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Letter to the Editor: Line speeds, worker safety are real concerns

By Guest Contributor on January 15, 2020
Opinion

Dear Editor,

Editor Dan Flynn’s Jan. 12 letter supporting the USDA’s new swine slaughter rule perpetuates so many falsehoods, it merits a lengthy response. Among other things, the new rule removes all line speed…
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Letter to the Editor: Why is R-CALF so upset? Just do it — count the cows

By Guest Contributor on January 13, 2020
Opinion

Dear Editor,

I like your recent post Letter From the Editor on Counting Cows.

Don’t forget Canada who is the USA’s largest trading partner in beef (reciprocal trading too) is also very capable of

…
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Letter to the Editor: Romaine industry should ‘just do it’

By Guest Opinion on December 5, 2019
Opinion

Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers, and that’s you. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website.


Dear Editor,

Your article states (on the

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Letter to The Editor: Blockchain and food safety

By Food Safety News Readers on September 7, 2018
Opinion

Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers, and that’s you. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website.


Dear Editor,

2018 has been marked by…
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Letter to The Editor: Consumer best practices crucial for safe meat, poultry

By Food Safety News Readers on September 6, 2018
Opinion

Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers, and that’s you. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website.


Dear Editor,

Fecal contamination is very common…
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Letter to The Editor: Let’s make it humans vs. bugs and stop pointing fingers

By Food Safety News Readers on August 3, 2018
Opinion

Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers, and that’s you. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website.


I try to read about food safety…
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Letter to the Editor: No obfuscation if you keep to the facts

By Food Safety News Readers on January 28, 2018

Written in response to: Eschewing obfuscation on poultry slaughter line speeds 

Let’s be clear and stick to the facts when discussing line speeds in poultry plants. Parsing words and bending facts will have real victims:…
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Letter to the Editor: USDA should rethink pork line speed plan

By Food Safety News Readers on January 27, 2018

On Jan. 19, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a proposed rule that would lift current caps on line speeds in pork processing plants and reduce federal oversight in these facilities.

The proposed rule is…
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Letter to the Editor: California’s response on challenge of SB27

By Food Safety News Readers on October 20, 2017

Editor’s note: California State Veterinarian Annette Jones submitted this letter in response to a letter posted from a group of faculty and staff from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future at the Bloomberg …
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