With schools across the country facing budget cuts, it is inevitable that well-meaning school supporters will be out in full force this year, organizing bake sales, spaghetti dinners, and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has promised the family of a Nevada woman that the U.S. Senate will take up a food safety bill this fall.
Reid,
The Royal Society for Public Health is presenting a one-day conference on norovirus in November.
The conference, titled, “Norovirus: An Ongoing Challenge,” will feature a keynote lecture from Dr.
Editor’s Note: This is the sixth installment in a ten-part series on meaningful foodborne illness outbreaks.
Our reliance on imported fresh foods, and the danger they can sometimes
When talking about the bugs that cause foodborne illness most people focus on familiar culprits like E. coli O157:H7, Salmonella, Campylobacter, Listeria, and Staph aureus. But the real heavyweight
An 86 year old Wisconsin woman has reached an out-of-court settlement with the fresh produce growers and processors who she says poisoned her three years ago with a
Cheuk Wing-hing, Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene for Hong Kong, recently commended the food business for adopting the government’s Five Keys to Food Safety program, which has
Food Safety Expert Weighs in on Food Safety Progress and Pending Legislation
Meet Dave Theno. He’s been quietly–and sometimes not so quietly–working behind the scenes to make
Last month, state agencies in Wisconsin warned the public not to drink raw milk after 13 people in the southeastern part of the state had become ill shortly after consuming
In a new white paper published by TraceGains and HCL America, authors William Pape of TraceGains and Ravi Sankar of HCL Technologies Limited offer an analysis of the business implications
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth installment in a ten-part series on meaningful foodborne illness outbreaks.
It would be hard to over-estimate the impact of this outbreak.