Food Safety News - April 29, 2015 Washington First-Graders Sickened by E. Coli After Attending Dairy Festival

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Washington First-Graders Sickened by E. Coli After Attending Dairy Festival

By News Desk

The Whatcom County Health Department in Bellingham, WA, is investigating an E. coli outbreak involving at least three area first-graders and potentially a fourth child. The three cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) were confirmed by laboratory testing after the children attended the Milk Makers Fest this past week at the fairgrounds in Lynden, WA.... Continue Reading

Food Safety Summit Kicks Off in Baltimore Without Incident

By James Andrews

The 2015 Food Safety Summit kicked off early Tuesday morning in Baltimore, MD, despite riots damaging part of the city and the state’s governor declaring a state of emergency Monday night. Violence broke out in Baltimore on Monday afternoon following the funeral of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man arrested by police April 12 for possessing a... Continue Reading

Tyson Foods 'Striving to Eliminate' Human Antibiotics in Chickens by 2017

By James Andrews

Tyson Foods, the largest poultry producer in the U.S., announced Tuesday that it would strive to quit using human antibiotics in its chicken flocks by the end of September 2017. The company, based in Springdale, AR, stated that it has already stopped using all antibiotics in its 35 broiler hatcheries, requires a veterinarian’s prescription for... Continue Reading

DeCosters Appeal Three-Month Jail Sentences to 8th Circuit

By Dan Flynn

The federal judge who sentenced Austin "Jack" and Peter DeCoster to each serve three months in federal confinement predicted that the two defendants would appeal, and they've now proven him correct. The prospect of serving three months at a federal prison camp located on a former college campus in Yankton, SD, or at a county... Continue Reading

Judge: Vermont's Plans for GMO-Labeling Law and Industry Lawsuit Can Both Proceed

By News Desk

U.S. District Court Judge Christina Reiss decided Monday to let Vermont go ahead with its plans to become the first state to require labeling of food containing genetically modified ingredients on July 1, 2016, and to let the Grocery Manufacturers of America-led litigation to stop it from happening proceed. Both sides were left going through the trial... Continue Reading

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