Dairy producer WhiteWave Foods has announced plans to pay about $600 million to purchase Earthbound Farm, the largest organic produce brand in the U.S. Earthbound Farm was the producer behind the 2006 spinach E. coli outbreak that ...
Last week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the U.K. published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2014, outlining priorities for the coming year. The plan is meant to draw the attention of potential research funders and inform stakeholders. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Food Safety
A single strain of antibiotic-resistant E. coli bacteria has become the main cause of bacterial infections in women and the elderly worldwide over the past decade and poses a serious health threat, researchers report. Along with becoming ...
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In a new position statement, U.S. pediatricians say raw milk and cheeses are simply too risky for infants, children and pregnant women. The statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics, published online Dec. 16 in the journal ...
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Potentially harmful bacteria was found on 97 percent of chicken breasts bought at stores across the United States and tested, according to a new study. And about half of the chicken samples had at least one type of bacteria that was ...
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U.S. pregnant women, infants and young children should avoid raw or unpasteurized milk and milk products and only eat pasteurized products, pediatricians say. A policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics says raw milk and ...
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Cloud's Meats is recalling 1,450 pounds of beef and pork products, as they may be contaminated with E. coli, the Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) announced. The move comes after the product samples tested positive for non-0157 ...
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US-based Neogen has developed a 'clearly better' test system for microbial counts NeoFilm that require the inoculation of a fabric sample pad and an incubation period. Following incubation, the sample pad is evaluated for bacterial colony ...
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After 85 years, antibiotics are growing impotent. So what will medicine, agriculture and everyday life look like if we lose these drugs entirely? A few years ago, I started looking online to fill in chapters of my family history that no ...
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The fines, Administrative Monetary Penalties (AMPs), give Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) inspectors more enforcement options when working with the meat industry. Honourable Rona Ambrose, minister of health said consumers want a ...
International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is offering free education programs for attendees on subjects affecting industry. Changing Food Landscape sessions will offer an overview of Salmonella and non-0157 E. coli. The ...
More conventional farmers, both small and large, are beginning to ease off antibiotic use on their animals. Pharmaceutical antibiotics had become popular as CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) came into existence. Antibiotics began ...
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Chicken and oc may seem like an obvious pairing to culinary enthusiasts, but at least one Pennsylvania farm is demonstrating its extraordinary health benefits in food production as well. For three years or so, chickens at Bell & Evans have ...
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Pathogenic bacteria already exist in even a healthy gut. But the healthy gut maintains a balance between beneficial and pathogenic bacteria of usually 80 to 85 percent beneficial to 20 or 15 percent pathogenic. This ratio is normal for a ...
Groupe Colabor is recalling certain ground beef as it may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced. Products subject to recall include Viandes Lauzon brand Lean Ground Beef and Extra Lean ...
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