Raw milk supporters arrived by busloads yesterday in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, for a legislative hearing on a bill that public health officials say could lead to E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks and deaths by liberalizing trade in unpasteurized milk and other dairy products.
The Milwaukee…
Fresh produce E. coli and Salmonella outbreaks have prompted a review by the Food and Drug Administration that will lead to a proposed new safety regulation for the produce industry.
The rule-making process has been launched with four public meetings to elicit feedback…
A screen for E. coli O157:H7 in raw hamburger and a similar screen for Salmonella used by the national school lunch program has led to changes in the way the USDA is treating a major supplier of ground beef.
In 2007, USDA exempted South Dakota-based…
E. coli in steak: What you need to knowIs it always safe to eat a steak served rare? Seems like a simple question.
But a Dec. 24 National Steak and Poultry recall of almost 250,000 pounds of blade-tenderized beef forced consumers…
The food safety community is frustrated by the lack of any listing from National Steak and Poultry company (NSP) or the USDA identifying which restaurants received steaks sold by NSP in October that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7.
National food safety law firm Pritzker Olsen is investigating a possible nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak involving meat injected with tenderizing ingredients and served at large United States restaurant chains.
Lower-quality cuts of meat are often injected with ingredients, such as brine, to…
Fairbury Steaks Inc. of Fairbury, Nebraska, is recalling 90 pounds of fresh ground beef that it made Monday and distributed to a restaurant in Ruskin, Nebraska. The name of the restaurant was not published.
That’s the report in a ground beef…
Federal food safety officials plan to discuss improving the country’s system for tracing the causes of food poisoning at a public meeting Dec. 9 and 10, according to a press release issued Thursday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a revised statement Tuesday with updated information on the number of E. coli O157:H7 cases related to Saturday’s recall of 545,699 pounds of ground beef by Ashville, N.Y.-based Fairbank Farms.
Here is the official statement by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the current Fairbank ground beef E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, which is more widespread than originally reported — though still concentrated in New England. If you have…
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