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Beach Beat: FDA posts less than half the number of food recalls during pandemic

By Coral Beach on May 8, 2020
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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…
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Beach Beat: Even Sweet Caroline and Kate Winslet wash their hands

By Coral Beach on April 8, 2020
Opinion

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…
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Re-visiting 2018 food safety Op-Eds

By News Desk on December 23, 2018

Editor’s note: Since its inception a decade ago, commentary in the from of guest opinion-editorial, or Op-Ed, content has been an important part of Food Safety News. Hundreds of contributors have found a place …
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Beach Beat: Round and round Chipotle goes, where the outbreaks will end, nobody knows

By Coral Beach on August 18, 2018
Opinion

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…
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Beach Beat: Why wasn’t canal water tested months ago?

By Coral Beach on June 29, 2018

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…
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Beach Beat: Breitbart, WAPO on the same page with gross news

By Coral Beach on January 28, 2018

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.

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Beach Beat: Taking a chance with raw milk? Don’t bet your kid

By Coral Beach on August 25, 2017

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…
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Beach Beat: Avocado hand and other summer food hazards

By Coral Beach on May 28, 2017

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…
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Beach Beat: Public’s right to know should trump trade secrets

By Coral Beach on April 2, 2017

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.
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Beach Beat: Carnac the Magnificent tells all about Salmonella

By Coral Beach on February 26, 2017

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…
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