USDA Announces Kansas State University will Host New Center of Excellence for Food Safety Research in Child Nutrition Programs
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Thursday announced that the soon-to-be Center of
Interest in vegetable gardening is growing, thanks in part to rising food costs, ecological concerns and incidents of foodborne illness related to produce.
Just how many backyards are becoming food
Seventy-eight percent of U.S. voters think schools should meet higher nutrition standards for all foods served or sold to students, and many of them are willing to help pay
Truth be told, I do not get out much.
Mostly I keep my head down, talk to people on the telephone, and exchange endless email traffic. My routine outings in
Washington State University will develop and run a $1 million pilot project to create vegetable gardens at 70 elementary schools in four states, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom
Tiny fish caught off the coast of Japan caused a big splash of fear this week as testing revealed that some contained levels of radioactive material above the government’s
Jonathan’s Sprouts Inc. is not the first food company to get into trouble for its website. The way the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sees it, company
As added sugar intake has increased over the past 27 years, so has body weight, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota.
Researchers examined trends in the
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Tuesday moved toward mandating test-and-hold in the meat and poultry industry, a policy change aimed at reducing the amount of unsafe food that reaches
Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, were first discovered in Hudson River fish in 1975. General Electric had used the chemical mixtures in manufacturing capacitors at two upstate factories, and discharged approximately
As expected, an advisory panel decided Thursday to tell the Food and Drug Administration there is insufficient evidence linking synthetic food dyes to hyperactivity in children.
The group will also