Following Monday’s announcement by Beef Products Inc. that the company would suspend operations at three of the four facilities that produce lean finely textured beef (LFTB), many wonder what
Responding to a dramatic drop in consumer demand, Beef Products Inc, the nation’s leading maker of ammoniated beef now widely known as “pink slime,” announced it is suspending production
As part of its “Bridging the Gaps” program, the Washington State Department of Agriculture launched a new video in its effort to help small and diversified growers meet Good Agricultural
I was reading Greg Phillip’s piece in the Dothan Eagle about the “Peanut Proud” celebration in Blakely, GA this weekend. “Peanut Proud” even has a web page and a
UPDATE: —USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) made contact with Sysco Seattle Inc. late Saturday, turning what had been rare public health alert into a more routine recall.
The FDA must act on its 35-year-old proposal to ban certain antibiotics from animal feed, ruled a federal court Thursday.
In 1977, FDA determined that 3 antibiotics were likely contributing
Mounting scientific evidence shows that animal antibiotics are contributing to a rise in drug-resistant bacterial diseases among humans. But a new study out of Poland has found high levels of
Please sign here for your order of … Salmonella? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 35 Salmonella outbreaks have been linked to contact with live poultry from
Bob McDonald, Denver’s environmental health director, wants restaurateurs and the public at large to understand how the city now enforces inspections.
McDonald met Tuesday with some of Denver’s
When the goal is to get consumers back after last year’s deadly cantaloupe outbreak, the industry’s Stephen Patricio says growers need to impose “transparent yet severe and expensive
Among children with E. coli infections, those given antibiotics are more likely to develop a life-threatening complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), according to a new study.
Avoiding antibiotics as
This past January, Kansas experienced its third outbreak of disease associated with consumption of raw milk since 2007.
Chelsea Good, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Agriculture, says because the