A few months ago, a small group gathered for a picnic during a retreat in upstate New York. In lieu of sitting on a grassy knoll with a checkered blanket, the diners huddled on a flat rock by a waterfall […]
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The meat giant will sell or end operations at three facilities and lay off at least 2,500 workers as the company struggles to overcome heavy losses.
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More than 180 warehouse employees will be impacted by the closure set for Nov. 15, however, production operations will continue.
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The brand founded by Khloé Kardashian is expanding its functional snack lineup, while McCain’s frozen snack brand debuts sauce-filled mozzarella sticks.
The CDC is reporting 3,123 more cases of Cyclospora infections compared with a week ago in an outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce from a Taylor Farms growing operation in Central Mexico. The total number of patients for the outbreak now
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Referencing the current Cyclospora outbreak, the Safe Food Coalition has asked Congress the take the produce traceability rule off the back burner so companies like Taylor Farms will be forced to initiate programs to reveal where their products are distributed.
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More than 30 tons of products have been seized as an investigation into a company selling frozen food with suspected fraudulent labels continues. The Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) National Food Crime Unit operation led to the arrest of one man.
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The Department of Justice has filed a complaint seeking to close down a pet food manufacturer whose raw products have made people and pets sick, causing kidney damage in a four-year-old boy and killing several dogs and cats. The complaint
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An analysis of official controls in Norway and Iceland has revealed effective oversight overall with some recurring weaknesses. Norway and Iceland are part of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) monitors how they implement European
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Frank Yiannas has been making an argument for the better part of a year that deserves more attention than it has received. In a STAT First Opinion piece last November, written after a Listeria outbreak in prepackaged pasta meals killed six people, he called
