Honolulu Restaurant Closed For Food Safety Violations By News Desk  The Hawaii State Department of Health (DOH) Sanitation Branch has issued a red "closed" placard to Blue Water Shrimp and Seafood Market located at the Ala Moana Shopping Center in Honolulu. Numerous health inspections revealed chronic temperature violations. The department has issued a penalty fee of $9,000 for the violations that led to the posting... Continue Reading
Report Suggests Taking a Second Look at Safety of Animal Drugs By News Desk  There might be more animal drugs to worry about than just antibiotics. That's according to a report released by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) this past week. "America's Secret Animal Drug Problem" is an overview of safety information currently available for commonly used animal drugs. In addition to the antibiotics, CFS also addressed beta-agonists,... Continue Reading
A Bad Knee-Jerk Reaction to Good Research By Shawn K. Stevens  Research studies are generally good. They can add to our knowledge and understanding of our world. However, making decisions based on any one study — especially before we understand it fully — is not good. In fact, that leads to the type of knee-jerk reaction we saw when one retailer recently decided to withdraw unrefrigerated... Continue Reading
FDA Warning Letters: A Steer, Juice, Bottled Water By News Desk  A cattle producer, a juice producer and a bottled water producer were sent warning letters in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's latest batch posted last week. Byron Kramer Inc.‘s cow/calf operation in Holyoke, CO, sold a steer for slaughter as food, which lab tests found had florfenicol at 6.52 parts per million (ppm) in its livxer... Continue Reading
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