The company linked to an outbreak of infant botulism closed one of its manufacturing plant this year after federal inspectors found numerous safety violations, according to a story by the
For anyone who still gets the printed version of The New York Times, the pretty magazine among all those advertising inserts is worth a read today. It contains a smartly
The story of a two-day computer system failure within the U.S. Department of Agriculture earlier this month has been exaggerated by The New York Times and does not accurately
The New York Times editorial board on Monday weighed in on a U.S. Department of Agriculture Inspector General report on pig slaughter, a month after the report was issued.
For the second weekend in a row, the New York Times editorial board weighed in on food safety issues. On Sunday, the paper published an editorial titled “Get Antibiotics Off
The New York Times editorial on Sunday called on the Obama administration to move key Food Safety Modernization Act rules forward so that the rulemaking process can begin.
In an
The pork industry is taking issue with Mark Bittman’s inaugural New York Times food opinion column, “A Food Manifesto for the Future.” In a letter to the editor published
In our top food safety news stories of 2010, number 5 was about the ordeal of a young woman and an E. coli-contaminated hamburger:
Outbreaks and their victims sometimes go
Fatty slaughterhouse trimmings that previously could be used only for pet food or for making cooking oil are now being treated with an ammonia bath that produces a “pink slime”
Earlier this week, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) announced she will introduce the E.coli Eradication Act, a bill that would mandate greater E. coli testing in ground beef processing, as
