Preliminary Test Results Indicate E. coli Came From Petting Zoo at County Fair By News Desk  Preliminary test results indicate that the source of at least eight cases of E. coli O157:H7 (with five hospitalized) was a traveling petting zoo, the Minnesota Department of Health said Friday. Department officials reportedly took samples from animals from the Zerebko Zoo Tran petting zoo in Bovey, which was at the Rice County Fair last... Continue ReadingVermont Asks Court to Dismiss Industry Challenge to GMO Labeling Law By News Desk  Vermont’s attorney general has asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont to dismiss a lawsuit by a group of food manufacturer trade associations to overturn Vermont's law requiring labels on genetically modified food beginning in July 2016. "The State's motion makes the case that Vermont's labeling law withstands all five challenges to... Continue ReadingLetter From the Editor: Week Two of the PCA Trial By Dan Flynn  About a year after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy to liquidate the company, all the assets of the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) were under the control of the bankruptcy court trustee. I managed to attach myself to one of the plaintiff lawyer teams that was allowed into the PCA peanut processing plant at Blakely,... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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