Food Safety
Judge: Minnesota Farmer's Raw Milk Caused E. coli Outbreak
A judge has ordered the destruction of state-embargoed food products from a southern Minnesota dairy farm linked to an E. coli outbreak.
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House Sends Food Safety Bill To President
The House has passed a sweeping bill aimed at making food safer following recent contaminations in peanuts, eggs and produce, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.
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Debunk-tion Central
The theories of one of the anti-biotech community’s more prolific critics are sliced, diced and ultimately shredded by a team of scientific experts on a new pro-GMO website—well worth a look.
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Senate Passes Food Safety Bill, Again
The Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping bill to make food safer, sending it to the House in the waning days of Congress.
It was the second time the Senate passed the bill, which would give the government broad new powers to increase inspections of food processing facilities and force companies to recall tainted food.
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Texas Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due To Mislabeling & Possible Adulteration
Winn Meats Co., a Dallas, Texas, establishment, is recalling approximately 25,600 pounds of ground beef products that were improperly labeled and potentially adulterated, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
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BQA Still Vital To Food Safety
The Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) Program grew from its 1980 start as a Beef Safety Assurance Program (residue avoidance) in five states to a national education program.
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AMI: New CDC Data Estimates Of Foodborne Illnesses Suggest Safety Of U.S. Food Supply Improving
The American Meat Institute said it was encouraged by the finding of two new papers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, which estimate that lower numbers of foodborne illnesses occur annually than previously thought.
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AMI: New CDC Data Estimates Of Foodborne Illnesses Suggest Safety Of U.S. Food Supply Improving
The American Meat Institute said it was encouraged by the finding of two new papers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, which estimate that lower numbers of foodborne illnesses occur annually than previously thought.
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Report Finds No Scientific Basis For More Stringent Testing Of Ground Beef Served in School Lunch Programs
There is no scientific basis that more stringent testing of meat purchased through the government’s ground beef program and distributed to various federal food and nutrition programs including the National School Lunch Program would lead to safer meat, according to a new study by the National Academies. The National Academies is comprised of the Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council.
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Report Finds No Scientific Basis For More Stringent Testing Of Ground Beef Served in School Lunch Programs
There is no scientific basis that more stringent testing of meat purchased through the government’s ground beef program and distributed to various federal food and nutrition programs including the National School Lunch Program would lead to safer meat, according to a new study by the National Academies. The National Academies is comprised of the Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council.
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Agilent Technologies Collaborates With UC Davis On Breakthrough Food-Safety Research
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced it is collaborating with the University of California, Davis in the area of food safety.
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- YSA members gain insight into agribusiness, retail industries
- Meat industry associations quick to attack the new MCOOL rule
- Team up against bovine respiratory disease
- Oil prices pare losses on U.S. equities turnaround
- Future of food discussion with Agriculture Secretary
- Ag markets diverged prove rather volatile on Thursday
- Former Eastern Livestock CEO, CFO sentenced for federal crimes
- Post-tornado composting a solution for disposal of dead livestock
- Michigan hay buyers should plan purchases early
- More beef cows in worst drought regions than a year ago
- Seven jobs more dangerous than farming
- New animal identification rules aid disease traceability
