Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt and Agriculture Secretary Mike Beam are going along with a consent judgment issued last week by Kansas District Judge Richard Anderson that allows off-the-farm advertising of raw milk in the
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Raw milk cheese recalled because of risk of Listeria monocytogenes
A Canadian company is recalling cheese made with raw, unpasteurized milk because of potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
The company, Les Dépendances in Quebec, initiated the recall of Dongé brand Coulommiers raw milk cheese,
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UK sends Salmonella-contaminated chicken back to Brazil
The United Kingdom has returned multiple containers of chicken to Brazil during a period of more than a year because of Salmonella.
Tereza Cristina, Brazilian Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, confirmed the U.K. sent
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More ill in Listeria, E. coli outbreaks linked to raw milk cheese
Fifteen children and one adult have fallen ill in an E. coli outbreak in France linked to cheese made with unpasteurized milk.
Fourteen infants developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). HUS is a severe complication associated
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Tennessee gambles by leaving raw milk loophole open for another year
A bill to close Tennessee’s raw milk loophole is dead, killed when it was assigned to the General Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee.
The Tennessee General Assembly is now just hours away
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Bill would legalize retail raw milk sales, exempt smallest herds from safety regs
Following what a raw milk producer described as a visit during which she “met our cows,” State Rep. Michele Presnell introduced a bill in North Carolina to allow retail sales of unpasteurized milk in the
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Montana again smacks down efforts to legalize sales of unpasteurized milk
Lingering death is the usual means for killing legislative bills, but there’s also the swift smackdown method. The Montana Legislature used that second method, also known as tabling, to cut down House Bills 516 and
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Letter From The Editor: The Winter of Discontent
Opinion
Usually, I hold my opinions until the weekend, but this week it dawned on me that we may be experiencing the winter of raw milk’s discontent. I thought it best to speak up immediately.
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Alcohol content doesn’t matter; raw eggs can spike your nog with Salmonella
Contributed
Editor’s note: This consumer advice column, by FDA staff working with the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, was originally published on www.foodsafety.gov. Please remember, some premixed eggnog products sold in retailers’
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FSS report suggests ways to improve pathogen control in raw milk cheeses
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has published a report that it says can be used as a basis to improve safety for artisan Scottish producers making cheese from unpasteurized milk.
The literature review, by Catherine Donnelly,
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Massachusetts raw milk dairy suspends production for antibiotic traces
Nick Hoffman and family practice Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) at Hoffman Farm in Franklin, MA, offer fresh vegetables, eggs and raw milk to shareholders who pay $615 every week.
But earlier this month, Hoffman Farm
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