Just before the new year, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue released a list of accomplishments made by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 2018.
The Summary shows more than 99 percent of the samples tested had pesticide residues well below benchmark levels established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Adam Bros. Farming, Inc., the Santa Maria, CA-based (Santa Barbara County) ranch that’s been implicated in the multistate Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak, has voluntarily recalled products that also be contaminated.
One sediment sample from an agricultural water reservoir at the Adams Bros. Farming ranch in Santa Barbara County did test positive for the Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak strain that caused the outbreak.
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposal to create a new and separate regulatory category for antiseptic products used by food handlers.
Yesterday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released new information about the most recent Escherichia coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to romaine lettuce from California.
A recent study conducted by the University of Surrey’s BioProChem group looks at how Listeria grows in food when novel, milder processing techniques are used.
The JBS meat plant in Tolleson, AZ, is now recalling more than 5 million pounds of meat on top of what was previously recalled in October 2018. This brings the total amount of recalled beef to 12,093,271 pounds.
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