WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumers may be told if their local grocery store got tainted meat during a recall under a new policy announced Friday by the Agriculture Department....
agriculture departmentAg Dept to name retailers during recallsHeadlines from the Associated Press Fri, 07/11/2008 - 15:30
Agriculture Department Warns Consumers of Tainted Raw Milk Sold ...Food and Drug Administration--Recalls Wed, 04/09/2008 - 09:00
Consumers who purchased raw milk from Piney Ridge dairy farm in New Bethlehem, Clarion County, and Clark and Elaine Duncan’s farm in Meadville, Crawford County, anytime after March 10 should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria Monocytogenes contamination. Disparate Federal Rules in Spotlightwashingtonpost.com - Health Sun, 03/09/2008 - 00:00
Although the Agriculture Department prohibits the use of beef from "downer" cattle in federally funded school lunches, the agency sometimes allows the meat in the general food supply, a disparity that critics say undercuts officials' contention that there is no food safety reason to ban meat from... Much of Recalled Meat Sent To Schoolswashingtonpost.com - Health Thu, 02/21/2008 - 23:00
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21 -- More than a third of the 143 million pounds of California beef recalled this week went to school lunch programs, with at least 20 million pounds consumed, Agriculture Department officials said Thursday. USDA Orders Largest Meat Recall in U.S. Historywashingtonpost.com - Health Sun, 02/17/2008 - 23:00
The Agriculture Department has ordered the largest meat recall in its history -- 143 million pounds of beef, a California meatpacker's entire production for the past two years -- because the company did not prevent ailing animals from entering the U.S. food supply, officials said yesterday. |
