Fusarium ear blight (FEB) (also called Fusarium head blight, FHB, or scab), is a fungal disease of cereals, including wheat, barley, oats, rye and triticale.
"Minnesota's own Department of Education had red flags. Massive spikes in reimbursement requests, impossible, impossible meal counts, and they still rubber-stamped the paperwork."
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FOOD SAFETY NEWS – A new report by Farm Forward analyzes five years of monthly U.S. Department of Agriculture inspection data from major poultry plants — and the findings are alarming.
Poultry plants producing chicken for household brands like Foster Farms, Costco and Perdue, routinely exceed the federal government’s maximum allowable levels of salmonella contamination.
According to the report, Lincoln Premium Poultry — a primary supplier for Costco — exceeded USDA’s standard in 54...
THE NEW YORK TIMES – Salt is magical: It can reduce bitterness, increase sweetness and enhance overall flavor. But 90 percent of people in the United States eat too much of it.
The U.S. dietary guidelines recommend that adults consume no more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium each day, but the average American consumes 3,400 milligrams, increasing their risk of heart disease, strokes, kidney issues and death.
The good news is that you can retrain your...
THE NEW YORK TIMES – About 15 years ago, Dr. Andrew T. Chan, a gastroenterologist at Mass General Brigham in Boston, noticed that more of his colorectal cancer patients were skewing younger than usual.
Some were in their 20s, 30s and 40s compared with his more typical patients in their 60s and 70s.
His observation was part of an alarming trend that experts are now racing to understand: Colorectal cancer rates have been mysteriously climbing among...
FOOD SAFETY NEWS – An Australian charity has raised concerns about people unnecessarily washing raw chicken before cooking it.
The Food Safety Information Council released findings from a national study to mark Australian Food Safety Week which runs from Nov. 8 to 15. The poll conducted online in August included 1,221 people older than age of 18.
One in two adults said they usually wash whole raw chicken before cooking. The proportion who wash chicken before...
After feeding in the Alps all summer, cows are escorted back to their farms to produce high-quality milk that is used to make cheeses like Gruyère, Emmentaler, Tilsiter and Appenzeller.
Keurig, which sells the popular coffee pods K-Cups, didn’t reply to TIME’s requests for comment. The Plastics Industry Association, a trade association, provided no comment.