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Publisher’s Platform: Raw Milk – A Sickening Elixir

Organic Pastures Dairy Company was founded in 2000 and changed its business name to Raw Farm in 2020. Here is a brief history of raw milk and raw milk products

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Nov 2023

Publisher’s Platform: Raw Milk – A Sickening Elixir

Publisher’s Platform: It is past time to vaccinate food service workers against Hep A

The CDC has been reporting on an ongoing person to person outbreak of Hepatitis A for years. Since the outbreaks were first identified in 2016, 37 states have publicly reported

By Bill Marler

/ 5 Nov 2023

Publisher’s Platform: It is past time to vaccinate food service workers against Hep A

Catch-up with the FDA Commissioner

By: Robert M. Califf, FDA Commissioner of Food and Drugs Last month was the first anniversary of the White House Conference and National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. The

By Guest Contributor

/ 20 Oct 2023

KISS and other tips for communicating about food safety discussed at AFFI forum

By Ben Chapman and Don Schaffner We spend a lot of time talking about food safety risks to various stakeholders, including consumers. As co-hosts of “Risky or Not”, we know

By Guest Contributor

/ 18 Oct 2023

KISS and other tips for communicating about food safety discussed at AFFI forum

Cracking the cronobacter case

This column was first published by Q/A and is reprinted here with permission of the author and Q/A. By Mitzi Baum At Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP), we are

By Guest Contributor

/ 11 Oct 2023

Gov. Newsom shouldn’t wait for the FDA

— OPINION — By Scott Faber Anyone who cares about the safety of our food wishes that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had the resources to protect consumers from dangerous

By Guest Opinion

/ 4 Oct 2023

Poisoned: A memorial and a call for courage in food safety

— OPINION — Today, September 18, would be my son, Riley Detwiler’s 32nd birthday. Earlier this year, I had the privilege and heartache of being part of the recently released Netflix

By Darin Detwiler

/ 18 Sep 2023

Poisoned: A memorial and a call for courage in food safety

The American people deserve a single food safety agency

— OPINION — By Frank Yiannas and Mindy Brashears Both of us have dedicated our careers to advancing food safety and protecting the public. We’ve both done so at the height

By Guest Contributor

/ 11 Sep 2023

The American people deserve a single food safety agency

Risk communication with consumers: Lessons needed to earn trust, motivate change

By Jennifer McEntire, Founder, Food Safety Strategy “I am confident in the safety of the food I eat.” Five years ago, only one-third of U.S. consumers strongly agreed with

By Guest Contributor

/ 7 Sep 2023

Risk communication with consumers: Lessons needed to earn trust, motivate change

Publisher’s Platform: A picture is worth far more than 1,000 words

— OPINION — People always ask me why do leafy green E. coli outbreaks keep happening. I think the bottom line is that retailers, restaurants, growers, processors and the government simply do

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Sep 2023

Publisher’s Platform: A picture is worth far more than 1,000 words

Publisher’s Platform: It has nearly been six years since over 1,000 people were sickened and over 200 died from Listeria-tainted Polony in South Africa

A new journal article on the polony tragedy was just published: “Cost estimation of listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes) occurrence in South Africa in 2017 and its food safety implications.” Some main

By Bill Marler

/ 30 Aug 2023

Publisher’s Platform: It has nearly been six years since over 1,000 people were sickened and over 200 died from Listeria-tainted Polony in South Africa

Stop Foodborne Illness challenges public to take 3,000 steps for food safety

— OPINION — By Mitzi D. Baum, M.Sc., CEO for Stop Foodborne Illness Stop Foodborne Illness (STOP) was born in 1994, the same year in which September was dedicated as National

By Guest Contributor

/ 29 Aug 2023

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: Raw Milk – A Sickening Elixir

Publisher’s Platform: It is past time to vaccinate food service workers against Hep A

Catch-up with the FDA Commissioner

KISS and other tips for communicating about food safety discussed at AFFI forum

Cracking the cronobacter case

Gov. Newsom shouldn’t wait for the FDA

Poisoned: A memorial and a call for courage in food safety

The American people deserve a single food safety agency

Risk communication with consumers: Lessons needed to earn trust, motivate change

Publisher’s Platform: A picture is worth far more than 1,000 words

Publisher’s Platform: It has nearly been six years since over 1,000 people were sickened and over 200 died from Listeria-tainted Polony in South Africa

Stop Foodborne Illness challenges public to take 3,000 steps for food safety

Your Support Protects Public Health