FOOD SAFETY
ARLENE COCO'S PRAIRIE KITCHEN Top 10 Food Safety Tips for the Holidays
Holidays are coming, that means parties and big family dinners. Don't give your guests a dose of food poisoning to take home with them.... According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention,...
Posted on 11/15/12 at 8:32 AM
HEALTHBEAT The not-so-clean workplace
I've never cultured my newsroom desk or keyboard to see what kinds of creepy microbes might be lurking there. But for all I know, these work surfaces could be crawling with enough pathogens to make ...
Posted on 9/9/11 at 12:17 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Food safety bill has Minnesota roots
A food safety proposal with Minnesota roots is federal law. President Barack Obama signed a measure that will increase federal officials' ability to ensure a safe food supply. The first responsibili...
Posted on 1/6/11 at 5:03 PM
Federal food safety program to end in Minnesota 
Minnesota agriculture officials are phasing out a federally funded program that allows them to test produce for contaminants like E. coli and salmonella.
By Associated Press , November 14, 2012
Horses could soon be butchered for human consumption in U.S. again
Congress quietly lifted a 5-year-old ban on funding horse meat inspections, and activists say slaughterhouses could be up and running in as little as a month.
By Justin Juozapavicius , November 30, 2011
Egg producer brings in three outside experts to task force
An embattled egg producer that lost McDonald's and other customers says it's creating a task force to review its food safety, animal care and sustainability practices.
By Associated Press , November 21, 2011
FARM TO FORK: Long road worsens food outbreaks
The recent listeria outbreak from cantaloupe shows that large-scale occurrences of serious illnesses linked to tainted food have grown more common over the years, partly because much of what we eat takes a long and winding road from farm to fork.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , October 02, 2011
RECALL OF GROUND TURKEY: What took third-largest meat recall in history so long?
The first sickness was in March. The first outbreak signs appeared in May. So why the wait? Tracking down the source of an illness is a difficult, complicated business, and federal officials defended the months-long process today by saying they wanted to be absolutely sure before they asked Cargill to initiate the third-largest meat recall in history.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , August 04, 2011
36 million pounds of turkey recalled in salmonella outbreak
Meat giant Cargill is recalling 36 million pounds of turkey after a government hunt for the source of a salmonella outbreak that has killed one person in California and sickened dozens more. View video report at bottom of article.
By Mary Clare Jalonick , August 04, 2011
Oregon infant among salmonella cases
An Oregon public health official says a baby girl from Multnomah County was among the 77 people nationwide infected with a strain of salmonella apparently linked to ground turkey.
By Associated Press , August 02, 2011
World Health Organization says Europe E. coli is new; CDC unsure
The outbreak is already considered the third-largest involving E. coli in recent world history, and it may be the deadliest.
By Maria Cheng , June 02, 2011
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