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    Recalled Blue Bell ice cream popping up for sale online

    One Craigslist seller received an offer looking to "lick the lid" for $20, according to a KEYE-TV report.

    By David Oliver • May 13, 2015
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    Egg, turkey meat prices up amid bird flu; disease also hits Nebraska

    The prices for eggs in particular have grown considerably.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 13, 2015
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    Getting reformulation right: How food companies are rethinking ingredients to meet consumer demand

    Ingredient suppliers and companies like PepsiCo and Conagra are working closer together to overhaul brands to cater to a rise in healthy eating and expanding GLP-1 use. 

    By Food Dive staff
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    Bird flu hits 15th state — Indiana

    The H5N8 strain is heading east.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 12, 2015
  • Tyson to institute another new antibiotics policy

    The company recently announced it would stop using human-use antibiotics for its chickens by 2017.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 11, 2015
  • FDA slams Blue Bell plants

    The company's three facilities received quite the list of "observations" from the FDA.

    By David Oliver • May 8, 2015
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    Friday Flavors: Hamburglar's new look and a granola bar surprise

    Every Friday we bring you interesting reads in the food sphere from the week.

    By David Oliver • May 7, 2015
  • GMA files appeal for GMO labeling law ruling

    The Grocery Manufacturers Association isn't giving up its fight against GMO labeling laws in Vermont with this appeal filing.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 7, 2015
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    Jeni's finds listeria culprit; FDA issues recall guidance

    Recalls have been getting plenty of attention as of late.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 7, 2015
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    Hormel issues job cuts amid bird flu outbreaks

    Also, the U.S. government is providing another $330 million in emergency funds to assist efforts in containing the spread of bird flu throughout the country, reports Reuters.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 6, 2015
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    Bird flu prompts state of emergency in Iowa

    Iowa joins Minnesota and Wisconsin in declaring a state of emergency due to the bird flu.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 4, 2015
  • Bird flu awaiting confirmation at five more Iowa farms

    If confirmed by the USDA, this could bring the bird flu death toll to the highest in U.S. history, according to Reuters.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • May 1, 2015
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    Food safety solutions you may not know about

    Food Dive spoke with a number of companies working to solve safety concerns.

    By David Oliver • April 30, 2015
  • Post's Michael Foods reports bird flu

    The company is unsure whether the outbreak will have any financial impact.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • April 30, 2015
  • VT district court denies injunction of GMO labeling law

    Act 120 will go into effect in July 2016.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • April 28, 2015
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    GMA: Food is safer now than ever before

    Representatives from both the GMA and FDA talk about current food safety issues.

    By David Oliver • April 28, 2015
  • Criminal charges filed in worker death at Bumble Bee Foods plant

    The worker, who was repairing an industrial pressure cooker, died after it was activated while he was still inside.

    By April 28, 2015
  • Wisconsin egg facility recovering from bird flu

    The bird flu has been plaguing many states.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • April 27, 2015
  • Blue Bell shutters all creameries

    The company recently recalled all its products.

    By David Oliver • April 24, 2015
  • EU grants new GMO crop imports

    This is the first time the European Union has approved GMO crop imports since 2013.

    By David Oliver • April 24, 2015
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    Minnesota declares state of emergency, bird flu abounds

    The bird flu strain H5N2 has hit a staggering 46 farms in the state since early March.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • April 24, 2015
  • Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Inventure Foods announce recalls

    These come on the heels of the widespread Blue Bell product recall this week.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • April 24, 2015
  • GMO 'control areas' proposal not moving forward in OR House

    The state has been the subject of much GMO and GMO labeling talk for some time.

    By David Oliver • April 22, 2015
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    Pilgrim's to cut antibiotics use from 25% of chicken stock

    The company is the second-largest poultry processor in the U.S.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • April 21, 2015
  • Blue Bell recalls entire inventory

    The company enacted the voluntary recall over potential listeria contamination.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • April 21, 2015
  • Broiler chickens are raised in a chicken house on the Bobby Morgan chicken Farm in Luling, TX on Aug. 23, 2013.
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    Iowa chicken farm falls to bird flu

    The state just reported its first H5N2 outbreak in a turkey farm last week.

    By Carolyn Heneghan • April 20, 2015