The recent E. coli warning for romaine lettuce came at a terrible time for producers. As AgNet West has reported, two days before Thanksgiving the Center for Disease Control (CDC)…
New Labeling Allows Romaine Lettuce Back on Shelves
Continuing our coverage of the E. coli voluntary recall of romaine lettuce over the Thanksgiving holiday, retailers can now get the leafy green back in their stores. The Federal Drug…
E. coli Investigation and Warning Fallout Continues
The investigation continues into where the recent romaine lettuce containing a strain of E. coli bacteria originated. After the Center for Disease Control (CDC) issued a warning last week for…
Nationwide E-Coli Outbreak in Romaine Lettuce
…CDC recommends people, nationwide, to toss their romaine lettuce as it may be contaminated with E-Coli. In a statement, the CDC said, “This advice includes all types or uses of…
Results From Romaine E. coli Outbreak Investigation
The Federal Drug Administration officially concluded its investigation into the E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce that started in March. Officials believed early on that a contaminated water source might…
IBM Trailing Blockchain in Food System
…automatically and should reduce recall times and limit outbreaks. IBM said in the release that they conducted a test on sliced mangoes. Walmart was able to track the product from…
China Blames Food Scraps for ASF Outbreak
…to pigs after more than 40 outbreaks of the disease have been reported since early August. China has not said how the disease first entered the country, but officials found…
China Has Culled 200,000 Pigs Due to Swine Fever Outbreak
…are designed to help curb the spread of the disease have created tight pork supplies in parts of the country. Forty-one disease outbreaks have affected 27 different cities across the…
Another African Swine Fever Outbreak Reported in China
China reports new outbreaks of African swine fever as fear of a global spread of the disease rises. Four reports were announced last week, and Monday, China reported a new…
Southern Africa: A Promising Region for U.S. Agricultural Exports
…(H5N8) outbreaks in 2017. FAS projects that South African table egg imports could reach 75 tons in 2018. There are also opportunities for hatching eggs as a result of the…
The Western View: ‘Sniffer Dogs’ Working in the Ag Industry
…are coming to California because the disease has been geographically isolated and outbreaks have been limited to individual trees. The canine test will mainly be funded through the HLB Multi-Agency…
Walmart to Require Blockchain to Limit Impact of Food-Borne Illness Outbreaks
…to mandate traceability. One reason stems from the recent E. coli outbreak that originated in Arizona earlier in the year, which resulted in the deaths of five people. The outbreak…
Rabobank: Global Poultry Prices Under Pressure
…Fever outbreaks in China may lead to an increase in pork supply because of herd liquidation through the end of the year. That may push all meat prices lower in…
USDA Scientist Receives the Borlaug Field Award
…rapidly respond to new rust pathogen outbreaks and to identify new stem rust-resistant lines, including “Kingbird,” an Ethiopian variety and “NARC 2011,” a Pakistan variety. Rouse, who works at the…