I was taking my 10-year-old niece to see a movie the other night, and after she got into my car, we had an interesting conversation. “Zoe, please buckle
(I have spent much of the last week reading a 189-page report issued jointly by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada, with the dry title,
Today we celebrate educators. In the days ahead we’ll celebrate leaders in consumer groups, government agencies, non-government organizations, the food industry and the news media. Of course, no
When I began in the business, there was a question that editors would ask when considering someone for hire. That question was: “How good is his (or her) rolodex? I
Fact: Salmonella is a leading cause of foodborne illness worldwide, with an estimated 1.4 million cases each year in the United States alone. This week, the CDC reported that
The Alaska Division of Public Health announced Friday that a recent and potentially ongoing outbreak of Campylobacter infections on the Kenai Peninsula has been traced to the consumption of raw
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced it would extend the public comment period for the information collection provisions associated with two proposed Food Safety Modernization Act
Small turtles have caused a rash of illnesses in the United States over the past two years, accounting for at least 347 Salmonella illnesses since May of 2011, according to
At least 124 people are now known to have been sickened in the Salmonella Heidelberg outbreak linked to chicken, reported the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late
Ever since 9/11, Uncle Sam has told us that if we see something, we should say something. But those days might be over, at least in Illinois where state
Food safety remains on the Government Accountability Office’s “high-risk” list, according to an update put out by the agency Thursday. As GAO noted in its report, the U.
This week, food labor advocate Saru Jayaraman is releasing her new book, Behind the Kitchen Door, which relates heartbreaking stories of just some of the 10 million restaurant workers in