Setting the record straight: USDA says your meat and poultry are safe to eat
Opinion Note on the author: Carmen Rottenberg, administrator of USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service posted this alert today. As the head of a public health agency that ensures the safety of meat...
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On June 8, 2018, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised the public of an outbreak of Salmonella Adelaide that eventually sickened 77 people in nine states. Most of the outbreak...
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Opinion Correction: When originally posted, we inadvertently included the $700 billion for SNAP, which is a ten-year estimate, not an annual figure. SNAP’s annual cost, as of 2016, was $71 billion,...
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FSIS moves establishment specific data to open government portal
Seven years in the making, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is about to begin quarterly releases of establishment-specific data for inspection and enforcement actions as well as...
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Farmers and ranchers get their privacy back
Privacy was the winner in a Court of Appeals case a few days ago in the 8th U.S. Circuit with a unanimous ruling against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A three-judge panel ruled against...
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One more look at lessons unlearned in raw burger outbreak
Before the federal Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention went public with the first announcement of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7, the boss let everyone working on foodborne diseases...
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Watchdog group sues USDA for names of poultry companies
Food & Water Watch has filed suit against the USDA because the agency will not release the names of companies that have applied to switch to a voluntary program that allows for non-government...
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Chipotle stockholders’ suit says company, CDC kept secrets
Stockholders’ attorneys say Chipotle Mexican Grill and federal officials knew about multiple foodborne illness outbreaks linked to the restaurant chain in 2014-15, but did not inform the public. Using...
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