Dan Flynn

Just last week, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service asked for public comments on yet another GMO. It wants input about a petition to deregulate a type of soybean, developed using genetic engineering to control certain lepidopteran pests.

Just how big has Taylor Farms become? Every week, it is responsible for 265 million servings of fresh produce throughout North America.

We have reached a point where there are very few treatment alternatives left for some bacterial infections – including some caused by foodborne bacteria.

* The U.S. Department of Justice announced a settlement with Abbott Laboratories related to its role in an outbreak of cronobacter infections from powdered infant formula in 2022. Two infants died as a result of the outbreak. Under the civil settlement, Abbott will pay $348.7 million dollars to the

$187.94 is the amount of the average monthly SNAP benefit paid to an individual in FY 2025.

Objectives assigned to NOAA include ensuring a safe and sustainable supply of seafood

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for canned chicken Vienna-style sausages that were illegally imported from Jamaica, a country that is not eligible to export meat or poultry products to the United States.

Ninety-five years ago, Sir Winston Churchill wrote: "We shall escape the absurdity of growing a whole chicken in order to eat the breast or wing, by growing these parts separately under a suitable medium."

Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week

The FDA has already missed last April’s deadline for coming up with a definition.