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Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about the Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak

Before you watch the video, please review the last two years of FSIS Inspection Reports – /content/files/files/2024/08/2024-08-27.pdf I also got this email from a former

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Aug 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about the Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak

USDA begins field trials for bird flu vaccines for cattle

A letter, sent last week to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack from major representatives of the U.S. dairy, turkey, and egg industries, may have had an impact. Vilsack has

By Dan Flynn

/ 30 Aug 2024

USDA begins field trials for bird flu vaccines for cattle

Regulating agricultural water quality

— OPINION — Editor’s note: This article was first published in The Regulatory Review and is reprinted here with permission. Foodborne illness caused by contaminated agricultural water is a significant problem.

By Timothy D. Lytton

/ 28 Aug 2024

‘Healing centers’ promise to be a safe way to ‘fly’ when consuming psychedelic mushrooms

Whether Colorado regulators even thought about Joe Emerson isn’t known. Emerson is the Alaska Airlines pilot who took psychedelic mushrooms, had a friend drive him to the airport, and

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Aug 2024

‘Healing centers’ promise to be a safe way to ‘fly’ when consuming psychedelic mushrooms

The 2025 edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans is nearing the finish line

Deadlines are approaching for another important governmental function involving food. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans for 2025 are being worked on to provide advice on what to eat and drink

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Aug 2024

The 2025 edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans is nearing the finish line

Letters question whether Federal Avian flu response is enough

Two letters, signed by representatives of differing communities, express dissatisfaction with the Biden-Harris Administration’s progress in fighting Avian flu and offer suggestions for improvement. One of the letters is

By Dan Flynn

/ 22 Aug 2024

Letters question whether Federal Avian flu response is enough

Animal contact linked to large Cryptosporidium outbreak

Researchers have provided details about one of the largest Cryptosporidium outbreaks in England in recent years. The outbreak of Cryptosporidium parvum was associated with a multi-day lamb petting event in

By Joe Whitworth

/ 22 Aug 2024

Animal contact linked to large Cryptosporidium outbreak

The deadline for comments on the Salmonella in poultry rule has been extended to Nov. 7

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is extending the deadline for comments on a proposed rule preventing poultry producers from selling chicken and turkey contaminated with high

By News Desk

/ 21 Aug 2024

The deadline for comments on the Salmonella in poultry rule has been extended to Nov. 7

FDA works to push down sodium levels

Sodium is not a pathogen, but it, too, kills. Just ask the World Health Organization (WHO), which reports that two million of the eight million poor diet deaths can be

By News Desk

/ 19 Aug 2024

Australian experts urge proper cooking after finding parasite in meat

Scientists in Australia have identified a parasite in game deer and feral pigs for the first time. Researchers at Charles Sturt University discovered the Sarcocystis species of parasite during their

By Joe Whitworth

/ 19 Aug 2024

Australian experts urge proper cooking after finding parasite in meat

FDA completes another round of tests, finding that pasteurized milk products are safe

The Food and Drug Administration has completed a second round of peer-reviewed testing, finding that milk and other dairy products that undergo pasteurization are safe for human consumption because the

By Dan Flynn

/ 16 Aug 2024

FDA completes another round of tests, finding that pasteurized milk products are safe

Study ranks Salmonella and Cronobacter as top baby formula hazards

Risk ranking has identified Salmonella, Cronobacter, and E. coli as the main microbial hazards in infant formula. Eight risk ranking steps and seven criteria were used to rank 34 microbiological

By News Desk

/ 7 Aug 2024

Study ranks Salmonella and Cronobacter as top baby formula hazards

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Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about the Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak

USDA begins field trials for bird flu vaccines for cattle

Regulating agricultural water quality

‘Healing centers’ promise to be a safe way to ‘fly’ when consuming psychedelic mushrooms

The 2025 edition of Dietary Guidelines for Americans is nearing the finish line

Letters question whether Federal Avian flu response is enough

Animal contact linked to large Cryptosporidium outbreak

The deadline for comments on the Salmonella in poultry rule has been extended to Nov. 7

FDA works to push down sodium levels

Australian experts urge proper cooking after finding parasite in meat

FDA completes another round of tests, finding that pasteurized milk products are safe

Study ranks Salmonella and Cronobacter as top baby formula hazards