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Time growing short for vote on food safety bill
After a year of legislative limbo, the future of the food safety bill in the Senate remains highly uncertain, as the work days left before the content... continue reading »
House food safety hearing turns into food fight
A House committee hearing on salmonella and the recent egg recall deteriorated at times into a partisan sniping match over a long-pending food safety... continue reading »
New food safety bill likely to pass
A new bill being put to the United States Senate zeroes in on "bad actors" in the food industry. Currently, the FDA can tell a company to recall suspe... continue reading »
Washington State grad student wins for food packaging research
Doctoral student Sumeet Dhawan has won first place in the food packaging division of the Institute of Food Technologists’ (IFT) 2010 Graduate S... continue reading »
Victims pressure Sen. Harry Reid on food safety
Victims of foodborne illness and their family members are set to descend on the Capitol next week to lobby Senate offices to pass a stalled food safet... continue reading »
Victims pressure Sen. Harry Reid on food safety
Victims of foodborne illness and their family members are set to descend on the Capitol next week to lobby Senate offices to pass a stalled food safet... continue reading »
Baby carrots take on junk food with hip marketing campaign
Name a snack food that's neon orange and makes a loud crunch when munched. If you picked Cheetos, the nation's biggest producer of baby carrots wants ... continue reading »
Fresh-cut produce owner wants tougher rules
Kenneth Sanquist said Sangar is one of only two companies certified to sell processed produce in San Antonio. The owners of Sangar Fres... continue reading »
Senate to unveil food safety bill
The Senate Health panel is scheduled to release a bipartisan food safety compromise later Thursday, along with a Congressional Budget Office score,... continue reading »
CDC lists top food pathogens
Surveillance data on foodborne disease outbreaks in 2007 revealed that norovirus and Salmonellacontamination were the leading causes, with poul... continue reading »
