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Dear colleagues,
As her service comes to an end on May 31, it is appropriate to thank Dr. Susan Mayne for more than eight years of professional dedication as
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I must admit, in 30 years of doing food safety, I seldom recall a health department withholding from the public the source of an outbreak – even Norovirus.
I am
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When do dark kitchens need the sanitizing light of local consumer safety oversight?
Never, according to Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, Republican, and Sen. Greg Hertz, R-Polson. This is the
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By Wendelyn Jones, PhD
According the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Corporate Social Responsibility is a management concept whereby companies integrate social and environmental concerns into their business operations
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Several weeks ago, food safety advocate Bill Marler launched his campaign to “Get the ‘F’ out of the FDA.”
Marler proposed that Congress split the Food and Drug Administration
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The pubic is the primary loser of last month’s decision by the Conference of Food Protection (CFP) to cancel the proposed re-establishment of the Hand Hygiene Committee, an
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The Abbott infant formula recall could have been prevented. The FDA had reports of safety failures months before the contaminated formula sickened babies and caused two deaths.
I sent
On the 150th anniversary of the Irish Potato Famine, where starvation killed one million Irish, then British Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a statement that was taken as an apology
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I am frustrated that Consumer Reports and other companies will not distinguish us and other small producers who offer a premium troll caught canned tuna. Yes it costs more
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Everybody should be familiar with the story so far.
U.S. Department of Labor investigators in late 2022 and in early 2023, found more than 100 minor children doing
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released a proposed determination to declare Salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products
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Consumer Reports is supporting a proposal announced April 25 by the USDA to declare salmonella an adulterant in breaded stuffed raw chicken products at low levels so that the
