Meatingplace reported last week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) most recent data indicates the agency has been effective in reducing the risk of contaminated ground
USA Today recently reported on the remarkable story of repeated outbreaks of illness in school children associated with Del Rey flour tortillas. Despite repeated problems, neither the company nor health
Tests for microorganisms by Silliker Laboratories in Columbus, OH found that those sliced turkey breast and gravy meals tossed out by Florida schools last week never were a food safety
The strange case of 50,000 pre-sliced turkey meals being pulled from the cafeterias of the Lee County Public School District in Florida remains just as strange this week as
In reaction to the ongoing multistate E. coli beef outbreak, which has sickened 25 and caused two deaths, Representative George Miller (D-CA) asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to launch
Yesterday Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack previewed the Obama Administration’s priorities for the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, which addresses Federal Child Nutrition Programs.
The Child Nutrition Act reauthorization
Our nation’s school children returned to classrooms in droves last month. Many underprivileged kids began looking forward to their first day back at school just as last year’s
Federal agencies do not do enough to ensure the safety of school lunches according to a new report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) yesterday.
The report
The Department of Agriculture’s Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) recently published its final rule on school food safety inspections, which will take effect on October 2, 2009. The rule
Fresh off the first weekend of the return of college football, and with kids heading back to school, the Michigan Department of Agriculture (MDA) has two useful press releases to