As you read this, remember FSIS’s Mission Statement:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is the public health agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for ensuring that the nation’s commercial supply of
Publisher’s Platform: Life and Death at work during the time of the Coronavirus – Where in the hell is the testing?
The staff of Food Safety News has always worked remotely across several time zones. Social distancing is second nature to this crew.
Since late February, myself and my law firm has successfully transitioned from in
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Publisher’s Platform: Blue Bell Creameries agrees to plead guilty and pay $19.35 million for ice cream Listeria contamination – former company president charged
So says the press release from the Department of Justice today.
Here is something that I wrote almost 5 years ago today:
Opinion
After watching the Blue Bell Listeria Outbreak unfold over the last months
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Publisher’s Platform: So, why whack Chipotle for $25,000,000 but only send a nasty letter to Jimmy Johns?
We learned yesterday from a U.S. Attorneys’ Office Press Release that Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. will pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related to the company’s involvement in foodborne illness outbreaks that sickened more
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Publisher’s Platform: We are having a problem with the U.S. meat supply
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You cannot slaughter animals without workers to do the work, and you cannot sell meat without inspectors.
We need to protect both workers and inspectors or we will see more plants shutter and our
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Publisher’s Platform: Solve multiple problems with one tool — compassion
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You could solve one outbreak by vaccinating the homeless against Hepatitis A (there is one available) and providing then adequate bathroom facilities.
We are likely a year out for a Coronavirus vaccine. You could
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Publisher’s Platform: Please protect our food supply, food workers and those food insecure during COVID-19
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Dear Speaker Pelosi, Leader McCarthy, Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer,
As Congress develops urgently needed additional legislation to address the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators must do much more to ensure that healthy,
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Publisher’s Platform: Needed – Passionate Advocate – Extended
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For those of you who read these fine pages of Food Safety News produced by Dan, Coral, Joe, Jonan, Cookson, and our many contributors on a daily basis for the past 10 years, I
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Publisher’s Platform: Marler Clark donates $100,000 to Dave Theno Scholarship at Stop Foodborne Illness
This fellowship was created in Dave’s honor after his sudden passing in 2017. It is a special opportunity for a young food scientist to work closely with Stop Foodborne Illness and learn from members who
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Publisher’s Platform: Need an easy resolution? Get a hep A vaccination
One dose of single-antigen hepatitis A vaccine has been shown to control outbreaks of hepatitis A and provides up to 95 percent seroprotection in healthy individuals for up to 11 years.
Please get one and
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