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There’s a break in leafy green outbreaks, but work to eliminate them forever...
Eight times since 2017, growers of leafy greens, especially those producing Romaine lettuce, have been rocked by outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7. The pathogen associated with the intestines of cows rode...
View ArticleAmos Miller exits federal court in 2023 as the third time is the charm
Amish farmer Amos Miller is holding up his third agreement with the federal government. It means his appearances in federal court are over. USDA enforcement of federal food safety regulations has...
View Article$3.8 million paid for putting children at risk in dangerous jobs by ‘front...
Monetary penalties for hiring children to do dangerous jobs are continuing to climb, but meat and poultry companies are just not over their appetite for child labor. A Los Angeles-area poultry...
View ArticleAnother bill aims to block ‘ethical pork’ from taking effect in California
Until early next year, California is considering the Proposition 12 products already in the pipeline. After that, the state plans to close its market to pork products from locations that don’t...
View ArticleA new window opens for the emerging lab-meat industry
Joint regulation of cell-cultured meat by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has not brought transparency to the novel food. To help fill that...
View Article‘Right to rescue’ could be advanced by California felony conviction
After 2010, animal agriculture turned to state criminal law to stop activists from entering private property to collect evidence of animal abuse. This involved increasing penalties for trespass,...
View ArticleLung eating is the subject of 2023’s first petition from Philly MD
Even the petitioner, Dr. Jonathan Reisman of Philadelphia, acknowledged that his is an “unusual request.” It was 2023’s first petition to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for a policy...
View ArticleThe avian flu virus is rapidly spreading through commercial flocks in the U.S.
The Avian influenza summer break is not only over, it has been smashed. In the past 30 days, the virus has spread to 106 commercial flocks in 23 states. And California is the latest to report...
View ArticleBill for wide-open retail sales of raw milk is introduced in Missouri
An up-and-coming conservative in the Missouri House of Representatives wants to upend raw milk safety in the “Show Me” state. Rep. Adam Schnelting has pre-filed House Bill 1711 for the next session...
View ArticleUSDA rule isn’t to prevent future infant shortages as much as to protect WIC...
Since the federal government took an “All the King’s horses and All the King’s men” approach to overcoming the 2022 infant formula shortage, it’s a little surprising that there is still something...
View ArticleFood safety requires foreign meat inspections within 50 miles of the border
The petition by the Meat Import Council of America (MICA) and the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) to allow grants of inspections for foreign meat “beyond a 50-mile geographic radius of a U.S. land...
View ArticleFDA’s human food chief does not think spiked lead in applesauce was an accident
Usually, an elected official charges before the evidence is in, and the bureaucrat provides an open-ended background about the food safety problem. But with the lead poisoning of applesauce pouches...
View ArticleBook review: On the Mechanics of becoming a power under the statehouse dome
— OPINION — In our nearly 15 years of existence, Food Safety News has consistently informed our readers about state food safety actions. The “Laboratories of Democracy” are incredibly important to...
View ArticleMontana’s new “Food Freedom” Act may violate the state’s constitution
Montana’s First Judicial District Court is being asked to review the state Legislature’s “Food Freedom” bills enacted in 2021 and 2023. The legislation is known as the “Montana Local Food Choice...
View ArticleBrazilian judge cuts $2.1 billion off JBS owner’s bribery fines
Did you get something big for Christmas? Big?!! I bet it was not as big as the gift a Brazilian Supreme Court judge gave J&F, the family investment firm that controls the world’s largest...
View ArticleParnell brothers remain incarcerated but start 2024 in very different places
The year 2023 ends with brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell in very different places in their Habeas Corpus appeals at the Circuit Court in Atlanta. Stewart Parnell, who was permitted to appeal, has...
View ArticleIndustry group calls for FDA regulation of Kratom
Kratom, the tropical tree native to Southeast Asia, isn’t lawfully marketed in the U.S.— not as a drug product, a dietary supplement, or a food additive in conventional food. However, products...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Prop 12 is now the law of the land
Those well-funded animal activists ran a marathon ending Jan. 1 with full implementation of California’s Proposition 12. The first day of 2024 marks the successful end to more than six years of...
View ArticleAFDO’s 2024 conference set for Grand Rapids
The Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) has released most of the details for its 128th Annual Educational Conference. The June 9-12 event is scheduled to be held in Grand Rapids, MI. AFDO’s...
View ArticleFive human deaths blamed on Avian flu with no signs of letting up
Those Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Viruses known as A(H5N1) that have led to the destruction of millions upon millions of birds around the world have, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
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