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Letter to the Editor: Time to part ways with Part 114

Dear Editor, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was founded due to the need to use scientific principles to ensure the production of safe food. This was presented in excellent

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 28 Jul 2024

Letter to the Editor: Time to part ways with Part 114

Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna

— OPINION — I am frustrated that Consumer Reports and other companies will not distinguish us and other small producers who offer a premium troll caught canned tuna. Yes it costs more

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 7 May 2023

Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna

Letter to The Editor: Better food safety through science, not emotions

letter to the editor When the Washington Post, members of Congress, and 35 other organizations [1] raised concerns about a proposed modernization of a food safety and inspection process, we

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 1 Jul 2019

Letter to The Editor: Better food safety through science, not emotions

Letter to the Editor: The Oath (Version 01)

Opinion Editor’s note: Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website. Dear Editor, When the Washington Post published a story, “Pork industry

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 20 May 2019

Letter to the Editor: The Oath (Version 01)

Letter to The Editor: Blockchain and food safety

Opinion Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers, and that’s you. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website.

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 7 Sep 2018

Letter to The Editor: Blockchain and food safety

Letter to The Editor: Consumer best practices crucial for safe meat, poultry

Opinion Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers, and that’s you. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website.

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 6 Sep 2018

Letter to The Editor: Consumer best practices crucial for safe meat, poultry

Letter to The Editor: Let’s make it humans vs. bugs and stop pointing fingers

Opinion Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers, and that’s you. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website.

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 3 Aug 2018

Letter to The Editor: Let’s make it humans vs. bugs and stop pointing fingers

Letter to the Editor: No obfuscation if you keep to the facts

Written in response to: Eschewing obfuscation on poultry slaughter line speeds Let’s be clear and stick to the facts when discussing line speeds in poultry plants. Parsing words and

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 28 Jan 2018

Letter to the Editor: No obfuscation if you keep to the facts

Letter to the Editor: USDA should rethink pork line speed plan

On Jan. 19, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a proposed rule that would lift current caps on line speeds in pork processing plants and reduce federal oversight in

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 27 Jan 2018

Letter to the Editor: California’s response on challenge of SB27

Editor’s note: California State Veterinarian Annette Jones submitted this letter in response to a letter posted from a group of faculty and staff from the Johns Hopkins Center for

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 20 Oct 2017

Letter to the Editor: CA needs to close antibiotic loopholes

Editor’s note: A group of faculty and staff from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health sent the below letter to

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 19 Oct 2017

Letter to the Editor: Another option for USDA food safety post

From Michael J. Gilsdorf Dear Editor, This is in reference to your article, “Raymond to Perdue: Top food safety candidate is in your backyard” published Jan. 27. I am the

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 4 Feb 2017

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Letter to the Editor: Time to part ways with Part 114

Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna

Letter to The Editor: Better food safety through science, not emotions

Letter to the Editor: The Oath (Version 01)

Letter to The Editor: Blockchain and food safety

Letter to The Editor: Consumer best practices crucial for safe meat, poultry

Letter to The Editor: Let’s make it humans vs. bugs and stop pointing fingers

Letter to the Editor: No obfuscation if you keep to the facts

Letter to the Editor: USDA should rethink pork line speed plan

Letter to the Editor: California’s response on challenge of SB27

Letter to the Editor: CA needs to close antibiotic loopholes

Letter to the Editor: Another option for USDA food safety post