Food Safety
Tri State Beef recalls over 200,000 pounds of beef
Tri State Beef, a Cincinnati, Ohio, establishment, is recalling approximately 228,596 pounds of beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Wednesday.
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USDA grant to support new E. coli research into cattle's GI system
University of Nebraska-Lincoln scientists are taking their battle against foodborne pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7 into the belly of the beast, as it were – hoping to figure out what is in the gut of some livestock that makes them so-called "supershedders" of pathogens.
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Wal-Mart executive encourages companies to develop ‘food safety culture’
Frank Yiannas is a man with food safety on his mind, including ways to improve the safety of the food we eat.
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Commentary: Regulatory Rx
In an era marked by extreme pressure to reduce federal spending, one expert offers a way Congress can cut the budget and promote innovation, improve efficiency and enhance security.
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Common-sense food safety
Just in time for the grilling, picnicking and partying that liven up the Independence Day weekend for Americans, the USDA is launching a campaign titled “Food Safe families,” encouraging consumers to follow some basic safety rules.
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Does grilling kill E. coli O157:H7?
Top sirloin steaks have been getting a grilling in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food safety studies.
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Biotech animals could be nearing regulatory approval (audio)
After a 15 year regulatory process, the first biotech engineered food animal could soon be approved by the FDA according to Dr. Eric Hallerman of Virginia Tech, the lead presenter on a N-CFAR seminar on animal biotech in Washington, DC.
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Commentary: Want safe food? Technology has a solution
The source of Germany’s recent E. coli has been traced to sprouts from a single farm. As yet, livestock has not been implicated. Our response, however, should not be focused on pointing fingers, but rather on using the technology available to prevent future disease outbreaks.
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Commentary: E. coli: Blame the media, not the meat
Europe’s deadly E. coli outbreak provides commentators another opportunity to call for an end to animal production, and some with a scientific background are content to ignore scientific discovery in their rush to condemn livestock waste as the culprit. Just where they expect to get organic manure without cows or pigs remains a mystery.
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Jolley: Five minutes with the European E. coli outbreak
E. coli O157:H7 and its many rabid relatives jump in and out of the news with distressing regularity.
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CDC: E. coli infections down, no progress on Salmonella
Salmonella infections have not decreased during the past 15 years and have instead increased by 10 percent in recent years, according to a new Vital Signs report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- Survey reveals most Americans in favor of COOL
- Oil ends higher on weaker dollar, supplies weigh
- Purdue's beef evaluation program receives 10,000th bull
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- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
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- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
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