Editor’s note: The Food and Drug Administration posted this “FDA Voice” column July 14 under the title “Charting a Path Forward on Food Safety, Nutrition and Animal Health.” It was co-authored by Stephen
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Consumers had key to unlock E. coli outbreak linked to flour
Editor’s note: This blog by FDA’s Stephen Ostroff and Kathleen Gensheimer was originally posted by the agency as part of its “FDA Voice” series on June 28, 2016.
GenomeTrakr is FDA’s version of Hoover’s fingerprint file
Editor’s note: This article was originally posted on FDA’s Consumer Updates page. A person commits a crime, and the detective uses DNA evidence collected from the crime scene to track the criminal down. An
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Q & A with FDA’s new top food cop Stephen Ostroff
Editor’s note: This interview with Stephen Ostroff was originally published by FDA on June 2, 2016. Stephen Ostroff, M.D. is the FDA’s new Deputy Commissioner for Foods and Veterinary Medicine (FVM). He succeeds Michael R.
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Food Safety for Cancer Patients
World Cancer Day (Feb. 4) is the perfect time to talk about why food safety is so important for the nearly 15 million Americans who are cancer survivors and the 1.7 million people in the
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FDA's Team Tomato Fights Contamination
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FDA's Special Role: Ensuring Food Safety at the Inauguration
This article was originally published on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s FDA Voice blog on January 17. By Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D. With the presidential inauguration just days away, it’s an exciting time to
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FDA’s New Outbreak Response Team Has Busy First Year
This is the first in a series of four Consumer Updates from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on the agency’s new CORE (Coordinated Outbreak Response and Evaluation) teams. 
When the Coordinated Outbreak Response and
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Q&A: Carbendazim and Orange Juice
What is the problem?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received reports that low levels of the chemical carbendazim have been found in some orange juice products that contain imported orange juice concentrates.
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Turkey FUNdamentals: Planning for Thanksgiving
OK, so it’s your turn to host the annual Thanksgiving feast. Aunt Sara has been cooking turkeys for 40 years, and Cousin Rachel is a gourmet cook. Can you tackle a turkey without being traumatized?