Food Safety
AMI, Other Industry Associations, Call For Additional 'Safe Harbors' For Meat & Poultry Industry
AMI, in partnership with a number of industry associations, is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the Agriculture Research Service to strongly support a preventive approach to assure food safety.
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Chicago Company Recalls Ground Beef
The Illinois Department of Agriculture says a Chicago company has recalled about 200 pounds of ground beef patties because of possible E. coli contamination.
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Obama Signs Bill To Improve Nation's Food Safety
Foreshadowing the coming power struggles between the White House and a more Republican Congress, President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a $1.4 billion overhaul of the nation's food safety system as some lawmakers complained that it's too expensive and threatened its funding.
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NFU Applauds Enactment Of Food Safety & Modernization Act
National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson issued the following statement after President Obama signed the FDA Food Safety and Modernization Act into law:
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Obama To Sign Bill To Improve Nation's Food Safety
When salmonella-laced peanut products sickened hundreds during a recent scare, President Barack Obama said consumers should be able to have confidence that their government will keep peanut butter-eating children safe - and that included his daughter Sasha.
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California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products
First Class Foods, Inc., a Hawthorne, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 34,373 pounds of organic ground 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 today.
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Milk Recalled Over Pasteurization Concerns
New York State Agriculture Commissioner Patrick Hooker alerted consumers on Tuesday that Bethel Livestock Farm, Swan Lake, N.Y., is voluntarily recalling certain milk products due to improper pasteurization. Proper pasteurization heats milk in order to effectively eliminate all pathogenic bacteria, such as Listeria and Salmonella.
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E. coli Outbreak Contained At Wisconsin Butcher Shop
An E. coli outbreak at a Wausau butcher shop has apparently been contained.
The Marathon County Health Department cleared Zillman Meat Market on Tuesday to resume making sausage and other smoked products.
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Report: We’re Not Ready For Bioterrorism
If a major disease incident or bioterrorism attack were to occur today, the United States would not be read for it. That’s according to a new report supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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UN Concerned About China's Food Safety Activists
China has made "remarkable progress" in growing sufficient food to feed its people but its official efforts to silence people who alert the public to food safety problems are worrisome, a U.N. official said Thursday.
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Durbin's Food Safety Bill Passes House, Goes To President For Signature
The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act passed the House today marking most comprehensive reform of the nation's food safety system in over a decade.
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- Ag commodities seemed directionless Wednesday morning
- U.S. wheat conditions well below average
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Cornell genetic testing process cuts cost by up to 75 percent
- Angus Foundation receives $28,500 from “The Card Challenge”
- Commentary: In praise of animal foods
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Drought losses in Oklahoma top $400 million for 2012
- Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally
