Earlier this year, thanks in part to efforts of a number of current and former clientsof Marler Clark, President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act into law. Soon thereafter, several Federal lawmakers suggested that funding the new regulations was not a priority. (You guess which party they were from.)
Consumers (and voters)
Schratter Foods Incorporated, a New Jersey company, is recalling “Quenby Hall Blue Stilton Cheese,” which is produced by the Quenby Stilton Dairy in Leicestershire England, due to potential contamination by Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled “Quenby Hall Blue Stilton Cheese” was distributed nationwide in retail stores. No illnesses have been reported to date in
Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is authorized to ensure that the nation’s food supply, including certain imported foods, is safe, wholesome, sanitary, and properly labeled. Today, the U.S. imports a large percentage of its food products from a growing number of countries around the world
Tim Damos at the Baraboo News Republic reported today that a raw dairy farmer whose farm was raided nearly a year ago for selling raw milk products hasn’t heard a thing from state authorities ever since. Moreover, the farmer, Vernon Hershberger, continues to sell raw milk.
The June 2010 raid on Vernon Hershberger’s organic dairy
Today, Boss Pet Products, Inc. announced a recall of its Diggers Natural Treat Pig Ear pet treats because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall is a result of a reported illness to one dog in Missouri.
In addition, Boss Pet was recently notified by one of its suppliers, Keys Manufacturing Company, Inc.
Regulators in Georgia are looking to increase penalties for food producers who violate safety rules. The Georgia Department of Agriculture is seeking public comment on the new regulations that are meant to implement leglislation passed by state lawmakers in 2009.
In particular, the proposed fines are aimed at food processors who “don’t conduct mandatory tests
Not so long ago, milk was this country’s number 1 food safety concern. Before milk was routinely pasteurized beginning in the 1920s, it regularly caused large outbreaks of deadly diseases. Now in 2011, raw, unpasteurized milk has made its way back into some Americans’ diets and is once again causing
John Partridge, Dept. of Food Science and Human Nutrition.
Introduction
Since writing the original article found in Michigan Dairy Review in 2005 (1), there have been few changes in the debate over the benefits of consuming raw milk. However, there have been some important developments in the information available and discussion of the topic. In
Add the following (courtesy of Marler Blog) to the legislative record in the debate over Ron Paul’s HR 1830, which seeks to rewrite CFR 1240.61(a), the law that prohibits the delivery “in interstate commerce [of] any milk or milk product in final package form for direct human consumption unless the product has been pasteurized.”
Dallas County Health and Human Services recently investigated a reported infection of a rare type of salmonella that was linked to three other cases reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
A 56-year-old Dallas County resident, Mary Chiles, was hospitalized after drinking unpasteurized milk and has since recovered. Since November, three other similar
