There’s no indication yet that anyone is the least bit embarrassed about the failure to yet identify the precise source of an E. coli O157: H7 outbreak involving at
Long-planned efforts to place a label on mechanically tenderized beef may be delayed another two years — until 2018 — if they are not finalized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Barbara Kowalcyk, Ph.D., is a food safety advocate who co-founded the Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention after her son, Kevin, died in 2001 from complications of an
(The FDA’s important food safety work, like the rest of the agency’s mission and much of the federal government, is currently on hold due to the government shutdown.
This week, Food Safety News is acknowledging leaders who help keep our food supply safe. Today we celebrate consumer organizations. In the days ahead we’ll celebrate leaders in non-government
As much of Washington, D.C. focused on striking a deal on the
debt ceiling last week — and long term deficit reduction — six people
whose lives have been severely impacted
One of the nation’s largest beef processors announced Thursday that it has begun testing for six poisonous strains of E. coli in addition to E. coli O157:H7 — the
The Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention has posted a petition on change.org pressing the government to move forward with a ban on six disease-causing strains of E.
In the middle of a late January D.C. snowstorm that jammed intersections, closed airports and made commutes last several hours, Senators Harkin, Klobuchar and Durbin and Representatives Pallone and
Yoko Ono announced yesterday that the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention’s Barbara Kowalcyk, who was featured in the 2009 documentary Food Inc., will be awarded the LennonOno
Food safety advocates warned Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack in June about the risks presented by mechanically tenderized steaks; Advocates say the ongoing multi-state E. coli outbreak could have been
The Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention (CFI) recently released a report reviewing and highlighting the long-term health consequences of five foodborne illnesses: Campylobacter, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria