Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on February 25, 2012
Forty-one days after our company launched its first products, we received an urgent recall from Starwest Botanicals, a supplier of organic herbs and spices, due to Salmonella contamination of organic celery seed, 1 pound size, lot number 40302, shipped between June 29, 2011, and November 29, 2011. We were instructed to examine our stocks immediately and discontinue use and distribution and recall any product we had distributed with the contaminated seed.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on February 24, 2012
• Congresswoman Chellie Pingree questions FDA farm raids relating to raw milk
• FDA not properly auditing state inspections of food plants
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on December 01, 2011
Purdue University researchers have found that E. coli and Salmonella can live inside plant tissues as well as on the surface, so just washing produce may not eliminate all bacteria.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on September 01, 2011
• Outbreak of E. coli O104:H4
• Prevalence of E. coli O157:H7 in manure
• Antibiotic-resistant bacteria
• Multidrug-resistant bacteria in raw chicken
• BPA found in 71 of 78 canned food samples
• Less packaging leads to less BPA and DEHP metabolites
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on June 01, 2011
• Behavior of children with ADHD is worse when they consume artificial food dyes
• Salmonella less prevalent on organic poultry farms
• Dietary yeast extract as non-antibiotic alternative in organic turkey production
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on March 01, 2011
Passage of the Federal legislation S.510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act reflects consumers’ needs and desires for assurance that their food supply is free from pathogens and contaminants that cause foodborne illnesses. Russell Libby, MOFGA’s executive director, logged countless hours in Washington, D.C., advocating for small, diversified farms as the bill was developed.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on November 19, 2010
Three articles relating to factory-farm egg production labeled as organic, lead in children's and baby food, and renaming high fructose corn syrup.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on March 01, 2010
4 articles on the following topics: poultry slaughter and processing on small farms; canned foods with measurable levels of bisphenol A (BPA); broilers harboring salmonella and/or campylobacter; the appointment of Michael R. Taylor as deputy commissioner for foods at the Food and Drug Administration.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on December 01, 2008
USDA’s mandatory country of origin labeling (COOL) program; FDA will allow irradiating lettuce and spinach with x-rays to destroy pathogens.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on September 01, 2008
USDA wants Sewall Orchard to pasteurize cider; journalist challenging National Animal Identification System (NAIS) records; Creekstone Farms seeks to test its slaughtered cows for mad cow disease; European Food Safety Authority’s final cloning risk assessment.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on June 01, 2008
In January 2008, 143 million pounds of beef products were recalled by Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. in California – the largest beef recall in U.S. history.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on June 01, 2007
Our cultural picture of a sustainable farm includes a mix of animals and crops, with hayfields and pasture and, often, intensively managed vegetables. However, if regulators continue down their current path, this won’t be an option for farmers for much longer.
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Posted by MOFGApedia Editor on December 01, 2006
On Oct. 12, 2006, the FDA and the State of California announced that samples of cattle feces on a ranch had the same E. coli O157:H7 genetic fingerprint as the strain that sickened 204 people and killed three. Later, a wild pig with the same strain was found, suggesting that the pig may have transferred the organism from infected cattle manure or in its own manure.
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