Controversies loom for National Organic Standards Board By Cathy Siegner  When the National Organic Standards Board meets this week in St. Louis, its 15 members will confront some particularly controversial agenda items involving whether certain substances and production methods are acceptable for use in food items certified as organic. The NOSB is an citizen advisory group responsible for considering and making recommendations to USDA on a... Continue Reading
Ashby's Sterling ice cream 6th brand recalled for cookie dough By News Desk  House of Flavors Inc. is recalling Ashby's Sterling brand ice cream because it contains cookie dough that was recalled in September after Blue Bell Creameries' internal testing found Listeria monocytogenes. Ashby's Sterling Peanut Butter Landslide ice cream in 3-gallon containers with the item number 7305 and lot number 16195 is the only product under recall... Continue Reading
Seaweed farm linked to Salmonella outbreak recalls products By Coral Beach  Four days after the Hawaii Department of Health reported it ordered a farm to cease and desist distribution of its seaweed because of links to an ongoing Salmonella outbreak, the company posted a recall notice. Marine Agrifuture LLC of Kahuku, HI, is recalling its "Kahuku Ogo," "Robusta Ogo" and "Kahuku Sea Asparagus" from distributors and... Continue Reading
Cookie dough recall hits Weight Watchers frozen desserts By Coral Beach  Weight Watchers is recalling 100,000 cases of its Smart Ones frozen desserts containing pieces of cookie dough that has been recalled because of Listeria monocytogenes contamination. "This issue was identified when Aspen Hills, the supplier of the cookie dough pieces used as an ingredient in Weight Watchers Smart Ones Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Sundae frozen... Continue Reading
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Were it not for his drinking raw milk, a 3-year-old Australian boy who died in 2014 would very likely still be alive to this day. That much has been known since the inquiry by Coroner's Solicitor Rebecca Cohen. With the publishing of findings by Coroner Audrey Jamieson, those findings became final and official on Nov.... 
