Michelle Greenhalgh

Michelle Greenhalgh works as a researcher at the Berman Institute of Bioethics at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. She began writing for Food Safety News while completing her graduate degree at Johns Hopkins Universit

Thanksgiving Potluck: Blueberry Crisp

In honor of Thanksgiving here at Food Safety News we’re hosting our fourth virtual potluck (we’ve also held virtual picnics on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 24 Nov 2010

New Trade Group Center to Focus on Food Safety

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the 1,500-member trade association for retailers and wholesalers of food and consumer products, has announced the creation of a Center of Excellence for Food

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 22 Nov 2010

Lawsuit Filed in Apple Cider E. coli Case

A lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Baugher’s Orchard and Farm of Westminster, MD on behalf of Baltimore resident Nicholas Fickel, who became ill after drinking unpasteurized apple cider contaminated

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 10 Nov 2010

Grocery Industry Leads APEC Food Safety Training

In an effort to help improve the safety and security of the global food supply, several major American companies and food industry groups have helped lead training seminars in the

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 9 Nov 2010

Florida Growers Develop Food Safety Standards

Florida citrus growers will give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration a good agricultural practices document that demonstrates how the industry is working to assure that the fruit they

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 3 Nov 2010

California Mussels Quarantine Lifted

California’s annual quarantine on sport-harveted ocean mussels ended at midnight Oct. 31, the California Department of Health (CDPH) announced. A sampling of mussels confirmed that shellfish-borne paralytic shellfish poisoning

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 2 Nov 2010

Guidelines for Safely Processing Wild Game

With the 2010 hunting season under way, the Michigan Departments of Agriculture (MDA) and Natural Resources (DNRE) have issued a press release reminding hunters and retail food establishments to follow

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 1 Nov 2010

Food Safety Firm Supports Education

The Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation, a nonprofit education foundation in Illinois, recently received a $25,000 donation towards its Science Scholarship for high school seniors. The Science Scholarship will be

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 25 Oct 2010

Is Flooding Cause for Food Safety Concerns?

After torrential downpour soaked their fields, some soybean farmers are being advised that they may have to destroy their crops as a food safety precaution. At issue is a 2009

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 21 Oct 2010

Tracking Food Back to the Field

On today’s grocery shelves, it’s commonplace for produce from all over the world to be displayed side by side, regardless of the season. It’s not unusual, in

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 18 Oct 2010

Eisenberg Joins United Fresh Produce Association

Barry A. Eisenberg has been named vice president of food safety services for United Fresh Produce Association, the big Washington, D.C.-based industry association and lobbying group. In announcing

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 13 Oct 2010

Food Protection Institute Exceeds Training Goal

The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) announced this week that it has trained 1,138 food safety regulators, exceeding its training goal of 1,000 officials for 2010. The

By Michelle Greenhalgh

/ 7 Oct 2010

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Michelle Greenhalgh

Thanksgiving Potluck: Blueberry Crisp

New Trade Group Center to Focus on Food Safety

Lawsuit Filed in Apple Cider E. coli Case

Grocery Industry Leads APEC Food Safety Training

Florida Growers Develop Food Safety Standards

California Mussels Quarantine Lifted

Guidelines for Safely Processing Wild Game

Food Safety Firm Supports Education

Is Flooding Cause for Food Safety Concerns?

Tracking Food Back to the Field

Eisenberg Joins United Fresh Produce Association

Food Protection Institute Exceeds Training Goal