Food Safety

Health

Rodent Activity Responsible For Windsor Company's Meat Recall

Luke Runyon

A Windsor-based meat and poultry processor is recalling more than 90,000 pounds of beef and pork products over health concerns.Update 10:03 a.m. 12/13/13鈥�

Business

The Push For GMO Labeling Comes To Colorado

Luke Runyon

Colorado could be the next battleground state in the debate over labeling rules for genetically-modified foods. Activists are trying to get the issue in鈥�

Politics

Regulators Beef Up Labels For Meat

Abbie Fentress Swanson

A new labeling rule that went into full effect Saturday requires meatpackers and retailers to provide consumers with more information about where their鈥�

Science

Consumers Lost In The Middle Of Scientific Food Battles

Amy Mayer

Hot-button food issues of the day, such as the use of genetically modified organisms or the treatment of livestock, tend to pit large industries against鈥�

Health

Study: FDA Food Safety Delays Cost Colorado, Nation

Erin O'Toole

A new report says despite a 2011 law meant to protect consumers, the incidence of foodborne illness in the U.S. has remained stagnant over the past鈥�

Health

Cantaloupe Farmers Plead Guilty To Criminal Charges

Luke Runyon

The Colorado farmers who distributed cantaloupes infected with listeria two years ago pleaded guilty in federal court to criminal charges Tuesday. Jensen鈥�

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's PulseNet service monitors clusters of sickness linked to potentially dangerous strains of foodborne pathogens such as E.coli or salmonella.

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CDC: Shutdown Strains Foodborne Illness Tracking

Allison Aubrey

A team of eight people overseeing the critical foodborne illness tracking database PulseNet has been reduced to three. And a CDC division chief says that a multistate outbreak would push the remaining staff beyond their capacity.

Politics

Government Shutdown Slows USDA

The U.S. Department of Agriculture was forced to send home tens of thousands of employees because of Tuesday鈥檚 government shutdown. As a result, the鈥�

Brent Gentry of Underground Meats rotates a coppa. Underground Meats is behind a new project that aims to lower the barrier to entry for would-be artisanal meat producers by making it easier for them to craft food safety plans.

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How's The Sausage Made? These Folks Really Want To Share The Knowledge

Deena Prichep

Artisanal meat producers face a big barrier to getting into the game: They have to come up with a complex food safety plan that can take months of research and tens of thousands of dollars to craft. A new project wants to make it easier for the next charcuterie master to open shop by creating an open-source safety plan that newbies can look to.

These pigs in Iowa, newly weaned from their mothers, get antibiotics in their water to ward off bacterial infection.

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CDC: Deadliest Drug Resistance Comes From Hospitals, Not Farms

Dan Charles

The agency said that the most problematic resistant bacteria are emerging in hospitals. But it also called bacteria that have become resistant to drugs used on the farm a "serious threat."