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Salmonella linked to ground beef sickens 16 in U.S.

By Eric M. Johnson February 12, 2013

Reuters / Sixteen people across five states have fallen ill from salmonella poisoning, several from a raw ground beef dish served at a single restaurant, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Jan. 28. Local, state and federal health and regulatory officials said the likely cause of the Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak was Jouni

Livestock

U.S. government, health groups sound alarm on antibiotics

By Julie Steenhuysen November 29, 2012

Reuters / The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a coalition of 25 health-care organizations are joining forces to fight the overuse of antibiotics in people and livestock in a bid to curb the rise of drug-resistant “super bugs.” Without action, patients could soon face a time when antibiotics are powerless to treat

Opinion

Prescription only

By Laura Rance-Unger November 29, 2012

Last week was recognized in the U.S. as “Get Smart About Antibiotics Week,” and two coalitions came forward with statements about the growing problem of antimicrobial resistance. While they delivered the same message — protecting antibiotics is a shared responsibility — they were notably different in tone. First was an announcement that the U.S. Centers

Dairy cattle, News

School Lunches Are Not Cool (Enough)

August 25, 2011

Tests of more than 700 preschoolers’ packed lunches found that fewer than two per cent of the meats, vegetables and dairy products were cool enough to be safe, according to a U.S. study. One in six U.S. residents gets food poisoning every year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but

Beef cattle, Livestock, Poultry

Meat, Poultry To Have Nutrition Labels By 2012 — USDA

By Christopher Doering January 13, 2011

Nutritional labels will be mandatory on 40 popular cuts of meat and poultry products beginning in 2012, a measure the U.S. Agriculture Department says will make it easier for consumers to understand the content of the foods they buy. USDA said the nutritional information will be required for major cuts of raw, single-ingredient meat and

Country Crossroads

Fast-Food Restaurants Target U.S. Kids, Study Shows

By Maggie Fox November 18, 2010

Fast-food restaurants are stepping up efforts to market unhealthy food products to children and toddlers, according to a study by Yale University. It said efforts by the industry to regulate itself have failed and urged government to declare children a protected group and stop marketing efforts that are fuelling child obesity. “What we found in

News, Poultry

U. S. Egg Contamination Unlikely In Canada: Industry – for Sep. 9, 2010

By Ron Friesen September 9, 2010

Arecent massive recall of contaminated eggs in the United States probably wouldn’t happen in Canada because conditions are different here, industry officials say. Strict biosecurity and food safety protocols for Canadian egg farmers guard against salmonella outbreaks which occurred last month in the U. S., said Laurent Souligny, Egg Farmers of Canada chairman. The U.

Beef cattle, News

In Brief… – for Nov. 12, 2009

November 12, 2009

Tainted hamburger: An outbreak of foodborne illness, linked to 157:H7 E. coli bacteria in ground beef in the U. S. has sickened 28 people and caused at least one death, the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Nov. 2. Fairbank Farms of Ashville, New York, recalled 545,699 lbs. of ground beef products

Hogs, News

USDA Finds More Show Pigs With H1N1 Flu Virus

By Roberta Rampton November 5, 2009

Six pigs shown at the Minnesota State Fair last month have been confirmed as having had the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, the U. S. Agriculture Department said Oct. 29. The USDA said it is running confirmatory tests on samples from another six pigs that tested positive for the virus during preliminary tests. Some of those

News

Pop Makers Opposed To Soft Drink Tax

October 1, 2009

More U. S. health experts are calling for taxing sweetened soft drinks, saying such taxes could fight obesity and be used to fund public health efforts. New York City health commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley, nutritionist Dr. Walter Willett of the Harvard School of Public Health, Kelly Brownell, an obesity expert at Yale University in Connecticut

Daily Network News

U.S. livestock: Cattle rebound on technical buying

U.S. grains: Soybeans fall as rapid harvest overshadows China trade hopes

Good weather pushes Alberta harvest along

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