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Retail food safety is a critical component of the nation’s public health infrastructure and serves as the last checkpoint before food reaches consumers. Here, federal support for state, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) jurisdictions plays a significant role in preventing foodborne illnesses and safeguarding the food supply.
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As FSN noted recently, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that poultry slaughter plants had a huge and unprecedented reduction in the number of workers injured this year: the industry injury rates were more than halved from the year before. The BLS data also showed that
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Workplace injury numbers in poultry industry need closer look
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This column was originally published by MedPage Today and is reprinted here with permission.
Colleagues, it’s time to wake up and smell the coffee. Or, for a true reality check, just scan the Department of Agriculture’s frequently-updated map and
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By Brian Ronholm, Director of Food Policy for Consumer Reports, and Frank Yiannas, Former Deputy Commissioner, Food Policy & Response, FDA
Both of us have dedicated our careers to advancing food safety and protecting the public. Collectively, we’ve done so at the height of federal service, in
Continue Reading Better food traceability – We can’t stop now
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By Steve Gibb, MS
Science needs a publicist, and badly. How badly? One can only conclude from reading newspapers that false narratives are increasingly considered normal and acceptable. And we’re not talking about selective emphasis here but bald-faced untruths. Dishonesty is problematic not only because it’s disrespectful
Continue Reading Why science needs PR: Meeting the moment
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Renee Shutters of Jamestown, NY, noticed adverse effects in her son’s behavior and attention span after he consumed M&M’s made with artificial food colors (AFCs). Beginning a petition on Change.org, Shutters called out food manufacturing corporation Mars, for their use of synthetic food dyes in M&M’s. After
Continue Reading Is the FDA really in our corner? The hidden truth about artificial food colors
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On June 7, World Food Safety Day, we celebrate the incredible strides made in food safety and public health. Leading the charge in this mission is NSF, a public health and safety organization. This World Food Safety Day, we take a closer look at NSF’s history
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In the globally connected agriculture and food production industries, ensuring supplier quality is paramount for us as end-consumers. Traditionally, ensuring supplier quality standards were met was, and still is for many, a time-consuming and labor-intensive task involving endless lists of suppliers, multiple Excel sheets, and significant administrative
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Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Amos Miller situation unacceptable abuse of legal systemThe latest posting on long-time persistent violative raw milk seller Amos Miller illustrates at least two costs of permitting litigants to abuse legal process: 1. It purports to allow illegal interstate commerce in a prohibited dangerous product, raw milk. 2. perhaps even more problematic it makes a mockery of public
By Darin Detwiler
In reflecting on the evolution of food safety over the past three decades, we observe a landscape marked by significant and escalating legal actions against companies responsible for outbreaks and violations. The effectiveness of these penalties, especially monetary fines, in preventing future lapses in food safety, merits
Continue Reading Anticipating the inevitable: Predicting the next major food safety failure