America is seeing more and more outbreaks and illnesses from people drinking raw, unpasteurized milk. This phenomena has been on the rise over the last 15 years or so. This documented increase is most likely
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How Many Killer Bacteria Does it Take?
How Many Killer Bacteria Does it Take to Adulterate the Meat I Eat?
That question seems to have been put out there for public debate in quotes attributed to Betsy Booren of the American Meat
Leading Change in Food Safety
Most of us don’t get too many opportunities to lead change in our organizations and businesses. We might be in a position to try, but creating change is very difficult.
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Is Germany's Outbreak Source Human, not Cow?
Nancy Donley, an avid and educated food safety advocate with STOP Foodborne Illness (previously Safe Tables Our Priority), has often said, and I can only paraphrase here, that if you go back far enough in
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Mr. President, Can You Hear Us Now?
Editor’s Note: This opinion piece was written by Carol L. Tucker-Foreman and Richard A. Raymond, M.D.
Like the familiar cell phone coverage commercial on television, we are beginning to wonder if the President and his
It's Time to Move on non-O157:H7 STECs
Editor’s Note: This opinion piece was written by Carol L. Tucker-Foreman and Richard A. Raymond, M.D. [1]
It’s Time to Move the Needle on non-O157:H7 STECs
The massive 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli
Test and Hold by the Numbers
The USDA news release dated April 5, 2011, and reported in Food Safety News April 6 by Helena Bottemiller, had this for a headline:
USDA Announces Proposed
Figures Lie, Liars Figure: A Correction
Last week, I penned an article for Food Safety News about a quote attributed to an American Meat Institute official regarding testing of product at a further processing plant that had already been tested at
AMI, Help Protect the Public's (and My) Health
In a recent article about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS) subtle move toward more effective and efficient traceback efforts, Scott Goltry, the American Meat Institute’s (AMI) vice president for
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If I Had a Magic Wand for Food Safety
Editor’s note: If you had a magic wand, how would you conjure up sustainable ways to make the food supply safe? We asked several people to consider the possibilities. Here is another response, from Dr.