New USDA Guidelines: What every parent should know?
The New USDA Guidelines recommend children up to 2 years with new clinical trials for preventing food allergies. It suggests to introduce allergens early. The new guidelines have also limited the sugar content based More...
Dangerous insects, long-horned beetles, grain weevils found in shipments headed to East Coast
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confirmed today that two insects that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists discovered during June were first ever discoveries of those species More...
USDA spent $10 million to rescue Michelle Obama’s ‘food deserts,’ five years later and no science
Back in 2011, the Obama administration doubled the money the USDA will provide to promote farmer’s markets in rural and urban areas across America. $10 million was poured into the latest Michelle Obama “healthy More...
USDA issues salmonella public health alert, nearly 300 illnesses reported in outbreak
With hundreds of people in 18 states having been sickened in a salmonella outbreak, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert yesterday. The More...
UGA food scientist, Joseph Frank, awarded $500,000 USDA grant to study salmonella risks
A University of Georgia food scientist received one of 17 research grants funded by USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study the risks associated with salmonella in dry and ready-to-eat More...
Arizona restaurant serving lion meat burgers
An Arizona restaurant owner dreamed up a novelty meal to give customers a South African experience during the World Cup. But serving burgers made with African lion meat has generated protests. The MSNBC reports More...
