Insights and Stories of Ros Krasny

Nov. 8, 2013 at 5:55 pm CST

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday proposed banning artificial trans fats in processed food ranging from cookies to frozen pizza, citing the risk of heart disease. Partially hydrogenated oils, the primary dietary source of the fats, have been shown to raise “bad” cholesterol. Reducing the use of trans […]

By Ros Krasny, toni-clarke

May. 29, 2013 at 6:34 pm CDT

The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has upgraded the United States’ risk classification for BSE to its safest level, which could increase U.S. beef exports, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday. The decision to rank the United States’ risk as “negligible” instead of “controlled” came at the OIE’s […]

By Ros Krasny

May. 18, 2013 at 10:59 am CDT

A potentially fatal hog virus, porcine epidemic diarrhea, has been found in the United States for the first time, government and private industry officials said on Friday, posing a new threat for the country’s struggling pork producers. PEDV, an incurable condition that causes diarrhea, vomiting and dehydration in hogs, has […]

By Ros Krasny