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I must admit, I seldom borrow anything from the former President or the First Lady, but this seemed to fit all too well.
Late in 2022 the public learned that infants may
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Publisher’s Platform: I have changed my mind – it is time to ‘GET THE F OUT OF THE FDA’
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A few weeks ago I posted, “Putting the F – Food – back into the FDA.” I was wrong.
It is time to “GET THE F OUT OF THE FDA.” The F
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Publisher’s Platform: It’s time to deal with hepatitis A and food service workers
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ACIP Secretariat
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
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Re: Letter to the CDC’s Committee on Immunization Practices – It is time to deal
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Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-eight minutes with FDA Commissioner Califf
— EXCLUSIVE —
I was given some time to talk with Dr. Califf about the recent call by the Regan-Udall task force he empowered to give recommendations as to how the food side of the
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Mr. President, Mr. HHS Secretary, FDA Commissioner, Put me out of business, please!
Opinion
I am a trial lawyer who has for the last 30 years built a practice on food pathogens. Since the Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak in 1993, I have represented thousands of
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Publisher’s Platform: Putting the F — Food — back into the FDA
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Dr. Califf, I have deep admiration for your past and ongoing public service. The hard work of trying to protect the food and drug supply in the United States is a difficult
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Publisher’s Platform: Context for criminal prosecutions in food safety cases
Editor’s note: The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation of Abbott Nutrition, which last year was closed for several months because of food safety issues at its infant formula production plant in
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Publisher’s Platform: Is it past time for a warning label on sprouts?
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According to the CDC, as of December 29, 2022, a total of 15 people infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella have been reported from three states Nebraska (8), Oklahoma (1) and
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Publisher’s Platform: History of ‘sprout breaks’ and why food safety folks avoid them
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This is something I posted during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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As far back as September 1998, FDA issued a warning against sprouts urging:
Children, pregnant women and the elderly should
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Publisher’s Platform: National Restaurant Association, protect your members from bankruptcy, suggest hepatitis A vaccines for all restaurant workers
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Famous Anthony’s “About Us” Page in its website tells the story of a family run, Roanoke institution that has been taken to its knees in bankruptcy because one employee was not vaccinated
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