USDA Offers Food Safety Tips for Areas Affected by Hurricane Dorian
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted by Hurricane Dorian.
Heatherfield Foods Inc. Recalls Pork Sausage Products Due to Misbranding
Heatherfield Foods, Inc., an Ontario, Calif. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,380 pounds of pork sausage products due to misbranding.
Bakkavor Foods USA, Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Chicken Salad Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
Bakkavor Foods USA, Inc., a San Antonio, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 1,913 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) chicken salad products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.
Olympia Meats Recalls Ready-To-Eat Pork Sausage Products due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens
Olympia Meats, a Portland, Ore., establishment is recalling approximately 198 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) pork sausage products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.
Summer on the Swollen Great Lakes
The lakes rose this year to levels not seen in decades. A 1,234-mile drive around one of them revealed what all that water has left behind — vanishing beaches, closed roads, new islands.
Tainted Water, Ignored Warnings and a Boss With a Criminal Past
How a long line of questionable decisions led to the crisis over lead contamination in Newark.
Hourly Electric Grid Monitor
(Wed, 21 Aug 2019) EIA launched a beta release of its new <em>Hourly Electric Grid Monitor</em>, a redesigned and enhanced version of the existing <em>U.S. Electric System Operating Data</em> website. The data come from Form EIA-930, <em>Hourly and Daily Balancing Authority Operations Report</em>, which collects hourly electricity demand, forecast demand, net generation, and interchange data from the electricity balancing authorities that operate the electric grid in the Lower 48 states.
Coal Transportation Rates to the Electric Power Sector
(Wed, 21 Aug 2019) In 2008 EIA began collecting the commodity cost of all coal delivered to power plants with a combined nameplate capacity of 50 megawatts or greater on the Form EIA-923, âPower Plant Operations Report.â Since EIA already collected delivered cost for the same shipments, a proxy for transportation cost is be calculated by subtracting one from the other.
Tip Top Poultry, Inc. Recalls Fully Cooked Poultry Products due to Possible Listeria Contamination
Tip Top Poultry, Inc., a Rockmart, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 135,810 pounds of fully cooked poultry products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Washing Raw Poultry: Our Science, Your Choice
A study from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that individuals are putting themselves at risk of illness when they wash or rinse raw poultry.