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Managing Editor Coral Beach is a print journalist with more than 20 years experience as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers, trade publications and freelance clients including the Kansas City Star, the Independence Examiner and Land Line Magazine. Before joining Food Safety News, Beach was a reporter for The Packer newspaper, an online and broadsheet trade publication covering the fresh produce industry in North America. During her time at The Packer, Beach specialized in food safety topics related to legislation, regulation, recalls and foodborne illness outbreaks. A Jayhawk by birth and education, Beach earned her bachelor’s of science in journalism from the University of Kansas.

The Department of Health and Human Services is requesting $72 million for food safety efforts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in fiscal year 2026.

The request is a relatively small portion of the $94.7 billion for HHS requested in President Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget. The total

Continue Reading Budget request cuts CDC’s funding by half; food safety budget hard hit

Two species of fish-borne parasites have been found in freshwater fish routinely caught for consumption. Researchers say people could be eating the fish in ways that are conducive to transmission.

The analysis of freshwater fish collected at five fishing sites in San Diego County, CA, was published in the Journal

Continue Reading Researchers find infectious parasites in freshwater fish; consumers warned about improper preparation

Inspectors found multiple food safety violations in May at a golf course resort kitchen owned by President Trump.

The inspectors from Somerset County Department of Health found the kitchen at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey to have violations that “constitute gross insanitary or unsafe conditions, which pose

Continue Reading Trump golf resort kitchen gets 32 out of 100 on health inspection report card

California is one step closer to becoming the first state in the nation to ban ultra-processed foods in public school lunches with bipartisan legislation approved by the state Assembly. 

The bill, AB 1264, introduced by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, would direct the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment to

Continue Reading California bill would ban ultra-processed foods from school lunch programs

The patient count in an outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis infections has jumped to 103, with no source yet identified as the route of the pathogen.

A week ago there were 78 confirmed patients, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency has not reported how old the patients are

Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak sickens more than 100 people; investigations into other outbreaks ongoing