McCormick Recalls Ground Oregano for Possible Salmonella Contamination By News Desk McCormick & Company Inc. is initiating a voluntary recall of McCormick® Ground Oregano, 0.75-oz. bottle, UPC 0-523561-6 with code dates BEST BY AUG 21 16 H and AUG 22 16 H due to possible contamination with Salmonella. This recall does not impact any other McCormick Ground, Whole or Oregano Leaves products. Salmonella is an organism... Continue Reading Back to top^ FSIS Comes Full Circle With Grinder Logs and Faster Tracebacks to the Source By Dan Flynn It was not so long ago that USDA meat inspectors and their supervisors didn't even want to hear it. Ground beef from a small Miles City, MT, processor was contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, but the men from the federal Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) did not want to know that all the beef... Continue Reading Back to top^ California Antibiotics Bill Closer to Becoming Law By Lydia Zuraw On Monday, the California Assembly passed Senate Bill 835 to ban the use of antibiotics for growth promotion and require a veterinarian prescription for a livestock antibiotic. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other public interest groups such as the Consumers Union, Environmental Working Group and Sierra Club California opposed the measure because they say it... Continue Reading Back to top^ Industry Rep Questions the Resources Devoted to Antibiotic Resistance Research, Prevention By Lydia Zuraw When it comes to fighting antibiotic resistance, Richard Carnevale of the Animal Health Institute, which represents the veterinary pharmaceutical industry, wonders, "Are we putting more resources into this than need be?" AHI’s Vice President of Regulatory, Scientific and International Affairs had not intended to offer public comment Wednesday during the National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) Scientific... Continue Reading Back to top^ More Food Safety News |