WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2011 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it is taking new steps to fight E. coli and protect the safety of the American food supply. Six additional serogroups of pathogenic E. coli will be declared adulterants in non-intact raw beef. Raw ground beef, its components, and tenderized steaks found to contain these bacteria will …
Six Strains of Non-O157 STECs Declared as Adulterants
DENVER (Sept. 13, 2011) – Bo Reagan, National Cattlemen’s Beef Association senior vice president of Research, Education and Innovation and chairman of the Beef Industry Food Safety Council (BIFSCo) membership organization issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) announcement today, Sept. 13, 2011, to declare six strains of non-O157 shiga toxin-producing E. coli (non-O157 STECs) an …
Good Bugs
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2011 Peanut Crop Projections are Lowered
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This week’s Commissioner’s Spotlight is about a new fresh market tomato hybrid variety, now available to the public, that was specifically bred for better flavor, disease resistance and portability. More information is available online by clicking on Tasti-Lee(tm) Tomato Market Improvement Project. Download Audio You can follow Commissioner Putnam on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsJuly 1, …