Island Soups Co. recalls six soups that could cause botulism By News Desk  Island Soups Co. Inc. is recalling six flavors of its soups after federal inspectors found the company does not have records to show the soups were sufficiently processed to prevent the growth of Clostridium botulinum, which causes botulism poisoning. The company, based in St. Albans, NY, sold the recalled soups via the internet, according to... Continue Reading
Islands Soups Co. recalls soups that could cause botulism By News Desk Island Soups Co. Inc. is recalling six flavors of its soups after federal inspectors found the company does not have records to show the soups were sufficiently processed to prevent the growth of Clostridium botulinum, which causes botulism poisoning. The company in Saint Albans, NY, sold the recalled soups via the Internet, according to the... Continue Reading
The new GMO labeling law: A matter of perspective By Richard Fama  On July 29, President Barack Obama signed a bill amending the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a national disclosure standard for bioengineered foods. While the new law establishes the framework for the labeling of food products containing bioengineered or genetically modified organism (GMO) ingredients, the secretary will... Continue Reading
Rural school district begins year with unexplained E. coli cases By News Desk  The information is sketchy, but the Columbia-Boone County Department of Public Health and Human Services is confirming four cases of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 in the Missouri county. According to Sturgeon R-V School District Superintendent Shawn Schultz, three of those cases involve school children, one of whom was a first-grader who was infected before... Continue Reading
Hawaii's Hepatitis A outbreak tops 250; more cases likely By Coral Beach New victims in the Hawaii Hepatitis A outbreak linked to frozen, imported scallops continue to be identified, with the case count hitting 252 as of Wednesday. More than a fourth of those people, 66, have had symptoms so severe that they required hospitalization, according to the weekly update from the Hawaii Department of Health. The... Continue Reading
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