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When food fails us.

Backyard chicken owners grapple with the wreckage from Virulent Newcastle Disease

06.06.2019
Tove Danovich + The Counter
USDA to begin testing pigs for African swine fever
05.17.2019
by Sam Bloch
Could food safety be improved if FDA had more independence?
05.16.2019
by Jessica Fu
Veterinarians worry African swine fever could be transmitted to U.S. via animal feed
05.01.2019
by H. Claire Brown + The Counter
Backyard chickens hit hard by a long-gone, extremely contagious disease
04.04.2019
by Tove Danovich
USDA seizes 1 million pounds of pork amid swine fever concerns
03.19.2019
by H. Claire Brown
A pioneering retinal scan could diagnose “zombie deer” on the spot—if only scientists could fund it
02.25.2019
by H. Claire Brown
McCain Foods closes the California facility responsible for 2018’s largest food safety recall
01.31.2019
by Sam Bloch
FDA names first source in ongoing investigation of romaine lettuce outbreak
12.17.2018
by Sam Bloch
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