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At Least 20 Louisiana Horse Deaths Related to Contaminated Feed

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – At least 20 horses in Louisiana have died after ingesting bacteria found in some alfalfa hay cubes from a manufacturer in Colorado, state agriculture officials said. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry began notifying …

Wisconsin Norovirus Outbreak Caused by Contaminated Food

Heath officials have determined the source of a norovirus that sickened dozens of people attending a festival at the Northern Wisconsin State Fairgrounds last month. Wisconsin Department of Health Services spokeswoman Jennifer Miller tells the Leader-Telegram the gastroenteritis outbreak at …

Number of Food Recalls and Their Costs Are Increasing: Swiss Re Report

“Food manufacturers operate in a vast, globalized supply chain, where one mislabeled product or contaminated ingredient can cause sickness, death, multi-million dollar losses and massive reputational damage for the affected companies,” says a new report – Swiss Re’s “Food Safety …