Department of Agriculture's website hosts a consumer alert for keeping food safe during and after a weather emergency that was last modified in June 2006. If the food still contains ice crystals, the food should be safe. The information was made available to help reduce the potential of foodborne illness due to food spoilage from power outages and other problems associated with severe weather events. Prepare a hurricane supply kit in plastic containers with lids so they will be portable...

OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 2007 (ENS) - Mad cow disease has been found in a dairy cow on a farm in Delta, British Columbia, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed on Wednesday, the tenth Canadian cow to be found with the fatal disease since 2003. OTTAWA, Ontario, Canada, May 3, 2007 (ENS) - Mad cow disease has been found in a dairy cow on a farm in Delta, British Columbia, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency confirmed on Wednesday, the tenth Canadian cow to be found with the...

Department of Agriculture (USDA), is conducting a voluntary recall of 75,000 pounds of ground beef that is believed to be contaminated with the E. Stores in the 11 states confirmed that none of the recalled product remains available for sale and all products currently in stock are not part of the recalled product. The best way to be sure ground beef is properly cooked is to use an accurate food thermometer. The fresh ground beef chubs subject to recall were produced at United Food Group's...

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths result from food-borne diseases every year: "The most severe cases tend to occur in the very old, the very young, those who have an illness already that reduces their immune system function and in healthy people exposed to a very high dose of an organism. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 325,000 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths result from food-borne diseases every year: "The most severe...

When a farmer leaves that farmers market with product left over, he needs a place to take it while it's still fresh and drop it off and know that it's going to be sold. According to Chamness, farmers markets are inefficient because they take farmers away from production, and if the farmer only sells half of what he takes, he's stuck with a bunch of product that will spoil. Daina Chamness, a local-food consultant from Greenwood, said small, local organic farmers "are not going to get much...