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PCRM requested USDA to remove dairy milk from school menus

A medical committee has requested the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to remove dairy milk from school menus, calling it an “ineffective placebo”. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has urged the USDA to launch a report to Congress suggesting that the National School Lunch Act should be changed by removing dairy milk as...

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USDA approves E-coli SDIX system

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved of a SDIX system that will be used for the confirmation of E.coli. The RapidChek CONFIRM non-0157 STEC Immunomagnetic Separation (IMS) kit is a set of immunomagnetic beads used in the confirmation of potential samples and is also listed in the USDA Microbiological Laboratory Guidebook 5B.02 as...