Food safety

Senate considers food-safety bill
Seattle Times, The | 23 minutes ago
The U.S. Senate is considering legislation that would plug holes in the food-safety system.

Food-safety lawyer's wish: Put me out of business
Seattle Times, The | 22 minutes ago
If there's an outbreak of food-borne illness anywhere in the country, chances are William Marler will be filing lawsuits. Marler says he and his law firm have pried $500 million in settlements out of companies that have sickened customers.

Sprouts, raw fish on attorney's 'do not eat' list
Seattle Times, The | 23 minutes ago
So what won't you eat if you spend your days focused on horrific food-poisoning cases? Turns out William Marler's "do not eat" list is short and sweet.

Tyson Foods Names New Chief Executive Officer
Food Business Review | 2 hours 28 minutes ago
Also names new chief operating officer

BT brinjal opens new avenues for farmers and consumers
Financial Express (India), The | 7 hours 25 minutes ago
The landmark decision of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, on October 14 to allow the release of BT Brinjal has been viewed by some as the governments commitment to opening doors to new technologies, while others are viewing it with suspicion and call it a hasty decision.

Home and Garden
Sacramento Bee (Calif.), The | 21 hours 37 minutes ago
DEAR HELOISE: You see a lot of information about having separate cutting boards for meat and vegetables, but which do you use for cutting fully cooked meat? I don't want to use the same board for raw and cooked meat (like the leftover roast you are cutting for sandwiches), but is it safe to use the vegetable board for cooked meat? I have never seen this addressed anywhere.

Officials: Farmers used high levels of antibiotics in cows
St. Cloud Times (Minn.) | 23 hours 41 minutes ago
MINNEAPOLIS Federal officials have sent warning letters to two Central Minnesota dairy farms for allegedly using high levels of antibiotics in cows.

Pet turtles can be harmful to your health
Edmonton Journal (Canada), The | 1 day 41 minutes ago
A small turtle might seem like the ideal pet but health officials are warning people that turtles can damage your health with two girls made sick from salmonella after swimming with their pets in a backyard pool.

Washington businesses break ties to industrial-food chain
Seattle Times, The | 1 day 1 hour 14 minutes ago
In the confusing web that is the nation's industrial food-supply system, small companies in Washington state are trying to untangle themselves, taking over processing, commissioning independent testing, buying more things locally and checking out sources more carefully.

Paynesville dairy one of two Minnesota farms warned for drug misuse
St. Cloud Times (Minn.) | 1 day 3 hours 42 minutes ago
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Federal officials have sent warning letters to two central Minnesota dairy farms for allegedly using high levels of antibiotics in cows.

Daniel Hannan: EU is 'in a democratic mess'
Telegraph (London) | 1 day 9 hours 41 minutes ago
The European Union is an economic, demographic and democratic mess, writes Daniel Hannan.

Where to call when the dinner plan blows up
Oregonian (Portland), The | 1 day 13 hours 26 minutes ago
Even the most organized host gets hit by a surprise or two

Drug misuse on Minnesota dairy cows prompts federal warning
Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) | 1 day 14 hours 37 minutes ago
Two state farms were reprimanded for unsafe levels of antibiotics in animals. The 2 animals were pulled from slaughter lines after testing.

Tyson Foods names Donnie Smith CEO
Nation's Restaurant News | 1 day 22 hours 34 minutes ago
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (Nov. 19, 2009) The board of directors of Tyson Foods Inc. has named Donnie Smith president and chief executive.