Some kids have already started attending classes, and most will be back in school after Labor Day. Many parents may justifiably be wondering about recent efforts to improve the quality of the food served to
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Wedding Bell Blues
No one wants the ‘Wedding Bell Blues.’ [1]
My son is getting married in mid-August, and the related preparations are starting to pick up a sense of greater urgency. I have been instructed not to
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The Flavoring of Infant Eating Patterns
Recent media coverage focused on the failed attempt by Mead Johnson to introduce a chocolate flavored drink for toddlers. Mead Johnson launched its Enfagrow vanilla flavor in July, 2009, and chocolate was added in February
Food Bugs Deserve Red Cards at World Cup 2010
The thousands of soccer (football for the rest of the world) fans traveling to South Africa for the World Cup also get the opportunity for the next few weeks to sample the variety of foods
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Few Healthy Food Choices in Urban Food Deserts
Residents of urban food deserts, typically low income neighborhoods, have to deal with limited healthy food choices, in addition to perhaps more obvious disadvantages of life there. A food desert is generally defined as a
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Local Health Departments Hit Hard by Budget Woes
Despite their vital role in the nation’s public health system, state and local health departments have been hit hard by the recession and related budget cuts. Three recent studies provide evidence that the public health
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Food Safety Issues at the Border
“Disease knows no boundaries and borders are porous to disease” [1]
Much has been written about food safety issues related to the increasing sales of imported food in this country. What about the individual traveler
More or Less Food Safety Regulation?
During the past weeks, a few news stories have highlighted the distinctions between two different legislative approaches to address the issue of food safety. There is little question that the public is becoming increasingly aware
Oysters, a Simple Food with a Complicated History
With the New Orleans Saints playing in the Super Bowl and Fat Tuesday just days away, it’s quite likely that large amounts of raw oysters will be consumed over the next couple of days, maybe
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Please Pass the Bacteria
Recently, while reviewing some documents, I found a Los Angeles Health Department 2005 ACDC Special Report captioned “Please Pass The Bacteria: An Outbreak of Clostridium Perfringens Associated With Catered Thanksgiving Meals”. I liked the title