OTTAWA -- As a result of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) continued investigation, the list of products provided in the Health Hazard Alert issued on March 22, 2012 has been updated and the final day of production has been updated to February 16, 2012. Table of recalled products and updated identification codes

In 1950, Science News ran a story showing for the first time that a potent antibiotic could do more than knock out disease. New animal experiments, we reported, “cast the antibiotic in a spectacular new role” as a livestock growth promoter.

Scott Salyer, former owner of Monterey, Calif.-based SK Foods LP, has pleaded guilty to federal charges of racketeering and price fixing. Salyer, 56, entered his plea March 23 before U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton in Sacramento, Calif. Court documents and a news release from U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner outlined details of the plea agreement.

After recurring rumors of an outbreak, raw milk, raw nonfat milk and raw cream produced by Claravale Farm of San Benito County is now the subject of a statewide recall and quarantine order announced today by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Whiteford. The quarantine order came following the confirmed detection of campylobacter bacteria in raw cream.

The Romaine-lettuce-served-at-Schnucks-salad-bars E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that sickened 58 people in the Midwest last fall has received the final-write-up treatment from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, with many questions unanswered.

As many will remember 2009 and 2010 showed a fairly dramatic increase in recalls compared with the two years prior to that. Of note 2009/10 was marked by a few very large recalls due to Salmonella contaminated peanut products and Salmonella in hydrolysed vegetable protein. Now that the data are in for 2011 we have compared the trends in 2011 with that of the previous year (Figure 1).

The bulk of fresh vegetables consumed in Ghana’s capital of Accra comes from small scale vegetable growers in the city. For some of the farmers, growing vegetables is hobby, for many others it’s a main source of livelihood. The gardens are usually sited along the major drains and are irrigated with water from these gutters.

A federal magistrate judge on Thursday ordered the Obama administration to alert drug makers that the government may soon ban the common agricultural use of popular antibiotics in animals because the practice may encourage the proliferation of dangerous infections and imperil public health.

OTTAWA, March 22, 2012 - As a result of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) continued investigation, the list of products provided in the Health Hazard Alert issued on March 19, 2012 has been updated. List of Affected Products The following products have been removed from the list of affected products. Brand Product Size UPC / Code