Cyclospora Outbreak in Texas Sickens 54 People By James Andrews  For the third summer in a row, Texas is dealing with an outbreak of Cyclospora. At least 54 Texans have been hit with Cyclospora infections as health authorities work to determine the cause, according to the Associated Press. No hospitalizations or deaths have been reported. The outbreak seems to be centered on Travis County, where Austin... Continue Reading
Senate Agriculture Committee Mulls Options on COOL By Lydia Zuraw  The Senate Agriculture Committee held a hearing Thursday to discuss country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat, which requires that packages sold in the U.S. indicate the country, or countries, where animals were born, raised and slaughtered. "It doesn't matter if you're pro-COOL (and many are) or anti-COOL (and many are), you cannot ignore the fact that retaliation... Continue Reading
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Aramark Correctional Services, the prison food vendor in Michigan, was recently caught serving maggots with potatoes and then ordering inmates to keep their mouths about it, according to published reports. And why not? State prison kitchens are exempt from food safety inspections because they are not defined as "food establishments" under state law. A pair... 
A Minnesota district court is making sure that nothing is standing in the way of dairy farmer David Berglund's test to see whether the state constitution's "right to peddle" is enough to shield his raw milk sales from state regulation. Berglund's attorney, Zenas Baer, says it may be months before the Minnesota District Court for Cook... 
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