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SEATTLE, WA (December 12, 2007) – A lawsuit was filed today against ConAgra, the company whose Banquet pot pies were identified as the source of a Salmonella outbreak in October. The lawsuit was filed in Federal District Court for the Eastern
Jonathan Golab, or "Science", is a writer for The Stranger, a weekly Seattle newspaper. He recently answered a reader’s question about whether raw milk is healthy. His answer, in part, was this:
Milk typically comes out of the cow (or goat or human) without any dangerous bacteria. But think of where most milking occurs—all sorts
The California Department of Health announced last week that Soma Beverage Co., the manufacturer of Metromint flavored water, was recalling its peppermint, spearmint, orangemint, and lemonmint beverages for possible contamination with Bacilus cereus. The products were produced in California and were shipped to grocery stores nationwide and were sold online.
According to the press release,
John Munsell, a former meat-processing facility owner, was recently interviewed by Meat & Poultry Magazine about what he learned while conducting interviews of industry players. While Munsell has been a critic of USDA meat inspection practices and policies, he is working for change through FARE, the Foundation for Accountability in Regulatory Enforcement. What he had
USA Today published two articles about food safety for this weekend’s USA Today. In the first article, titled, "Report: FDA so underfunded, consumers are put at risk," Julie Schmidt reports on a report that was released by an advisory panel to the FDA which concludes:
The Subcommittee concluded that science at the FDA
The USDA is conducting testing on tater tots that were distributed to schools in Nebraska after several children who ate the tater tots complained of upset stomachs, according to the Associated Press. A recall of 25,000 pounds of tater tots that were distributed to schools and day care centers was initiated following the complaints of