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In 2022 alone, two infants have died and five more are extremely ill due to a deadly bacteria called Cronobacter sakazakii. It is in contaminated baby formula that was sold in grocery
Publisher’s Platform: Some light reading about poison chicken
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Thank you ProPublica for the searing story about industry’s and government’s failures: “America’s Food Safety System Failed to Stop a Salmonella Epidemic. It’s Still Making People Sick”
I filed the petition more than a
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Marler renews call for declaring ‘outbreak serotypes’ of Salmonella as adulterants in meat and poultry
Food safety attorney Bill Marler wants to know what’s up with his petition calling on the USDA to declare specific “outbreak serotypes” of Salmonella as adulterants in meat.
He filed the petition more than a
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Meat inspection petition with 216,000 signatures given to FSA
A union in the United Kingdom has submitted a petition on meat inspections, signed by more than 216,000 people, to the Food Standards Agency.
Steve Nash, a consumer advisor on E. coli O157, Unison national
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The petition perspective from one catbird seat
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Julie Larson Bricher recently wrote an article on MeatingPlace.com outlining a petition that asks the USDA to declare 31 Salmonella serotypes as adulterants in meat and poultry. The move would make what is now
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FSIS extends comment period on labeling for ‘lab’ meat
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Services is extending the comment period for a petition submitted by the U.S. Cattlemen’s Association (USCA) requesting that FSIS exclude so-called lab meat from the definitions of “beef” and
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Brazilian beef ban petition fails to generate much interest
That petition on the White House’s “We the People” website calling for the United States to ban Brazilian beef was looking for 100,000 signatures. It fell a little short.
In fact it was short by
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Petition seeks 100,000 signatures in support of Brazilian beef ban
A petition calling upon the United States to ban Brazilian beef is looking for 100,000 signatures on the White House’s We the People website.
“This petition is important because American produced beef is not differentiated
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Very few Canadians sign petition to legalize raw milk
The deadline is noon today, but unless there is a morning groundswell of activity one might easily come to the conclusion that Canadians don’t give a rip about making raw milk legal. An official House
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Safe Food Coalition says safe handling labels need a rewrite
Seven well-known consumer groups acting together as the Safe Food Coalition are petitioning USDA’s Food Safety and inspection Service for a revised safe handling instruction label for meat, poultry and catfish. The petition calls upon
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