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Agricultural Practices
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Food Safety News
FDA warns California farm after inspectors find untreated manure on growing oranges
By News Desk
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or…
Schroeder Ag Law Blog
Row Crops Changing to Meet Consumer Demands
Tyson Foods recently announced plans to improve environmental practices on two million acres of corn by the end of 2020. This announcement supports Tyson’s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…
Food Safety News
'Root Cause' Likely to Call Attention to Farming Practices
By Dan Flynn
It was one month ago today that Colorado named its own "Rocky Ford-brand" cantaloupes as the likely source of a multistate outbreak of Listeria infection, which now could easily become…
Food Safety News
States Consider Bans on Farm Photos
In the past decade, modern industrial agriculture has experienced a stream of negative media attention, a significant departure from the typical pastoral image of American farming. The livestock industry in…
Salmonella Blog
Small farm hogs not a high Salmonella risk
U.S. researchers say they have determined hogs raised on small farms have little or no Salmonella infections. "These farms have very low levels of Salmonella," explained D.L. Harris, an Iowa…