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 fashion in the book “The Poison Squad” by Deborah Blum. The FDA has continued to utilize science and logic in
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Time to part ways with Part 114
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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 money and no it is not in every store in the US. Since our tuna is canned in
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna
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 needed to provide a scientific perspective to the issue. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service
Continue Reading Letter to The Editor: Better food safety through science, not emotions
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Dear Editor,
When the Washington Post published a story, “Pork industry soon will have more power over meat inspections,” FSIS proffered the “Oath of Office” in an attempt to place its employees,
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: The Oath (Version 01)
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Dear Editor,
2018 has been marked by high profile food recalls ranging from romaine lettuce and thousands of pounds of ground beef
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Dear Editor,
Fecal contamination is very common in the butchering process of animals. During the process of disemboweling the chickens, the intestines
Continue Reading Letter to The Editor: Consumer best practices crucial for safe meat, poultry
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I try to read about food safety threats and notify family and friends every time see one that is pertinent. Each time,
Continue Reading Letter to The Editor: Let’s make it humans vs. bugs and stop pointing fingers
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 bending facts will have real victims: consumer and worker safety. There is no such thing as just increasing line speeds in
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: No obfuscation if you keep to the facts
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 these facilities.
The proposed rule is strongly backed by the meatpacking industry, but the fact is that raising line speeds in
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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 a Livable Future at the Bloomberg School of Public Health regarding California legislation about antibiotic use in animals used for human
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