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Publisher’s Platform: Abbott caused the infant formula crisis, but the FDA and public health enabled it – Congress needs to fix it

Opinion This past week the CDC declared an outbreak of Cronobacter infections over after the FDA received four complaints of Cronobacter infections in infants beginning on September 20, 2021, through

By Bill Marler

/ 16 May 2022

Letter From The Editor: Can ‘food safety culture’ live with DOJ?

– OPiNION – ROSEMONT, IL — This year’s keynote at the 24th Annual Food Safety Summit was about “food safety culture.” FDA officials Conrad Choiniere and Donald Prater did a stand-up act,

By Dan Flynn

/ 13 May 2022

Letter From The Editor: Can ‘food safety culture’ live with DOJ?

Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life

Editor’s note: This essay was written as a Final Assignment for the Food Safety Litigation course at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and was selected by the professors as one

By Guest Contributor

/ 13 May 2022

Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life

Letter From The Editor: Our panelists say ‘get to know’ your regulator

– OPINION – ROSEMONT, IL — Food Safety News is an attendee, exhibitor, and panel sponsor at the Food Safety Summit now underway at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 May 2022

Letter From The Editor: Our panelists say ‘get to know’ your regulator

Publisher’s Platform: Abbott and public health officials have failed in their duty to protect the most vulnerable

– OPINION – From September 2021 to February 2022, the CDC received reports of Cronobacter bacteria cases in infants in Minnesota, Ohio and Texas that resulted in four illnesses with two deaths.

By Bill Marler

/ 11 May 2022

It’s time for Congress to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging

– OPINION – By Brian Ronholm Director of Food Policy at Consumer Reports, and Liz Hitchcock Director at Safer Chemicals Healthy Families The next time you order takeout at a favorite restaurant,

By Guest Contributor

/ 11 May 2022

It’s time for Congress to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging

Food safety is about people

– OPINION – By Sandra Eskin, USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety in Health and Safety When the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a new effort to reduce Salmonella

By Guest Contributor

/ 6 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Frozen pizzas from the Nestlé Buitoni brand Fraîch’Up likely have sickened several hundred

– OPINION – “In the United States, Escherichia coli O157:H7 causes ≈73,000 infections and 60 deaths annually (1). Infection progresses to hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) in 2% to 15% of

By Bill Marler

/ 4 May 2022

Raw milk still isn’t safe, no matter how many legislatures debate its alleged benefits

– OPINION – By Sara Bratager Food Traceability and Food Safety Scientist at the Institute of Food Technologists According to a 2017 study in Emerging Infectious Diseases, unpasteurized dairy products cause 840

By Guest Contributor

/ 2 May 2022

Raw milk still isn’t safe, no matter how many legislatures debate its alleged benefits

Should all raw food have warning labels?

– OPiNION – I am writing this in response to Dan Flynn’s raw milk article which appeared in Food Safety News on April 28. Mr. Flynn’s article reported on raw

By John Munsell

/ 30 Apr 2022

Should all raw food have warning labels?

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Abbott, you are going to jail for manufacturing tainted infant formula

– OPINiON – Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act in 1938 in reaction to growing public safety demands. The primary goal of the Act was to protect the health

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Apr 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Get Cronobacter sakazakii on the Nationally Notifiable Disease List – Sign the Petition!

– OPiNION – In 2022 alone, two infants have died and five more are extremely ill due to a deadly bacteria called Cronobacter sakazakii. It is in contaminated baby formula that was

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Apr 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Get Cronobacter sakazakii on the Nationally Notifiable Disease List – Sign the Petition!

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: Abbott caused the infant formula crisis, but the FDA and public health enabled it – Congress needs to fix it

Letter From The Editor: Can ‘food safety culture’ live with DOJ?

Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life

Letter From The Editor: Our panelists say ‘get to know’ your regulator

Publisher’s Platform: Abbott and public health officials have failed in their duty to protect the most vulnerable

It’s time for Congress to ban toxic ‘forever chemicals’ from food packaging

Food safety is about people

Raw milk still isn’t safe, no matter how many legislatures debate its alleged benefits

Should all raw food have warning labels?

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Abbott, you are going to jail for manufacturing tainted infant formula

Publisher’s Platform: Get Cronobacter sakazakii on the Nationally Notifiable Disease List – Sign the Petition!

Your Support Protects Public Health