What if you could kill 99 percent of the potentially harmful bacteria on the surface of your fresh produce in one minute with just the flip of a switch? Consumers could have devices similar in
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Anatomy of a food recall: The background and the bottom line
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Editor’s note: This article was published by the Penn State Extension Service and is reprinted here with permission.
It seems we hear about food recalls more frequently. To understand what is happening let’s look
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FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging
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Today, the FDA doubled-down on its flawed 2005 and 2017 decisions to allow the hazardous chemical perchlorate to be added to dry food packaging. The FDA denied a request for a public hearing submitted
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Why does AFDO collaborate with the Food Safety Summit? It works for all
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AFDO has been a long-term collaborator with the Food Safety Summit, participating as a member of the Educational Advisory Board, coordinating summit sessions, and providing technical specialists for sessions and a presenter for the
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Latest food safety technology will boost your bottom line
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How much money have you lost in the past 24 hours? How much food has gone bad and how much time was wasted in your kitchen?
We all understand the paramount importance
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WGS surpasses FDA as top fear factor for food companies
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There are three letters that should strike fear into every food executive’s heart – and three steps those business people can take to protect their companies.
No, the three letters are not F-D-A. Although
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Can Silicon Valley save food safety? Maybe, but not with online reviews alone
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An emerging body of scholarship argues that machine learning and artificial intelligence can solve food safety enforcement. By mining tweets and Yelp reviews, health departments can target inspections more effectively. With much fanfare, health
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When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes
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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.
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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
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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
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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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