Opinion & Contributed Articles

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!

Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

OPINION Santé publique France reports that as of 13/04/2022, 53 confirmed cases have been identified, of which 51 are linked to O26 strains, and 2 to O103 strains.

By Bill Marler

/ 25 Apr 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

Publisher’s Platform: Hey Chicken Little, the sky will not fall if Salmonella is deemed an adulterant

If Salmonella is deemed an adulterant – at least those that sicken and kill us – the sky will not fall – history as a guide. On Jan. 19, 2020, we filed a

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Apr 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Hey Chicken Little, the sky will not fall if Salmonella is deemed an adulterant

FSIS: More testing not preventing

– OPINION- This column addresses Docket No. FSIS-2019-0023 “Changes to the Salmonella Verification Testing Program: Proposed Performance Standards for Salmonella in Raw Comminuted Pork and Intact or Non-Intact

By Carl Custer

/ 17 Apr 2022

Abbott Nutrition: The gathering storm

– CONTRIBUTED ANALYSIS – Editor’s note: This column was originally published in eFoodAlert and is republished here with the author’s permission. Between Sept. 1, 2019, and Sept. 20, 2021, Abbott

By Phyllis Entis

/ 16 Apr 2022

Letter from the Editor: Time to cut food safety free

Opinion Food Safety News was the first to hire Helena Bottemiller Evich to cover food safety in Washington D.C., during the run up to the passage of the Food

By Dan Flynn

/ 14 Apr 2022

Letter from the Editor: Time to cut food safety free

Cybersecurity and what it means to the food safety professional

Submitted by the Food Safety Summit In 2021 the United States of America experienced cybersecurity ransomware attacks on industry i.e., the Colonial Oil Company and Pilgrim’s Pride of

By Guest Contributor

/ 14 Apr 2022

Cybersecurity and what it means to the food safety professional

Senator demands answers from FDA

U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, sent a letter to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Robert M.

By Guest Contributor

/ 13 Apr 2022

Consumers, USDA, industry, scientists and voters all say it’s time to make poultry safer

– OPiNION – By Mitzi D. Baum and James Kincheloe The recent media coverage and public outcry over illnesses and two infant deaths associated with recalled powdered infant formula due to Cronobacter

By Guest Contributor

/ 4 Apr 2022

Consumers, USDA, industry, scientists and voters all say it’s time to make poultry safer

Beach Beat: Babies are at least as important as dogs — feds need to stand up

– oPINION – Is the safety of dog food as important as the safety of infant formula? That is the question facing officials at the Food and Drug Administration, but they aren’

By Coral Beach

/ 30 Mar 2022

Beach Beat: Babies are at least as important as dogs — feds need to stand up

Food Safety Summit includes environmental sampling training course

By Steven Mandernach The Association of Food Officials (AFDO) retail industry partners are invited to participate in the Environmental Sampling Workshop training course at the 2022 Food Safety Summit. The

By Guest Contributor

/ 29 Mar 2022

Food Safety Summit includes environmental sampling training course

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

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!

Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

Publisher’s Platform: Hey Chicken Little, the sky will not fall if Salmonella is deemed an adulterant

FSIS: More testing not preventing

Abbott Nutrition: The gathering storm

Letter from the Editor: Time to cut food safety free

Cybersecurity and what it means to the food safety professional

Senator demands answers from FDA

Consumers, USDA, industry, scientists and voters all say it’s time to make poultry safer

Beach Beat: Babies are at least as important as dogs — feds need to stand up

Food Safety Summit includes environmental sampling training course

Your Support Protects Public Health