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Letter to the Editor: Credit where credit is due

By Michael Taylor on June 29, 2023

— OPINION —

Dear Editor,

As an advocate for comprehensive organizational change in FDA’s Food Program, I give Commissioner Califf and his team the credit they are due for the changes he announced this week.

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Letter to the Editor: Thank you to Susan Mayne for leadership at CFSAN

By Guest Opinion on May 28, 2023

— OPINION —

Dear colleagues,

As her service comes to an end on May 31, it is appropriate to thank Dr. Susan Mayne for more than eight years of professional dedication as Director of FDA’s…

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Letter to the Editor: Hand Hygiene Committee should be re-established

By Jim Mann on May 14, 2023

— OPINION —

The pubic is the primary loser of last month’s decision by the Conference of Food Protection (CFP) to cancel the proposed re-establishment of the Hand Hygiene Committee, an issue advocated by The…

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Letter to the Editor: Distinction needed in reports about tuna

By Food Safety News Readers on May 7, 2023

— OPINION —

I am frustrated that Consumer Reports and other companies will not distinguish us and other small producers who offer a premium troll caught canned tuna. Yes it costs more money and no…

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Letter to the Editor: CR supports USDA work to make chicken safer

By Consumer Reports on April 27, 2023

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Consumer Reports is supporting a proposal announced April 25 by the USDA to declare salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products at low levels so that the agency can more…

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Letter to the Editor: ‘Dirty Dozen’ requires a second look

By Guest Opinion on March 21, 2023

Dear Editor,

I saw your story regarding the “Dirty Dozen” list and would appreciate your consideration of updating your content to include some additional facts and information for your readers so there is a balanced…

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Letter to the Editor: Food safety cannot wait — infant formula letter important to industry

By Guest Opinion on March 20, 2023

From: Susan Mayne, Director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition

I am writing in response to the opinion piece published on March 13, 2023, titled “Be Best or Be Better…

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Letter to the Editor: We don’t need an upheaval of USDA and FDA to make a single food safety unit

By Guest Contributor on January 31, 2023

This letter is in reference to a recent Letter from the Editor in Food Safety News (“An independent food safety board is far better than anything FDA Commissioner does on his own”), dated…

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Letter to the Editor: Raw milk legislation in Alaska

By Guest Contributor on February 12, 2022

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The Department of Environmental Conservation, a government agency in Alaska responsible for making sure citizens have access to safe food at the grocery store, has put out a proposed regulation change that…
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Letter to the Editor: comply with FSMA sooner rather than later

By Guest Contributor on March 17, 2021
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Dear Editor,

Recently, a contributed opinion column on March 5, 2021, in Food Safety News made a case concerning food safety issues in the plant due to the FDA inspections or FSMA out of…
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