Tropical Storm Noel, which killed 48 people in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Cuba, was lingering along the Cuban coast Wednesday as tropical storm watches were issued for southeast Florida.
Research conducted by Ipsos Reid shows Canadian Consumers continue to have an extremely high level of confidence in the quality and safety of Canadian food products.
In an effort to better understand consumer perceptions of the Canadian food supply chain, from production and processing to retail, Ipsos Reid questioned 16 hundred grocery purchasers across Canada.
The 2006 [...]
Over the last two weeks, Andrea Elliott has been writing emails to farm associations, her Congressman, and members of the U.S. House and Senate agriculture committeesall urging that the upcoming farm bill not include funding for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). She and her husband, Jim, own a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains [...]
Says Alarmist Messages Reflect Groups Anti-Meat Bias, Stand in Sharp Contrast to U.S. Dietary Guidelines and Plain Common Sense
Washington, DC — The American Meat Institute (AMI) today said that World Cancer Research Funds (WCRF) recommendations to limit red and processed meat intake to extremely low levels reflect WCRFs well-known anti-meat bias and should be met [...]
TOKYO — Mister Donut was cited as acknowledging Wednesday that it used out-of-date syrups in some of its drinks in Japan earlier this year.
Operator Duskin Co. was cited as saying that Mister Donut the iconic franchise launched in the United States in 1955 and brought to Japan in 1970 served “Fruity Milk” drinks [...]
Western growers and shippers of leafy green vegetables are, according to this story, ramping up food safety efforts through the launch of the Arizona leafy greens marketing agreement (ALGMA).
The ALGMA is the result of a voluntary effort by growers and shippers to mirror the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (CLGMA) launched in early 2007. Many [...]
Six additional Hudson County food stores have, according to this story, been found selling frozen hamburger and beef products recalled by the Topps Meat Co. because of potential E. coli contamination.
State officials were cited as announcing Tuesday that inspectors from the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, Hudson County and municipal health departments have located [...]
Three Banquet pot pies made by ConAgra Foods have, according to this story, tested positive for salmonella as federal officials investigate an outbreak that has sickened more than 270 people in 35 states.
Omaha-based ConAgra recalled its Banquet pot pies Oct. 11 and halted production of the products at a plant in Missouri. The U.S. Department [...]
The newest food safety infosheet, a graphical one-page food safety-related story directed at food handlers, is now available at foodsafetyinfosheets.ksu.edu.
Infosheet highlights:
Production was halted at Fox’s Confectionary on October 15, 2007 after traces of Salmonella were found in samples of chocolate.
Infosheets are created weekly by iFSN and are posted in restaurants, retail stores, on farms and [...]
A Poynton restaurant which was forced to close after 17 diners contracted salmonella has, according to this story, re-opened after being given the all-clear by environmental health.
The story says that Macclesfield Magistrates made an Emergency Hygiene Prohibition Order to temporarily shut Ciao Mediterranean restaurant, on Park Lane, on Saturday, October 20, when two people were [...]