Idaho Milk Products, Inc., earned Safe Quality Food (SQF) 2000 Level 3 certification, the highest level of certification possible within the SQF Program, during its recent three-day audit by the National Science Foundation (NSF). ...More
USDA’s Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) on May 18 lifted quarantines placed on two California dairy farms linked to the country’s fourth case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or “mad cow disease." Results of the investigation concluded the cow’s illness ...More
Only when formulated with an eye to delivering targeted nutrition and satisfaction can a “slimming" bar play its part in helping consumers do just that. ...More
The California dairy cow that tested positive for Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, last week was euthanized humanly after it became lame and started lying down at a dairy, according to new details released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today confirmed the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)—also known as mad cow disease—in a dairy cow from central California. The agency cautioned against public panic and reiterated no parts of the of the animal ...More
The Oregon Public Health Division announced laboratory tests on raw milk produced at the Foundation Farm in Clackamas County tested positive for the same strain of Escherichia coli O157:H7 that sickened 17 people and hospitalized four children this month. Three of the ...More
Public health officials in Portland, Ore. and St. Louis, Mo., are investigating outbreaks of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections linked to the consumption of raw milk that have sickened 11 people, and hospitalized three children in Oregon and two children in Missouri. Four ...More
Nestlé opened its new $140 million factory in Chile that produce a range of milk products and ingredients with added nutritional value for domestic consumption and for export to the United States, Central America, the Middle East and Asia. ...More
The U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) a permanent injunction preventing Rainbow Acres Farm and its owner Daniel L. Allgyer from distributing raw milk and raw milk products in final package form for ...More
The rate of outbreaks caused by raw milk and products made from it was 150 times greater than outbreaks linked to pasteurized milk, according to results of a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The 13-year review also revealed that the states ...More