Items Tagged with 'CDC'

The Food and Drug Administration is investigating whether onions supplied by Taylor Farms are the source of an E. coli outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders that has led to one death, according to NBC News. 

Boar’s Head announced Friday it plans to indefinitely close its Jarratt, Virginia plant, which produced deli meat linked to a deadly listeria outbreak. 

Federal health officials say they haven’t been able to pinpoint how a person in Missouri was infected with bird flu, the 14^th case in the U.S. this year but the first that appears not to involve animal exposure.

Former President Donald Trump, outlining his economic agenda Thursday, said he would use a second term to ensure Americans have "safe, healthy, high quality foods"' through the use of "new and modern agricultural techniques."

GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance is defending former President Donald Trump’s threat to increase tariffs, suggesting they’ll create economic growth that would offset any negative impacts on consumers.

In this joint opinion piece, Frank Yiannas, former FDA deputy commissioner, and Steve Statler, chief marketing officer of Wiliot, which offers an ambient IoT platform, explores the emerging threats to the Food Safety Modernization Act, what this could mean for the future of food safety in our country, and how we can arrive at a win-win solution to protect consumers from foodborne illness.

Another case of avian flu has been identified in a person in Colorado, the fourth such case associated with the H5N1 virus that has infected herds in 12 states.

In this opinion piece, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack stresses that biosecurity is the key to limiting the spread of H5N1 and says USDA is developing a program to compensate producers with infected dairy herds.