Opinion
Frank Yiannas, nearing completion of his first year as FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, opened the 2019 Food Safety Consortium Conference recently in Schaumburg, IL. This was his third time to
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There isn’t more Hepatitis A risk for restaurant workers; but they can spread it faster than others
Opinion
America’s food safety attorney Bill Marler, who by way of proper disclosure is also the publisher of Food Safety News, wants food handlers vaccinated for Hepatitis A.
Fact is Marler has been on
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Safe food requires transparency and accountability
Opinion
On a recent visit with some family, I became acquainted with NFL RedZone. For those of you not familiar with this television channel, it provides “whip-around coverage” of all the NFL games on a
FDA leaders say dashboard will help reveal course of food safety
Opinion
After a series of large-scale food safety problems almost a decade ago, Congress passed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA, to shift our food safety system from
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Beach Beat: What to remember from September
Opinion
I know September is almost over because Christmas merchandise is beginning to nudge its way into retail spaces. But just because Food Safety Education Month is nearing its end, it doesn’t mean the educating
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African swine fever’s lesson: Big animal ag is fragile and biohazard suits are not unusual
Opinion
Editor’s note: This column is published here with the permission of the author, Leah Garcés.
Over the past few months, news reports of China’s African swine fever problem, which is decimating the country’s
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Why we are modernizing swine slaughter inspection
Opinion
USDA’s Mindy Brashears submitted this column to Food Safety News this week.
In the world of food safety, 1993 was a watershed moment. Early that year, hundreds of people became ill and four children
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Publisher’s Platform: Minnesota State Fair reports E. coli cases linked to animal contact – what a surprise?
Opinion
The best way to keep the lawyers out of it is to keep the children safe.
Yesterday the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported that it is investigation an outbreak of E. coli O157
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Publisher’s Platform: Journal of Pediatrics weighs in on E. coli Outbreak linked to Soy Nut Butter
Opinion
I.M. Healthy – goodness the irony.
For a bit(e) of history: In the Spring of 2017, the CDC reported that thirty-two people infected with the outbreak strains of E. coli O157: H7 were reported
Letter From the Editor: I’m a little worried, are you?
Opinion
Foodborne illnesses are not generally considered to be “highly contagious.” There are exceptions of course. Children in close contact can give each other E. coli infections.
But generally speaking, if you don’t eat the
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Publisher’s Platform: Hey, CDC, time to recommend Food Service Workers be vaccinated against hepatitis A
Presently, there has been outbreaks of hepatitis A that were first identified in 2016. I started noticing the outbreak in San Diego in 2016, spreading to Utah, Kentucky and beyond. Now 30 states have publicly
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