| | By Dan Flynn on Nov 16, 2018 12:06 am The only good thing that can be said about the multi-state Salmonella Newport outbreak is that so far, no one has died. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday reported 126 additional ill people from 13 states have been added to the outbreak associated with the JBS meat plant in Tolleson, AZ, since... Continue Reading By STOP Foodborne Illness on Nov 16, 2018 12:05 am Opinion Editor’s note: Michael Taylor and Lauren Bush, co-chairs of the STOP Foodborne Illness board, combined efforts to write this column. To read a related letter STOP’s Chief Executive Director Deirdre Schlunegger sent this week to the FDA, please click here. On Nov. 1, FDA issued its assessment of factors contributing to this year's deadly outbreak of illness... Continue Reading By Dan Flynn on Nov 16, 2018 12:04 am Four and a half years after the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) petitioned USDA over the use of labeling claims like “humane” and “sustainable,” the issues involved may be taken up by a federal court. AWI has sued USDA in the federal court for the District of Columbia, asking a yet-to-be-assigned judge to order the agency... Continue Reading By News Desk on Nov 16, 2018 12:03 am The United States was involved in four of five issues raised at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting earlier this month. The Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures meeting on Nov. 1-2 covered five new specific trade concerns (STCs) and proposals as part of a review of the SPS Agreement. New issues included pesticide... Continue Reading | | | | | |
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