A few weeks ago many government agencies announced they would be following public health recommendations and have non-essential employees stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the staff activities and services suspended by the FDA were certain random tests of food and inspections of domestic and foreign food
Continue Reading Beach Beat: FDA posts less than half the number of food recalls during pandemic
Even though we are living in uncertain times with uncertain futures, one thing that will hopefully endure the coronavirus pandemic is the new normal for washing hands.
My doctors over the years have said good handwashing practices are the first defense in avoiding all kinds of bad stuff like
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Even Sweet Caroline and Kate Winslet wash their hands
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Denver, we have a problem.
Despite a corporate policy of “zero tolerance” for food safety mistakes, the most infamous burrito chain in the country continues to make its customers sick. Laboratory test results announced this week by public health officials in Delaware County, OH, confirmed what disease detectives had
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Round and round Chipotle goes, where the outbreaks will end, nobody knows
We’ve been reporting on the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce since federal officials first announced it on April 13. Actually, though romaine hadn’t been connected to it yet, we started reporting on the outbreak April 4. A day earlier New Jersey health officials had alerted the
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Why wasn’t canal water tested months ago?
From Breitbart News Network to The Washington Post, a story about Costco shopping carts and raw meat briefly captured the attention of media from right to left this week in a rare alignment.
Actually, though, Costco is getting a raw
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Breitbart, WAPO on the same page with gross news
I’ve never been much for games of pure chance. They simply leave too much up to, well, chance. Where’s the fun or challenge in that? I prefer activities that involve logic and reason and strategy — like “Clue” or pinochle.
Yah, yah, I know both of those involve an element
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Taking a chance with raw milk? Don’t bet your kid
I figure you haven’t properly celebrated a summer holiday unless you consume some potato salad and baked beans, but an increasing number of people are making guacamole a summertime tradition, and according to some doctors the trend is a dangerous one.
In an odd moment in the world of food
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Avocado hand and other summer food hazards
ICYMI, as the texters say, the FDA finally came clean about a dirty food production operation, naming Dixie Dew Products Inc. as the manufacturer of soy-based goo marketed as an allergen-free alternative to peanut butter.
The revelation Friday evening came weeks after FDA inspectors found filthy conditions, insect infestation and
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Public’s right to know should trump trade secrets
And now, Carnac the Magnificent will use his mystical powers to answer the riddle before hearing it: “An Aztec warrior, a couple of eggheads from Cornell and a middle schooler from Utah.”
The question in the envelope has, of course, been hermetically sealed in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and
Continue Reading Beach Beat: Carnac the Magnificent tells all about Salmonella
