On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) started collecting public comments on cheese made from unpasteurized milk. Agency officials want any information or scientific data that would
(This article by Lincoln Broadbooks was originally published Sept. 29, 2014, on the Kansas City Star’s Chow Town site and is reposted here with his permission.) Raw-milk cheese has
Twelve people in Minnesota have fallen ill with Salmonella poisoning after eating unpasteurized, homemade queso fresco, a Mexican-style cheese, according to a joint statement released by the state departments of
(I have spent much of the last week reading a 189-page report issued jointly by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada, with the dry title, “Joint
After the recent E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to Bravo raw milk gouda cheese that sickened 38 (one with HUS), the New York Times is quickly becoming the go
Toss a food-safety coin up in the air. Which side do you want to see facing up when it lands? Prevention? Or recalls and lawsuits?
That was the underlying question
Recent recalls of raw-milk cheese have drawn increased attention to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rule that requires cheese made from unpasteurized milk to age for a
A California cheese maker whose raw milk Gouda was the source of an E. coli outbreak that sickened 38 people is back in business and says it will now pasteurize
On the morning of Tuesday, Jan. 11, the trial at the Howell County Court House began in order to determine whether 50,000 pounds of cheese produced at Morningland Dairy
A longtime, highly respected Pacific Northwest cheesemaker has been linked through an epidemiological investigation and a confirmed culture sample to an E. coli outbreak, resulting in a nationwide recall of
A California company whose raw milk Gouda-style cheese was the source of an E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 38 people in five states has now recalled its entire
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster has sought a court order to force the destruction of raw milk cheese at a farm in the Ozarks, but the owners of the Morningland