Editor’s note: The Alliance for a Stronger FDA recently offered this analysis of the Food and Drug Administration’s FY 2021 funding.
The current fiscal year (FY) 2021 Continuing Resolution runs through Dec. 11. So either (1) action on funding bills will be completed by that date, (2) another short
Continue Reading Continuing funding for FDA complicated by congressional options
Not since the scientists working for J. Robert Oppenheimer began having second thoughts about setting off the A-bombs they made to end World War II have I run across anything quite like “The Social Dilemma.”
Since Sept. 9, the 89-minute film has been available on Netflix. It is the
Continue Reading Letter From The Editor: ‘The Social Dilemma’
An emerging body of scholarship argues that machine learning and artificial intelligence can solve food safety enforcement. By mining tweets and Yelp reviews, health departments can target inspections more effectively. With much fanfare, health departments in Boston, New York City, Las Vegas and Chicago have experimented with using social
Continue Reading Can Silicon Valley save food safety? Maybe, but not with online reviews alone
Agriculture companies are always striving to produce better-tasting, longer-lasting, safer fruits and vegetables, which diminish in value the minute they go from stalk or vine to market.
Driscoll’s, a $3.5 billion provider of berry plants, is turning to emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, the internet of things
Continue Reading Driscoll’s using new technology to improve flavor, food safety
