Opinion & Contributed Articles

FDA’s sluggish process is failing to protect celiacs

There comes a moment in every child’s life when they begin to discover that, although their parents may seem to have all the answers, adults in general do not

By Brian Ronholm

/ 19 Sep 2024

FDA’s sluggish process is failing to protect celiacs

Lessons lost

— OPINION — Boar’s Head’s deadly Listeria outbreak serves as a stark reminder that the food safety issues Upton Sinclair exposed over a century ago in “The Jungle” still persist.

By Darin Detwiler

/ 16 Sep 2024

Publisher’s Platform: WTF? – ‘Imminent Threat’ 2 years ago? A deadly tale of Listeria at Boar’s Head

— OPINION — The New York Times just dropped: ‘Imminent Threat’ Found at Boar’s Head Plant 2 Years Before Fatal Listeria Outbreak U.S. inspectors listed serious problems in 2022 that

By Bill Marler

/ 11 Sep 2024

Publisher’s Platform: WTF? – ‘Imminent Threat’ 2 years ago? A deadly tale of Listeria at Boar’s Head

Publisher’s Platform: More than six years after the largest Listeria outbreak victims have still not been compensated

— OPINION — This is a crime. We are now beyond six years from the date that the NICD announced the association between Tiger Brands’ polony products and the outbreak, and the

By Bill Marler

/ 10 Sep 2024

Publisher’s Platform: More than six years after the largest Listeria outbreak victims have still not been compensated

Congress should pass the Federal Food Administration Act

— OPINION — Listeria contamination is causing meats and produce to be pulled off store shelves nationwide, with hospitalizations and deaths continuing to mount and new recalls being issued. Now the Food

By Guest Contributor

/ 4 Sep 2024

Congress should pass the Federal Food Administration Act

Publisher’s Platform: House and Senate should act now on Boar’s Head plant

— OPINION — The years of inspection reports (Here are the Inspection Reports in PDF.) leave little doubt that the Boar’s Head plant’s food safety plan must have been non-existent.

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Sep 2024

Publisher’s Platform: House and Senate should act now on Boar’s Head plant

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about the Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak

Before you watch the video, please review the last two years of FSIS Inspection Reports – /content/files/files/2024/08/2024-08-27.pdf I also got this email from a former

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Aug 2024

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about the Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak

Regulating agricultural water quality

— OPINION — Editor’s note: This article was first published in The Regulatory Review and is reprinted here with permission. Foodborne illness caused by contaminated agricultural water is a significant problem.

By Timothy D. Lytton

/ 28 Aug 2024

Fighting Cronobacter will go far beyond infant formula

Dr. Michael Hansen, Senior Scientist at Consumer Reports contributed to this article. The 2022 infant formula crisis focused renewed attention on the dangers posed by Cronobacter infections to newborns, but

By Brian Ronholm

/ 12 Aug 2024

Fighting Cronobacter will go far beyond infant formula

Publisher’s Platform: FDA is on the Hunt for Cyclospora

What is Cyclospora? Cyclospora is a parasite composed of one cell, too small to be seen without a microscope. The organism was previously thought to be a blue-green alga or

By Bill Marler

/ 11 Aug 2024

Publisher’s Platform: FDA is on the Hunt for Cyclospora

Real steps we can take now to modernize recall communication

By Darin Detwiler, Gillian Kelleher and Roger Hancock The goal of a food recall is simple: to remove compromised food in order to prevent people from eating contaminated food that

By Guest Contributor

/ 11 Aug 2024

Real steps we can take now to modernize recall communication

Step by step to digital food safety

— OPINION — The food industry is facing a digital transformation. Going forward, it will be necessary to digitize processes and procedures for food safety in such a way that they can

By Guest Contributor

/ 5 Aug 2024

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

FDA’s sluggish process is failing to protect celiacs

Lessons lost

Publisher’s Platform: WTF? – ‘Imminent Threat’ 2 years ago? A deadly tale of Listeria at Boar’s Head

Publisher’s Platform: More than six years after the largest Listeria outbreak victims have still not been compensated

Congress should pass the Federal Food Administration Act

Publisher’s Platform: House and Senate should act now on Boar’s Head plant

Publisher’s Platform: What you need to know about the Boar’s Head Listeria Outbreak

Regulating agricultural water quality

Fighting Cronobacter will go far beyond infant formula

Publisher’s Platform: FDA is on the Hunt for Cyclospora

Real steps we can take now to modernize recall communication

Step by step to digital food safety