Chicago is one of 300 across the nation that have pledged to improve the quality and sustainability of the food served for the health of