There comes a moment in every child’s life when they begin to discover that, although their parents may seem to have all the answers, adults in general do not really have everything figured out. Some kids learn that lesson much sooner than others.
For 11-year old Jax Bari, that moment
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There comes a moment in every child’s life when they begin to discover that, although their parents may seem to have all the answers, adults in general do not really have everything figured out. Some kids learn that lesson much sooner than others.
For 11-year old Jax Bari, that moment
Continue Reading FDA’s sluggish process is failing to protect celiacs
Dr. Michael Hansen, Senior Scientist at Consumer Reports contributed to this article.
The 2022 infant formula crisis focused renewed attention on the dangers posed by Cronobacter infections to newborns, but recent research has made clear that reducing these risks may be significantly more complex than many of us anticipated.
Continue Reading Fighting Cronobacter will go far beyond infant formula
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After facing months of criticism about its slow response to the infant formula crisis, and the overall troubles facing the food program at the Food and Drug Administration, Commissioner Robert Califf announced earlier this summer that he was ordering a review of the food program by the
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By Brian Ronholm
Imagine using a radar gun to detect speeding in cars, but then manipulating the radar so that it only detects speeding in cars going over 100 mph. This means any reading below 100 mph would be considered undetectable and any data results would conceal any
Continue Reading FDA’s new test results on PFAS in food tell an incomplete story
If you enjoyed a slice of cherry pie over the holidays, chances are you weren’t aware of the tyranny this delicious dessert suffers under, and the 15-year effort to unleash the poor, huddled cherries yearning to breathe free. At least, that’s what you would think if you read a
In his welcoming remarks at the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) conference last week, Peter Freedman, managing director of the Consumer Goods Forum, which convenes the annual conference, asserted that building consumer trust is at the very foundation of GFSI. Curiously, a perusal of the conference agenda would reveal
Continue Reading Discussions on building consumer trust probably should involve consumers
During the recent Good Food Institute conference on cell-cultured meat, an industry executive remarked that he tries to stay away from politics and focus on his company and developing the technology. That certainly is an understandable approach, especially given the turbulent political climate we are experiencing.
However, considering that
Continue Reading There’s room on the hamburger bun for cell-cultured meat and politics
The key to understanding the complexities in the debate over the line speed issue for poultry production is to recognize that there is a distinct difference between the line speed for slaughter and the line speed for processing in a facility. While slaughter line speed is currently limited to 140
Continue Reading Eschewing obfuscation on poultry slaughter line speed
One significant provision in Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue’s most recent realignment announcement would move the U.S. Codex Office from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to the newly created Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs (TFAA) office.
While the move may seem inconsequential on the surface, this realignment will
Continue Reading Moving the U.S. Codex Office to USDA Trade is a big mistake
