Every year, about 15 people die after eating raw oysters tainted with a bacterium that has no effect on healthy diners but can be deadly to those with HIV, cancer, liver disease or otherwise compromised immune systems. The deaths are easily preventable.
The following students from a Spring 2009 Journalism 410 class contributed to the story: Samantha Minton, Kristyn Fryrear, Robert Cisneros, Casey Rowley, Tiaira Nowlin, Cynthia Martinez, Mariana Enriquez, Shayla Selva, Gail Moscoso
On Nov. 16, 2009, Judge Marvin J. Garbis of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland entered a Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction (Decree) against Old Carolina Farm and its owner, Francis Roderick, of Ijamsville, Md.
WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee passed legislation on Wednesday that would increase government oversight of the U.S. food supply, which has been battered by a series of high-profile recalls that have soured consumer confidence in the food safety system.
The reauthorization of federal school nutrition programs should address obesity and food safety, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told a Senate panel.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has lifted the temporary ban on meat and bone meal imports from the United States after global health authorities place the country under “controlled-risk status" of the mad cow disease.
The Centre for Food Safety has resumed processing applications to import poultry meat and products from Spain, except from the provinces of Guadalajara and Navarra, with immediate effect. The applications were suspended following the confirmation of avian influenza H7 cases in a poultry farm in Castilla-La Mancha, Guadalajara, last month.
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has engaged agencies for finalisation of Food Safety and Quality Standards and Regulatory guidelines for Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).
