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.
The federal government has closed some foodborne illness outbreak investigations in the past week.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service released even less information when it closed its
A study by Consumer Reports has found dangerously high levels of heavy metals in chocolate from well-known brands including Hershey’s, Theo, and Trader Joe’s.
Of particular concern
The FDA and USDA continue to investigate outbreaks with the sources of the pathogens remaining unknown.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service have posted virtually no information on
After 60 days of waiting, a report on operations at the FDA has arrived. It says the agency needs more money and an organizational chart that has a clear chain
Reactions to yesterday’s report on the inner workings of the food side of the Food And Drug Administration were cautiously optimistic. The commissioner of the agency was less than
The FDA has issued two guidance documents about food allergen labeling requirements to help the food industry meet the need to list any significant food allergen on the labels of
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the
An outbreak of infections from Salmonella Typhimurium is slowly growing according to the FDA, and an investigation into an outbreak of E. coli infections has been closed.
For the Salmonella
Both the FDA and the USDA have announced new outbreaks, but have provided virtually no details on the situations.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection
State and local health officials in Oklahoma are working to find the cause of an outbreak of infections caused by E. Coli.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health sent out
The Government Accountability Office says the FDA should have the power to ask for and receive information from food companies about food packaging and food production surfaces in relation to
A new outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections from a not yet identified food has been added to the list of outbreaks under investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.
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