Phytosanitary certificates will have to accompany most plants and plant products — including some foods — entering the European Union (EU) counties beginning Dec. 14.
The new EU rules mean expanded inspections for U.S. plant
Continue Reading Plants and plant products exported to EU countries must soon carry phytosanitary certificates
The Washington State Department of Agriculture is about to find out if appeasement works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In 2018 the FDA stopped sharing nonpublic information with the state department (WSDA), and
Continue Reading Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information
Anyone who has retail raw whole milk, skim milk and cream on hand from Dungeness Valley Creamery should not consume it because samples have tested positive for E. coli, which can cause serious and sometimes
Continue Reading Dairy recalls raw milk for E. coli; best-by dates through April 20
Laboratory tests have confirmed E. coli infections in a young child and an elderly person in Washington state who drank unpasteurized, raw milk from the same dairy.
The implicated dairy was linked to an E.
Continue Reading State confirms illnesses; Dungeness Valley Creamery raw milk implicated
Unless it’s in the mail, the owners of Pride & Joy Dairy missed the deadline yesterday to respond to Washington state’s suspension of their license to sell raw milk for the retail market.
Two Salmonella
Continue Reading Raw milk dairy out of time to appeal retail license suspension
The showdown in Washington continues between owners of the Pride & Joy raw milk dairy and state officials in regard to pathogens that state inspectors found in the dairy’s unpasteurized organic milk.
Tuesday the Washington
Continue Reading Raw milk producers refuse to believe positive Salmonella tests
State officials suspended the license of Pride & Joy Dairy today and again warned the public to not drink any of the dairy’s organic, unpasteurized, raw milk because lab tests have confirmed it is contaminated
Continue Reading State closes raw milk dairy; Salmonella matched to sick people
Owners of an organic raw milk dairy in Washington say they have “politely declined” the state’s request that they recall their unpasteurized milk, which showed Salmonella contamination during routine testing by agriculture officials.
Claiming they
Continue Reading Pride & Joy refuses to recall raw milk after Salmonella found
A dairy that has a history of pathogen problems is recalling unpasteurized, raw milk because it has tested positive for E. coli, which can cause serious infections, especially in young children.
Owners of Spanish Sunrise
Continue Reading Washington dairy recalls raw milk after positive test for E. coli
Pride & Joy Creamery was back to bottling its organic grass-fed raw milk on or about April 4 after the Toppenish, WA dairy handled the scare resulting from E. coli being found in its plastic
Continue Reading Pride and Joy Creamery again filling retail orders for raw milk
For the second time this month unpasteurized raw milk is being pulled from retail dairy cases in Washington because of E. coli contamination. This time it’s Cozy Vale Creamery of Tenino, WA.
The Washington State
Continue Reading Second dairy – Cozy Vale Creamery – pulls raw milk for E. coli
