Liability for foodborne illnesses caused by chili or soup cook-offs in Minnesota will be transferred to the consumer from the community-based nonprofit organizations that sponsor such events if two lawmakers
Michael Hartmann, the 59-year-old Minnesota dairy farmer, is in more trouble over charges involving the sale of unpasteurized milk. It was just last October that Hartmann was putting legal problems
Minnesota raw milk dairy farmer, Michael O. Hartmann, 59, avoided facing a jury next month by pleading guilty on October 15 to two misdemeanor counts: illegally selling raw milk and
About five years ago, I was on a jury in a criminal case in Colorado. Those memories came back to me yesterday with the news that organic egg farmer Alvin
The organic egg farmer who picked up raw milk for delivery to his customers in Minnesota’s Twin Cities has been acquitted by a big city jury of violating the
The fate of a Minnesota organic egg farmer being determined in trial proceedings has gone to the jury, which will resume its deliberations today.
The case went to the jury
The trial that put raw milk protestors on the streets of Minneapolis last spring finally got underway Monday in Hennepin County District Court. They say the man on trial is
This time last year, Minnesota public health officials found themselves in the path of a political tornado – a classic clash between government and religion. Thousands of church leaders and others
A high school environmental science experience went awry when 29 students became infected with a lesser-known strain of pathogenic E. coli from the white-tailed deer they hunted, butchered and barbecued
At least six people in Minnesota have Salmonella Enteritidis infections linked to contaminated organic eggs.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) said Wednesday
The chances of detecting and stopping major outbreak of foodborne illness in middle America declined Friday due to Minnesota’s political shutdown of most state services — including Team Diarrhea and
The state of Minnesota remains in a contentious budget standoff that could have serious implications for the nation’s food safety system. Minnesota’s Republican-controlled Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton,