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State Bill Would Give Farmworkers Overtime Pay

  Overtime pay after eight hours is the law for wage earners across California -  except for those who do some of the hardest work, harve... continue reading »


Foodborne Infection Victims Press Senate to Act on Food Safety Bill

Survivors of foodborne infections — and the families of victims who died — are pressing senators to pass a food safety bill this month.... continue reading »


Santa Does Not Exist and Neither Does Bi-Partisanship in Congress

I was reading Carl Hulse's article "Legislative Hurdles in an Era of Conflict" in the New York Times this morning and had one of... continue reading »


Illinois Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Subway Sickens 86

The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed 86 cases of Salmonella Hvittingfoss from consumers that reported eating at Subway restaurants i... continue reading »


Illinois Salmonella Outbreak Impacts 80 Victims, Subway Apologizes

Subway is working to ensure its customers that the food in its restaurants is safe, even as the number of confirmed cases in a salmonella outbreak i... continue reading »


Food Safety Advocates Call for Testing of Non-O157 Strains of E. coli

The AP is carrying the story today of efforts of food safety advocates, including us here at Marler Clark, to push the USDA to include several strai... continue reading »


Study Confirms E. Coli Evolution Via Natural Selection

Natural selection - the theory that organisms retain favorable traits by surviving and reproducing and conversely removal of unfavorable traits by t... continue reading »


Regulators Consider Broadening Testing for E. Coli

Food safety advocates are pushing the U.S. government to step up efforts to monitor less common E. coli strains. Associated Press
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EPA Scientists See Unique Challenges ND Farmers Face with New Regulations

Farmers have an increasingly smaller profit margin to work with every year as operational costs continue to grow and crop prices continue to fall. Bis... continue reading »


Apple Growers Sue Over ‘SweeTango’ Agreement

A group of Minnesota apple growers filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the University of Minnesota and Pepin Heights Orchard, Inc., alleging that an e... continue reading »