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Egg Recall Expanded After Salmonella Outbreak

The New York Times (8/19, B1, Neuman) reports on the front page of its Business Day section that the “outbreak, which federal officials said was the largest of its type related to eggs in years, began in May, just weeks before new government safety rules went into effect that were intended to greatly reduce the … Read more

Congress, USDA urged to raise food-testing standards.

In an editorial, the Philadelphia Inquirer (1/6) praises Congress for “making a welcome push for higher food-testing standards,” citing bills by Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). Noting recent problems with USDA food supplied to schools and “a recent report by the Government Accountability Office [that] questioned whether federal agencies are getting … Read more