Opinion
Editor’s note: This column was originally posted by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA and is republished here with permission.
Today, many of us will be sitting down to a Thanksgiving dinner and talking
Running a little hot and cold? Avoid the food safety danger zone
Contributed
Food businesses that invest in digital temperature sensors will experience important benefits: reducing food safety breaches, preventing food waste, and saving significant money. Digital temperature sensors are a smart and important investment for restaurants
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Paradise parasites — Challenges to controlling rat lungworm disease
Opinion
“Tropical parasites in our food? No way!” most Americans think.
It’s time to think again.
In May Hawaii’s Department of Health announced three more cases of rat lungworm in recent visitors. Already endemic in
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The Blue Bell ice cream Listeria outbreak and its fallout
Opinion
Authors: Angela Spivey, Andrew Phillips, and Alan Pryor
It may come off as a truism that food safety is the “most central consumer safety and legal compliance issue” facing a food and beverage
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E. coli from beef to romaine: Can the past be the prelude?
JOpinion
Editor’s note: Gary M. Weber, president of G.M. Weber Consulting LLC, submitted this column for original publication in Food Safety News.
Numerous E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to Romaine lettuce have been a tragedy
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Recipe for pathogen destruction: A little air, a little electricity, a flip of a switch
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
Contributed
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
Opinion
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
Opinion
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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