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Beach Beat: Daily Meal reveals 50 most powerful food people

By Coral Beach on February 7, 2017
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Most publishers in the news biz have a background in advertising. I was lucky enough in the previous century to work for one who came up on the news side of the industry. He was just as concerned about revenue as publishers who came…
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Beach Beat: Sprout, sprout, let it all out — comment now

By Coral Beach on January 22, 2017

Fresh, raw sprouts are among the most notorious of offenders in terms of foodborne illness outbreaks with almost 2,500 confirmed victims, including three deaths, in the past 20 years in the U.S. alone.

beach-beatAdd in the 2011 E. coli outbreak in Europe — which sickened more than 3,900 people, killing…
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Beach Beat: Del Monte’s pretty in pink with OK for GMO

By Coral Beach on December 20, 2016

You’ve gotta give it to those marketing magicians at Del Monte Fresh Produce Co. Back in the 1990s when they introduced the phrase “golden extra sweet pineapple” they stated the obvious with fabulous flair. I can’t help myself. I have to write down the entire phrase when drafting a shopping…
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Beach Beat: It’s not people, it’s algal flour and soy protein

By Coral Beach on October 23, 2016

When the recall alert for Soylent brand “Food Bars” hit my email a couple of days ago I would have thought it was a colleague pulling my leg but for the standard coding and language from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

beach-beatThe thought of the name Soylent applied to an…
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Capitol crud or unpasteurized pathogens, a gut-wrenching tale

By Coral Beach on March 13, 2016

beach-beat What’s more ironic than a raw milk fan sharing unpasteurized milk with fellow legislators in celebration of a new herd-share law and having the toasts coincidentally followed by an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness? One of the reporters who broke the story is named Gutman. And I thought Coral Beach was…
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Beach Beat: Superbugs and science projects

By Coral Beach on February 14, 2016

Headlines out of the European Union this week warned that superbug versions of foodborne pathogens have become more resistant to antibiotics than was previously thought. beach-beat Campylobacter is the most commonly reported cause of food poisoning in the EU and is increasingly able to survive ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic commonly used against…
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Beach Beat: Nuggets of news from recent days

By Coral Beach on February 6, 2016

Welcome to Beach Beat — I figure when your mom gives you a great byline at birth, you should use it every chance you get. I couldn’t be happier about my byline being added to the list of journalists at Food Safety News. Coral BeachIn case you missed it, or…
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