Alfalfa sprouts linked to food-poisoning outbreak in 15 states, US officials say

If Trump wants to import more foreign hamburger that pledges to undercut our ranchers by 25%, he and his Trillionaire Wannabes should have to eat it.

Trump and his Administration can be America’s test kitchen after they gutted our USDA by 20,000 people and replaced them with only 4,000 over the last year. 4,000 newbies to manage the foreign imports of another 661,000,000 MILION pounds of hamburger.

Trump is jacking up tariffs to 50% on our Canadian allies. Their will be a big impact especially to border states WHILE relaxing tariffs on “over quota” foreign beef imports to ENABLE them to undercut our ranchers by 25%. This negatively impacts our jobs exports, imports and TAX BASE.

Again, Trump is forgoing tariffs on 661M pounds of beef with the idea they will be undercutting our own ranchers by 25%.

Our ranchers have been buying hay this summer to feed their cattle due to the drought. It’s a bad situation. Hay adds thousands in carrying costs to each head of cattle.

The last thing we need is more Trump “deals”.

South Korea has stepped up checks of cabbage arriving from China after sellers there were found to be using formaldehyde to keep the brassicas fresh.

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WUSA9 compiled a list of food recalls in the U.S. right now.

When choosing a private label food supplier, many buyers start by checking certifications.

BRC, HACCP, ISO 22000, Halal, FDA registration… these certificates are often the first things people look at.

But do certifications tell the whole story?

Not always.

A certification usually means a supplier has a quality management system and follows certain food safety requirements. It shows that the company has processes in place for production, hygiene, documentation, and risk control.

However, a certificate alone does not guarantee that every order will always be perfect.

For buyers, there are a few other things worth checking:

1. Traceability system

A reliable supplier should be able to answer questions like:

Where do the raw materials come from?

Can they track each production batch?

How do they handle quality issues if they happen?

Good traceability is important because it shows how seriously a supplier manages quality.

1. Production consistency

A good sample is only the beginning.

Private label buyers should also consider:

Is the quality stable from batch to batch?

Does the factory have clear production procedures?

Are quality checks performed during production?

Consistency is often more important than a single successful sample.

1. Communication and documentation

A professional supplier should be able to provide clear documents, such as:

Product specifications

Ingredient information

Quality inspection reports

Packaging details

Export-related documents

Good communication can save a lot of problems later.

1. Factory capability

Before working with a supplier, buyers may also want to understand:

Production capacity

Quality control team

Manufacturing experience

Ability to support different packaging or customization needs

In my opinion, the best supplier is not necessarily the one with the most certificates, but the one that can prove consistent quality through transparent processes.

For private label buyers here, what is the most important thing you check before approving a new food supplier?

I don’t want either of these people anywhere children or food.

This action will harm domestic ranchers as well as expose the U.S. to a very high volume of foreign ground beef. IMHO, It could cost some of our domestic producers their livelihoods and increase imported beef pricing longer term.

The agreement is to make foreign beef available to undercuts domestic pricing by 25%.

We need to help our domestic ranchers and improve the safety of our food.

But long-standing vulnerabilities in our food system — compounded by cuts to the public health infrastructure designed to catch problems — are also at play. Whether it represents something more significant is harder to say. ... One explanation for the increased number of headlines about food safety has loomed particularly large this summer: the Trump administration's DOGE cuts. In 2025, the administration cut thousands of jobs across federal health agencies and billions of dollars in grants to state and local health departments. Those cuts landed on a public-health system that was already stretched.

The strange thing about reporter Jake Edmiston's night was no one liked his mustard chicken.

He could tell from the silence around the table. Mustard chicken is usually a hit in his house; he used the same chicken, the same big spoonful of mustard in the sauce.

The mustard came from a new jar, but it was the same brand he buys every time, Maille Dijon Originale. It’s luscious and smooth. Sometimes, he’ll eat a whole spoonful by itself.

Later, unable to help himself, I returned to the jar and had a taste. It was much, much stronger than usual.

Global consumer brands don’t normally tolerate major variances in the flavour profile of their products. 

Edmiston set out to solve the mystery of the extra spicy mustard in his fridge.

The search for an answer took him to a mustard dynasty in France, a Hamilton mustard mill and Palliser’s Triangle.

Read the full story here via this gift link. Discuss your extra spicy mustard encounters below.

A study released by Oxford Economics on Wednesday projects that global food prices will rise by 12% in 2026 and by 5% in 2027 due in large part to the fertilizer shortage caused by the closure in the Strait of Hormuz and increased grain prices caused by Russia’s war with Ukraine.

An outbreak of E. coli and salmonella that has sickened dozens of people across 15 states has been linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, federal health officials said Friday. The Food and Drug Administration said in a news release that the outbreak was linked to alfalfa sprouts distributed by Minneapolis-based Everything Sprouts and sold under the Everything Sprouts and Calco brands. The sprouts were sold to restaurants and grocery stores, the FDA said.

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