Canadian beef likely cause of US e.coli cases: USDA
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A defunct Canadian meatpacker is "a likely source" of beef that caused an outbreak of food-borne illnesses in the United States and Canada, the U.S. meat safety agency said on Friday.
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This article by Diane Farsetta takes a closer look at why the USDA bans independent testing for mad cow disease. When one beef producer wanted to test its own products in order to meet international safety
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Nearly two years after the United States shut down cattle imports from Canada after a case of mad cow disease was discovered there, the Department of Agriculture will reopen the door to imports that could lower the price of beef and
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The USDA did not disclose details regarding the animal, but said it did not enter the food chain. The agency does not expect the finding to affect negotiations with Japan, which recently indicated it might soon open its borders to US beef.
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Canada on Thursday said it had found a suspected new case of mad cow disease, although the United States said it would not change plans to resume limited Canadian cattle imports after a devastating 20-month ban.
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An E. coli outbreak that has sickened 59 people in the Northeast is prompting concern among West Coast farmers after officials announced that scallions suspected as carriers of the bacteria came from a Southern California farm.
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California officials have discovered E. coli in cattle feces on pastures near farms being investigated as possible sources of spinach contaminated with the bacteria, which caused a nationwide outbreak of food poisoning, a state health officer said on Tuesday.
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One day after the U.S. Agriculture Department announced that concern over mad cow disease should no longer keep the border closed to live cattle from Canada, the Ottawa government revealed yesterday that it has detected another suspected case in a dairy cow.
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Southern California-based meatpacker United Food Group LLC said on Sunday it was recalling 75,000 pounds of ground beef believed to be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7 bacteria.
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A bacterium that causes intestinal  illness in cattle and sheep could also be responsible for  Crohn's disease, researchers said on Friday.
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OTTAWA (CP) - Federal officials are still determining whether any cattle from a herd with a mad cow case made it into the food chain, but they insist the risk to Canadians is minuscule.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C.  - The United States will end its  mad cow-inspired ban on Canadian cattle on March 7 despite  rising criticism from farm groups, Agriculture Secretary Ann  Veneman said on Sunday, adding that Japan and South Korea  should open their doors to U.S. beef.
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New Jersey-based meat processor Topps Meat Company LLC is voluntarily recalling 331,582 pounds (150 metric tons) of frozen ground beef products that may be contaminated with the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday.
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UNITED STATES WASHINGTON -- One day after the US Agriculture Department announced that concern over mad cow disease should no longer keep the border closed to live cattle from Canada, the Ottawa government revealed yesterday that it has detected another suspected case of the disease in a dairy cow. Canadian officials said that two preliminary tests on the 10-year-old Alberta ...
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Ground beef sold at Albertsons and Save-A-Lot supermarkets in 10 Western and Midwestern states is being recalled because of possible contamination with E. coli bacteria.
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If tests next week prove that the United States has its second case of mad cow disease, cattle industry sources are hoping the animal is an old dairy cow from Canada.
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Canada would be allowed to resume exports of live cattle and additional types of beef to the United States under a regulation approved by the US Department of Agriculture, the agency said on Monday.