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FDA Releases Draft EIS on Produce Safety Rule

By News Desk on January 14, 2015

On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed produce safety rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act. The statement considers the four areas in the…
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Test Uses Low-Tech Litmus Paper to Detect E. Coli

By News Desk on October 9, 2014

Litmus paper, long known as a low-tech method of testing substances for acidity, might have a new use as a cheap, quick way to test for E. coli, according to researchers at McMaster University in…
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Possible E. Coli Case Reported on Mercer Island

By News Desk on October 6, 2014

The King County Public Health Department is reporting that a child from the city of Mercer Island, WA, has fallen ill with a presumptive infection of E. coli O157:H7. The child has not been hospitalized.
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FSMA Rule Revisions a ‘Huge Win’ for the Organic Sector

By Lydia Zuraw on September 25, 2014

Organic food producers are very pleased with the Food and Drug Administration’s revised provisions for the produce safety rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). “It’s a huge win,” says Gwendolyn Wyard, regulatory director…
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FDA Releases Four Revised FSMA Rules

By Lydia Zuraw on September 19, 2014

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published its revised provisions to four of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on Friday morning. Certain aspects of the rules for produce safety, preventive controls for human food,…
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5 of 7 E. coli Cases in Western New York Linked; Source a Mystery

By News Desk on August 28, 2012

Water is a suspect for five E. coli O157:H7 cases in Livingston County, New York that are related, but tests so far have turned out to be negative. That leaves health officials in western New…
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USDA, EPA Launch Tool to Better Assess Pathogen Risk

By News Desk on July 31, 2012

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that they have jointly developed a new tool to help “improve the quality of data collected…
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California Farming Communities Threatened by Nitrate Pollution

By James Andrews on March 14, 2012

A quarter-million residents of California’s Tulare Lake Basin and Salinas Valley may be drinking water contaminated with nitrate from fertilizer and animal manure, according to a study released Tuesday by a researchers at the University…

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Obama Touts Food, Water Protections in State of the Union

By Helena Bottemiller on January 25, 2012

In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama said that while he’s in favor of reforming outdated and unnecessary regulations, he won’t be backing down on food or water safety.

stateofunion-350.jpg“I’m confident a…

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Pennsylvania Residents Blame Biosolids for E. coli in Water

By News Desk on December 29, 2011

After local well water tested positive for E. coli, residents in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania are blaming biosolids, applied to a nearby farm for the contamination.

Bill Schaffhouser, who has lived near the farm for six…

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