Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: Does it seem like the Wheels of the Food Safety Bus are coming off?

Damn, the last few months have been maddening, saddening and exhausting. What is going on? Yu Shang Food Listeria Outbreak As of November 22, 2024, 11 people infected with the

By Bill Marler

/ 23 Nov 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Does it seem like the Wheels of the Food Safety Bus are coming off?

Publisher’s Platform: Learn from Lauren, cook your burgers

Just about 34 years ago today 6-year-old Lauren Rudolph was about to eat an undercooked, E. coli O157:H7-tainted hamburger at a San Diego area Jack-in-the-Box. She would die just

By Bill Marler

/ 20 Nov 2024

Publisher’s Platform: Learn from Lauren, cook your burgers

Could avian flu cause our next pandemic?

— OPINION — This column was originally published by MedPage Today and is reprinted here with permission. Let’s not bury our heads in the sand Colleagues, it’s time to wake

By Guest Opinion

/ 20 Nov 2024

Could avian flu cause our next pandemic?

Dye on the vine

— OPINION — By Renee Leber, Technical Services Manager, Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) As more states seek to ban foods with certain dyes or additives in the name of food safety,

By Guest Contributor

/ 14 Nov 2024

The duty to protect (some of us)

— OPINION — We tend to think of public policy as policy that benefits “the public.” Yet few policies, even within the domain of food safety, aim to protect a hypothetical “average

By Thomas Gremillion

/ 4 Nov 2024

Transforming FDA-regulated food products: A webinar with Jim Jones

— OPINION — If you care about food safety, then Jim Jones matters to you. A year into his tenure as Deputy Commissioner for the Human Foods Program, Jones has infused the

By Steven Grossman

/ 29 Oct 2024

The limits of traceability: Enhancing food safety with HACCP programs

For food and beverage processors, safety and quality are top priorities. To help prevent foodborne illnesses and protect consumers, traceability systems can track the production, processing, and distribution of products

By Guest Contributor

/ 27 Oct 2024

The limits of traceability: Enhancing food safety with HACCP programs

Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history

Several years ago, I was giving a talk at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ conference in Boston. My talk was primarily an overview of where food safety has come

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Oct 2024

Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history

Deli meat safety and Listeria: More can be done to protect consumers

— OPINION — The recent news about an outbreak of Listeria infections from deli meat products serves as a stark reminder of the ongoing threat posed by the deadly bacterium Listeria monocytogenes.

By Guest Contributor

/ 23 Oct 2024

Appellate judges wonder why deaths couldn’t be talked about at the 2014 PCA criminal trial

— OPINION — While we wait for the three-judge appellate panel’s decisions in Stewart and Michael Parnell’s habeas corpus motions, there is something to discuss. In some side comments during

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Oct 2024

Appellate judges wonder why deaths couldn’t be talked about at the 2014 PCA criminal trial

Salmonella continues to be a big problem

Recalling that some papers mention that Salmonella is a hazard that should be addressed, I peeked in my preharvest folder for quotes. Here are some from 2024. Salmonella, a Gram-negative,

By Carl Custer

/ 2 Oct 2024

Salmonella continues to be a big problem

Letter from the Editor: ‘Make America Healthy Again’ may be catching on

I am hearing about some strange happenings in our nation’s capital. Bipartisan meetings are being held with witnesses that everybody agrees on, without any rancor. An important subject is

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 Oct 2024

Letter from the Editor: ‘Make America Healthy Again’ may be catching on

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: Does it seem like the Wheels of the Food Safety Bus are coming off?

Publisher’s Platform: Learn from Lauren, cook your burgers

Could avian flu cause our next pandemic?

Dye on the vine

The duty to protect (some of us)

Transforming FDA-regulated food products: A webinar with Jim Jones

The limits of traceability: Enhancing food safety with HACCP programs

Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history

Deli meat safety and Listeria: More can be done to protect consumers

Appellate judges wonder why deaths couldn’t be talked about at the 2014 PCA criminal trial

Salmonella continues to be a big problem

Letter from the Editor: ‘Make America Healthy Again’ may be catching on

Your Support Protects Public Health