As the new chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, has publicly indicated that the committee will likely take up a
Editor’s Note: This is the third installment in a ten-part series on meaningful foodborne illness outbreaks. After many outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7, usually associated with a
A Return To Mom’s Rules
Mom was right for more reasons than she ever realized. Her insistence to “wash your hands” led to good habits, likely lasting 6-7
Simultaneous outbreaks killing people might sound like a stretch for a Hollywood script, but it is all too real for the 6.3 million people of Papua New Guinea.
Voice
The American Agricultural Law Association recently awarded its Professional Scholarship Award to Richard L. Cupp, Jr., author of Moving Beyond Animal Rights: A Legal/Contractualist Critique. The article abstract follows:
Canada is taking a big step in food safety.
The federal government in Ottawa has decided to implement all 57 recommendations made by an independent investigation into an outbreak of
A mid-summer Salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 124 people across the country probably was due to contaminated shredded lettuce.
At least that’s the opinion of William Keene,
Q & A with Bill Marler, managing partner of Marler Clark LLP:
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A new policy to give the public lists of retailers who bought recalled beef, pork, and poultry is on the radar screen at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a ten-part series on meaningful foodborne illness outbreaks.
While it did not get enough attention in the United States, the
The Third Annual China International Food Safety & Quality Conference + Expo (CIFSQ) was recently postponed due to a scheduling conflict. The conference, held yearly in Beijing, was originally planned to
This past weekend, the Food Safety News inbox was aflutter with press releases from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)