Robert Holly

Mislabeled chocolate Santas and contaminated chicken recalled in late December

Federal food-safety agencies announced half a dozen recalls at the end of December, including recalls for chicken contaminated with potentially dangerous bacteria and for chocolate-Santa candy with undeclared allergens. The recalls come only a couple weeks after a Colorado company recalled more than

By Robert Holly

/ 7 Jan 2014

Rodents cause 90,000-pound meat recall

Among early-December recalls, food-safety officials announced that more than four tons of meat and poultry products would be recalled because they were produced in “insanitary conditions.” Other recalls were for undeclared allergens in chicken noodle soup, dried dates and chocolate-covered nuts.

By Robert Holly

/ 14 Dec 2013

USDA webinar highlights bio-based products program

While Congress continues to discuss a new Farm Bill, the U.S. Department of Agriculture hosted a webinar on the department’s BioPreferred program and on the emerging market for bio-based products.

By Robert Holly

/ 12 Dec 2013

Beef suppliers settle lawsuit over abuse, slaughter of sick cattle

Last month, former beef suppliers to the National School Lunch Program reached an agreement with the United States government and The Humane Society of the United States to settle allegations of mistreating downer cattle at the suppliers' Chino, Calif., slaughter operation. The settlement concluded

By Robert Holly

/ 11 Dec 2013

Beef suppliers settle lawsuit over abuse, slaughter of sick cattle

Late-November recalls include 80 tons of food with ‘undeclared allergens’

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Food Safety and Inspection Service announced recalls for more than 80 tons of food in late November. The recalled products included frozen chicken fettuccine alfredo, dried seaweed and blue cheese. Officials announced the recalls because of dangerous con

By Robert Holly

/ 3 Dec 2013

Late-November recalls include 80 tons of food with ‘undeclared allergens’

Americans eat less turkey, send more abroad

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service predicts that Americans will eat more than 5 billion pounds of turkey in 2013. However, that total is tens of millions of pounds less than last year, and hundreds of millions of pounds less than just six years ago.

By Robert Holly

/ 27 Nov 2013

Americans eat less turkey, send more abroad

FDA lists handful of early-November food recalls

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a series of early-November food recalls that include bacteria contaminations and potentially-dangerous undisclosed ingredients. Some of the recalled products were distributed nationwide.

By Robert Holly

/ 19 Nov 2013

FDA lists handful of early-November food recalls

Why a mourning community's tribute reached millions

In October, Modern Farmer magazine published a piece about one Illinois farming community’s tribute to Kyle Hendrix, who recently passed away from cancer. Jake Moore, a friend of Hendrix,

By Robert Holly

/ 4 Nov 2013

Why a mourning community's tribute reached millions

OSHA educates more than it enforces

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is responsible for overseeing workplace safety, but the organization is handicapped when it comes to dealing with small farms and agriculture sites that handle grain. OSHA’s federal guidelines prohibit it from enforcing regulations through inspection

By Robert Holly

/ 4 Nov 2013

As deaths add up, farmers 'walk the grain' unprotected

In July, a 55-year-old man working for Premier Cooperative in Sidney, Ill., suffocated and died after becoming trapped in a grain bin filled with corn. His death marked the first grain-bin fatality for Illinois this year, but with expected large crop yields coming, more farmers may be at risk.

By Robert Holly

/ 4 Nov 2013

As deaths add up, farmers 'walk the grain' unprotected

OSHA aims to prevent 'needless deaths'

The deadliest year for grain-bin workers on record was 2010, when at least 26 workers died throughout the country, according to grain-bin entrapment data from Purdue University. There were more than 50 total incidents that year. The frequency of accidents was so alarming that the Occupational Safety

By Robert Holly

/ 4 Nov 2013

Map: Farm-Related Accidents in Illinois

Each day, more than 200 agriculture workers suffer an injury severe enough to miss work, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Many farm laborers die because of injuries they received while working. Here's a look at 800 fatalities in Illinois between 1986 and 2012.

By Robert Holly

/ 3 Nov 2013

Mislabeled chocolate Santas and contaminated chicken recalled in late December

Rodents cause 90,000-pound meat recall

USDA webinar highlights bio-based products program

Beef suppliers settle lawsuit over abuse, slaughter of sick cattle

Late-November recalls include 80 tons of food with ‘undeclared allergens’

Americans eat less turkey, send more abroad

FDA lists handful of early-November food recalls

Why a mourning community's tribute reached millions

OSHA educates more than it enforces

As deaths add up, farmers 'walk the grain' unprotected

OSHA aims to prevent 'needless deaths'

Map: Farm-Related Accidents in Illinois

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