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Food companies have been at the forefront of technological innovation and scientific research and development for decades upon decades. Cursory attention to the items we eat — how those items are grown, sourced, processed,
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When lettuce becomes unhealthy, it’s time to rethink food safety in the U.S.
Opinion
Editor’s note: This guest column was written by Senior Director of Health and Food Erik Olson and Interim Food Director Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council. (In an earlier version of this
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The new holiday tradition: Searching for recalls and outbreak information
Opinion
Editor’s note on the author: Michéle Samarya-Timm, a health educator and Registered Environmental Health Specialist working for Somerset (NJ) County Department of Health, originally wrote this column for barfblog.com. It is reprinted here
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American Statistical Association wants Congress to demand details on USDA plan for research service
Opinion
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s reorganization plan, which would relocate a key agricultural research agency outside Washington, DC, has drawn increasing criticism from those who know and depend on its economic and statistical
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Of diamonds and meat: Culturing a better future
Opinion
The USDA and FDA recently announced their historic agreement to jointly regulate meat grown from animal cells, helping pave the pathway to commercialization of what’s often called cultured meat, clean meat, and now the
Penn State researchers find farmers markets’ food safety inadequate; E. coli and Listeria abound
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Many vendors at farmers markets take inadequate precautions to prevent the spread of foodborne illness, and they should be trained to reduce food-safety risks, according to Penn State researchers who completed the final phase
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Dave Theno Fellow: Emily Forauer pursues food safety advances in the lab
Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the final piece in a series of articles and opinion columns we have published in recognition of September as Food Safety Education Month.
A fortuitous combination of ambition, chance, and
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Scientists seek to build global confidence in analytical solutions for food safety
Opinion
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of Food Safety Education Month.
Since its founding as the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists
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Victim says education would have made a difference, and it still can
Opinion
Editor’s note: This is part of series of articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of September as Food Safety Education Month.
How many times have you thought through every detail of
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National health officials’ group seeks food safety program mentors, mentees
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Editor’s note: This is part of series of contributed articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of September as Food Safety Education Month.
The National Association of County and City Health Officials
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Restaurant food safety is an oxymoron
Opinion
Nearly 300 people got sick after eating at a McDonalds in Brevard, NC, in what authorities believe is a case of norovirus spread through human contact. This is different from the other recent widespread
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