Raw Milk Distribution Schemes Cannot Escape Wisconsin Licensing Requirements By Dan Flynn  Attorneys for the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund lost twice in a single Wisconsin Court of Appeals decision handed down last week in Madison. Farm-to-Consumer attorneys Elizabeth G. Rich and David G. Cox represented two groups of plaintiffs that were both out to trim the regulatory authority of the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer... Continue ReadingFederal Data Show Increases, Decreases in Antimicrobial Trends By News Desk  A day before its 2014 Scientific Meeting at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) released its latest Executive Report, detailing the trends in antimicrobial resistance. NARMS is a partnership between FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Agriculture to track antibiotic resistance in foodborne Salmonella,... Continue ReadingFood Vendors Shut Down for Health Code Violations at Western Montana Fair By Cathy Siegner  Three food vendors were shut down Friday at the Western Montana Fair in Missoula, MT, after health department inspectors found that “hundreds of pounds of food” the concessionaires were planning to serve had not been properly refrigerated for several days. Other violations involved improper storage of food, unsanitized dishes, and employees not washing their hands,... Continue ReadingColorado Restaurant Closed for Repeated Food Code Violations By News Desk  The Weld County Commission on Monday approved the recommendation of its health department to close a colorful Mexican restaurant in Greeley, CO, for multiple critical food code violations. Tacos y Salsas, one of 11 units in a Colorado chain of restaurants owned by David Martinez, saw its Greeley outlet shut down until health code violations... Continue ReadingDeath Threats From Anti-GMO Nuts By Mischa Popoff (This article was originally published Aug. 5, 2014, by The American Spectator and is reposted here with permission.) When all else fails, revolutionaries, being revolutionaries, turn to violence. A new "Monsanto Collaborators" website created by millionaire organic activist Mike "the Health Ranger" Adams charges that hundreds of thousands of deaths have been caused by GMO... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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