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An additional 87 ill people from 16 states were included in this investigation since the last update on Nov. 15. States with newly reported illnesses include: Michigan, Mississippi, and West Virginia.
As of Dec.
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FDA Frontlines: Meet Scott Loughan, compliance officer of the year
Contributed
My name is Scott Loughan and I am a Compliance Officer in the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Regulatory Affairs. I work in Vermont and I am a senior case officer in my
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When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes
Opinion
Food companies have been at the forefront of technological innovation and scientific research and development for decades upon decades. Cursory attention to the items we eat — how those items are grown, sourced, processed,
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When lettuce becomes unhealthy, it’s time to rethink food safety in the U.S.
Opinion
Editor’s note: This guest column was written by Senior Director of Health and Food Erik Olson and Interim Food Director Lena Brook of the Natural Resources Defense Council. (In an earlier version of this
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Reality as we know it, as it’s been, and as it will remain if we don’t act
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Editor’s note: One of our regular contributors, Carl Custer, has been closely watching the investigations into E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with romaine lettuce in the past year. Here he discusses some of the
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Letter From The Editor: Perishable Opinions
Opinion
Jim Prevor is the award-winning food writer, editor and lecturer from Boca Raton, FL, who is the founder and publisher of Produce Business magazine. He is known as the “Perishable Pundit,” and also for
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Publisher’s Platform: Revive the MDP
Hundreds sicken and hospitalized, dozens with kidney failure and 7 deaths from romaine in the last 12 months in the U.S. and Canada and the response from industry and government has been what? Please put
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The new holiday tradition: Searching for recalls and outbreak information
Opinion
Editor’s note on the author: Michéle Samarya-Timm, a health educator and Registered Environmental Health Specialist working for Somerset (NJ) County Department of Health, originally wrote this column for barfblog.com. It is reprinted here
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Taking Salmonella seriously: Will Dr. Brashears use the tools at her disposal to protect public health?
Opinion
Tomorrow, the Senate will finally hold a nomination hearing for Dr. Mindy Brashears to become the highest ranking food safety official in the federal government, a post that has remained vacant for nearly five
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American Statistical Association wants Congress to demand details on USDA plan for research service
Opinion
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s reorganization plan, which would relocate a key agricultural research agency outside Washington, DC, has drawn increasing criticism from those who know and depend on its economic and statistical
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Publisher’s Platform: How does this “Romaine” acceptable? 339 with E. coli, 159 Hospitalized, 31 with Kidney Failure and 7 Deaths
Opinion
2017 and 2018 Romaine E. coli Outbreaks in the United States and Canada
Total Sick – 339
Hospitalized – 159
Kidney Failure – 31
Deaths – 7
In 2017 in Canada, a total, of
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