The FDA is investigating two new outbreaks, one from Salmonella Newport and the other from Cryptosporidium.
According to the outbreak announcements, the agency has not yet determined the source of the bacteria.
Food and Drug
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Bellboy Import Corp. in Saint Charles, MN, is recalling 551 pounds of frozen, raw pork products that were not presented for import reinspection into the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food
Continue Reading Pork products recalled in Minnesota over lack of import reinspection
The conference committee’s amendments on prohibitions and exemptions were accepted before the North Dakota Legislature OK’d farmers selling raw milk directly to consumers.
Those provisions provide that
— A farm may sell raw milk directly
Continue Reading Legislatures are acting mostly with caution when it comes to raw milk
Minnesota’s 2015 cottage food law, amended in 2021 is being credited with the growth of an industry. It is credited with providing clarity when it comes to what can and cannot be sold at farmer’s
Continue Reading At eight years old Minnesota’s cottage food law has built an industry
Four states that currently outlaw the retail sales of raw milk and allow only limited access to unpasteurized dairy products are finding it hard to make any progress this legislative season.
Of the four states
Continue Reading Raw milk legalization does not appear to be catching on at the statehouses
State officials are warning consumers to not eat certain romaine lettuce because the Cyclospora parasite was found during sample testing.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is telling consumers to watch for coding “22RHDM2L” and a
Continue Reading Testing reveals parasite in certain Ocean Mist romaine hearts
Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) officials are warning Minnesota consumers not to eat Premium Italian-Style Salame Sticks produced by Citterio and purchased at Trader Joe’s or other retailers after linking Salmonella infections to the product.
Continue Reading Citterio brand premium Italian-Style salame sticks linked to Minnesota Salmonella cases
Public health officials in Minnesota are urging the public, especially foodservice workers, to take precautions against norovirus because of a rise in infections in recent weeks.
The Minnesota Department of Health posted a notice June
Continue Reading State health department says norovirus infections are on the rise; offers tips
On the same day that a federal judge in Minnesota issued an order slowing line speeds under the New Swine Inspection Program, attorneys for USDA in California filed a cutting 45-page answer to an amended
Continue Reading Ag Secretary Vilsack, Food Safety Deputy Eskin in court defense of new hog inspection program
Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) is an underestimated source of domestically acquired illness in the United States, according to researchers.
A study, published in the journal Epidemiology and Infection, looked at ETEC infections reported to
Continue Reading Domestic ETEC infections likely underestimated in U.S.
