Finding STECs in an Emotional Hay Stack
I am a fan of the meat industry's efforts to identify and eliminate sources of foodborne illness. The work done to end the scourge of E. coli O157:H7 alone has...
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Chuck Jolley
Jolley & AssociatesShawnee, Kansas
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Chuck Jolley is president of Jolley & Associates, a marketing and public relations firm that concentrates on the food industry. He’s also president of the Meat Industry Hall of Fame, honoring the legendary figures of the business. He graduated from Michigan State University with a degree in broadcast journalism and was publisher of the leading business-to-business magazine serving the meat and poultry industry. He’s a frequent contributor of articles about agriculture and the meat and poultry industry to business-to-business magazines and web-based publications.
Articles Written by Chuck Jolley
Measuring Pathogens in Poultry
Shouldn't we test for pathogens closer to where the public actually buys their meat and poultry?In one of his periodic Meatingplace.com blogs (subscription required). Dr. Richard Raymond made a statement...
Questioning the Search for More Strains of E. coli
Here is an easy case to make: The pursuit of E. coli O157:H7 and its total eradication has been the holy grail of the meat industry since at least the...
Stephanie Smith Gets Her Day in Court (Almost)
Stephanie Smith, the subject of a Pulitzer prize-winning story published by the New York Times after she became severely ill with an E. coli infection from a contaminated hamburger, has...
Combating E. coli (What? No traceback!)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says illnesses from E. coli O157:H7 fell to a five-year low in the U.S. last year. CDC attributed the improvement to a...
Q&A: NSAC Policy Director on S. 510, II
Ferd Hoefner, Policy Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), talks about S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Part II: On traceability and recordkeeping, exemptions for small food facilities,...
Q&A: NSAC Policy Director on S. 510
Ferd Hoefner, Policy Director, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), talks about S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.The contents of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act represent a major...