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Friday night the FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, reported that they are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to certain Jif peanut butter products produced
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Salmonella peanut butter outbreaks – what have we learned since 2008?
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According to the CDC and FDA, at least 4 kids were sickened and of those two died, from drinking Abbott infant formula. Abbott denies the connection. However, the resulting investigation and inspection
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Abbott, you are going to face criminal sanctions
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By Scott Faber
America’s infant formula shortage has raised urgent questions about the safety of our food supply. Most Americans believe America has the safest food supply in the world. But, the
Continue Reading Fragmented FDA leadership contributed to formula failure
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This past week the CDC declared an outbreak of Cronobacter infections over after the FDA received four complaints of Cronobacter infections in infants beginning on September 20, 2021, through January 11, 2022. Two of
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ROSEMONT, IL — This year’s keynote at the 24th Annual Food Safety Summit was about “food safety culture.” FDA officials Conrad Choiniere and Donald Prater did a stand-up act, reminding the audience
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Can ‘food safety culture’ live with DOJ?
Editor’s note: This essay was written as a Final Assignment for the Food Safety Litigation course at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and was selected by the professors as one of the top essays in the
Continue Reading Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life
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ROSEMONT, IL — Food Safety News is an attendee, exhibitor, and panel sponsor at the Food Safety Summit now underway at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL
The
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: Our panelists say ‘get to know’ your regulator
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From September 2021 to February 2022, the CDC received reports of Cronobacter bacteria cases in infants in Minnesota, Ohio and Texas that resulted in four illnesses with two deaths. These illnesses were
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Abbott and public health officials have failed in their duty to protect the most vulnerable
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By Brian Ronholm Director of Food Policy at Consumer Reports, and Liz Hitchcock Director at Safer Chemicals Healthy Families
The next time you order takeout at a favorite restaurant, there is a
Continue Reading It’s time for Congress to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging
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When the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new effort to reduce Salmonella in poultry,
Continue Reading Food safety is about people
