Researchers are using text mining technology to analyze comments and reviews to improve the traceability of and communication about risky food products.
In a new study published by the journal “Risk Analysis” the
Continue Reading Researchers use iwaspoisoned.com and Amazon reviews to improve food safety
Australians have been warned about the potential risks of buying and selling food on social media websites.
The Food Safety Information Council (FSIC) said food is being prepared in unregulated home kitchens and offered on
Continue Reading FSIC warns of risks because of rise in food sold on social media
Consumer Reports still has a knack for finding something hiding in plain sight that many people will find outrageous. The find this time is bottled Starkey Spring Water manufactured by Whole Foods and also sold
Continue Reading Bottled water’s arsenic king remains legal but still loaded with heavy metal
A man who has been seeking changes to U.S. law since his son died from morphine intoxication in 2016 expects to see bills filed in April. His son wasn’t using drugs. It was unwashed poppy
Continue Reading Unwashed poppy seeds under fire on Capitol Hill and around the world
Editor’s note: Today Food Safety News takes a look back at the most significant recalls in the United States in 2018. As in past years, our year-end coverage is not merely a list of individual
Continue Reading Recalls show foodborne threats continue
As the FDA added another state to the list of those that received pre-cut melon implicated in a salmonellosis outbreak, the chair of the Congressional Food Safety Caucus implored federal agencies to find “what deficiencies
Continue Reading Iowa added to list of states that received melon linked to outbreak
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles leading up to the 20th annual Food Safety Summit. The event, from May 7-10 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in suburban Chicago, includes certification
Continue Reading Actionable information is foundation of Food Safety Summit
After Amazon took over Whole Foods Market locations nationwide this past August in a $13.7 billion acquisition, it still did not see a need to register a Kentucky food warehouse with the Food and Drug
Continue Reading Amazon says food warehouse isn’t subject to FDA food rule
After sickening more than 30 people with E. coli O157:H7 – including several kids with acute kidney failure – you would think that all this tainted product would be off the market – but no.
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: What the Hell?
On March 7, 2017, The
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: It’s past time for FDA to out retailers
If Jeff Bezos and the little online book-selling company he founded in a Seattle garage in 1994 can employ more than 314,000 people and buy Whole Foods Markets for $13.7 billion;
If he and the
Continue Reading Beach Beat: It’s not rocket science, it’s computer science
