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Food Safety Bill Passed in Senate, With a Side of Pork

(Nov. 30) -- What's cookin'? In a rare case of bipartisanship, the Senate passed a $1.4 billion food safety bill today designed to grant the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over recalls, among other safety measures aimed at preventing dangerous food-borne illness outbreaks. Part of the bill, however,...

Man Behind Summer Egg Recall Linked to November Egg Recall

(Nov. 10) -- The man behind this summer's 550 million egg recall is at it again. Egg seller Cal-Maine announced last week a recall of almost 300,000 eggs potentially infected with salmonella enteritidis, the same culprit as last time. The eggs are linked to the freewheeling poultry cowboy whose produce sickened some...

Organic Egg Farms May Not Be as Clean as You Think

(Oct. 13) -- After a massive health crisis like the recent 550 million egg recall for salmonella (which came despite new FDA rules), many consumers may have flocked toward USDA organic hoping to find a safer, more environmentally product. But that little green sticker may not be telling you the whole story. Two weeks ago,...

Egg Company Owner 'Horrified' at Salmonella Outbreak

WASHINGTON (Sept. 22) -- The owner of an Iowa egg company says in testimony prepared for a House hearing that he was "horrified" to learn that his eggs may have sickened as many as 1,600 people in an outbreak of salmonella poisoning this summer. Austin "Jack" DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, are scheduled to testify...

Food Safety Overhaul Dies in Senate

(Sept. 17) -- A major food safety bill, stalled in the Senate since last summer, will not pass this year, despite a recent push from the Democrats and a tail wind provided by last month's salmonella outbreak. "We're not going to be able to get this done before we go home for the elections," Senate Majority Leader Harry...