What worries the deep thinkers at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), the agency’s science-based regulatory unit, is pretty
Poorer nutrition and less access to healthcare leads to a greater likelihood of bacterial and viral infections — including foodborne illness — among low-income children, according to a report published Tuesday by
California’s cantaloupe producers will face a new set of food safety rules this season — rules they are imposing on themselves. In an unprecedented move for the state’s produce
Amid the media fervor surrounding the Townsend Farms hepatitis A outbreak, news outlets and commentators have noted that the farm imported various berries for its frozen berry mix from countries
The long-stalled new U.S. Department of Agriculture rule to require labeling mechanically-tenderized beef is back on the tracks. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published the rule
In the wake of an E. coli outbreak linked to a petting zoo at a North Carolina county fair that sickened over 100 people last fall, experts have issued a
The end of any legislative session can get a little chaotic. In Carson City, they’re having end-of-session parties this weekend with adjournment coming no later than Monday, but the
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Monday announced its National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF) will meet on June 4-6 in Washington, D.C. The 25-year-old
It’s unlikely the discovery of a few plants of a genetically modified variety in a farmer’s field in Oregon will depress U.S. wheat exports as was experienced
Early this year, the discovery that horsemeat was being substituted for beef in some European foods triggered widespread concern over food fraud in the EU. This substitution, deemed the “horsemeat
Manufacturers of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products have “dramatically” improved the safety of their products during the last decade and plan to use what they have learned in battling this