'Food Safety'




One of the busiest weekends for tomato demand has come and gone as people put sliced tomatoes on the burgers and serve at holiday barbecues.

Tomatoes are rotting on the vine or in some packing house because orders are not being…

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This New York Times blog says that so far no one has been able to find the culprit of the tomato salmonella cause of food poisoning.

I said the other day, what if tomatoes are not the problem?

According to the New York Times blog,…

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In a nutshell: Another day, another ground beef recall because of possible E.coli. Who’s minding the store? At least a half dozen states are affected. The recall is not limited to ground beef but include other beef parts too.

Nebraska Beef,…

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What if the CDC never finds the cause or culprit for the largest salmonella outbreak in U.S. history?

What if tomatoes are not the food poisoning culprit?

Although the tomato hunt has been going on for two months, there is no one…

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Did you know that Customs and Border Protection officers take less than a minute per truck to determine which products enter the United States and find their way into grocery stores and restaurants?

The volume of imported goods and the budget…

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