According to a new government report, E.coli 0157 illnesses during the 1998-2016 time period were most often linked to vegetable row crops and beef while salmonella illnesses came from a wide variety of sources.

The FDA has approved a drug – Experior Type A, sponsored by Elanco – that, when fed to beef cattle under specific conditions, results in less ammonia gas released as a by-product of their waste.

The FDA is planning a series of four one-day meetings before year’s end to discuss draft guidance for “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption.”

The FDA, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, is targeting 465 websites that illegally sell potentially dangerous, unapproved versions of opioid, oncology and antiviral prescription drugs to U.S. consumers.

Dr. Stephen Ostroff, FDA's deputy commissioner for food and veterinary medicine, says he’ll be retiring from the agency in January. Taking his place – but with a different tile -- will be Frank Yiannas, Walmart’s vice president for food safety