Food safety issues and worries about food safety rose to a high level last year among farmers. The owner of one of the original small organic farms in my county
When it comes to our nation’s Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) policy, some people like to wrestle in the mud. I like to wrestle with the science. And the
This week Congress begins hearings on the 2012 farm bill, the massive piece of legislation that gets updated about every five years and undergirds America’s entire food supply, but
A recent initiative within the National Park Service seeks to bring its food offerings in line with its mission of environmental preservation. The Institute at Golden Gate notes while “publicly
After “flowers or chocolate” (hint: both!), the next big Valentine’s Day question isn’t whether to order the heart-shaped pizza (hint: yes!)–it’s whether to go out to
Next to the Star Trek transporter, which could free us from both traffic jams and airport security lines, the Star Fleet tool we most need now is the tricorder.
We
After Food Safety News broke the story that Taco Bell was the mysterious “Restaurant Chain A” linked to a Salmonella outbreak that sickened 68 people in 10 states, ABC Evening
Headlines about another restaurant involved in an outbreak are almost a daily occurrence now. Some major restaurant chains have had at least one outbreak. It begs the question, why? In
On February 2, I wrote a commentary that appeared on Food Safety News entitled “USDA Inspected and Approved High-Risk Meat.”
One sentence in the editorial stated “USDA has concluded that
“There’s no money for . . .” well you name it. At a time when all manner of government services are being cut, trillions in bailouts to the financial services industry aside,
John Perkins, the long-time police chief of Pocatello, ID, taught me all I needed about the public’s right to know.
When hired on after college at the Idaho State
I recently participated in “The Conversation”, which aired on the local Seattle public television station, KCTS. Enrique Cerna and I talked about how food safety — and the laws that govern