Managing Editor Coral Beach is a print journalist with more than 35 years experience as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers, trade publications and freelance clients including the Kansas City Star and Independence Examiner.
This year’s Dirty Dozen list from the Environmental Working Group opens with a statement about COVID-19 and food safety, encouraging consumers to continue to eat fresh fruits and vegetables
The CDC has declared a deadly E. coli O157:H7 outbreak over, but the cause remains a mystery.
The outbreak, which began in mid-December 2020, continued to make people sick
An Arby’s restaurant has closed for the second time in less than a month because of an outbreak of foodborne illnesses among its customers. Health officials say the pathogen
Since Feb. 15, at least 40 people have reported becoming ill after eating at an Arby’s restaurant in Springfield, IL. Health officials are investigating and an inspection on Feb.
A New Jersey company is recalling 17 soft cheese products sold under three brands because it has been linked to an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections that has hospitalized at
Federal officials have identified at least one brand of cheese of interest in their investigation of an outbreak of Listeria infections. The FDA is warning that consumers, restaurants and retailers
A new congressional report has revealed highly dangerous levels of arsenic and other poisons in baby food. It also reveals that Walmart, Campbell Foods, and Sprout Organic Foods refused to
Traceback efforts continue in a Salmonella Miami outbreak, but few details are available. Federal investigators report that the patient count has increased to 60. The source has not yet been
Cattle feces from a lot uphill from produce growing fields were contaminated with E. coli that matches the strain from outbreaks in the falls of 2019 and 2020 that were
Citizen watchdog groups are joining forces with victims of foodborne illness in a petition seeking “enforceable standards” for slaughterhouses when it comes to Salmonella contamination of poultry.
Four groups have
Today the FDA announced a new foodborne illness outbreak from an unknown source. The outbreak comes on the heels of three others of unknown origin that were investigated in late
The FDA has updated its materials about a proposed food traceability rule — “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” (Food Traceability Proposed Rule).
Traceability in the food supply chain
