Opinion & Contributed Articles

STOP petitions government to add cronobacter to Nationally Notifiable Disease List

– CONTRIBUTED – This week there were three hearings in Washington D.C. addressing the infant formula shortage and the reasons behind it. FDA officials were pressed about the failure of leadership

By STOP Foodborne Illness

/ 28 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: More sickened with Salmonella Senftenberg by Jif peanut butter – Questions need to be asked

– OPINION – 1. Will J.M. Smucker Company and/or the FDA release immediately all inspection reports on this Jif plant from 2010 (see below) to the present? 2. Will J.

By Bill Marler

/ 27 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: More sickened with Salmonella Senftenberg by Jif peanut butter – Questions need to be asked

Letter from the Editor: Careful what you step in when on Capitol Hill

– OPINION – The U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Robert Califf as Commissioner of Food and Drugs by a 50-46 vote only a few weeks ago. And the FDA Commissioner had

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 May 2022

Letter from the Editor: Careful what you step in when on Capitol Hill

Publisher’s Platform: J.M. Smucker and FDA, I have some questions

1. Will J.M. Smucker Company and/or the FDA release immediately all inspection reports on this Jif plant from 2010 (see below) to the present? 2. Will J.M.

By Bill Marler

/ 26 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: J.M. Smucker and FDA, I have some questions

Publisher’s Platform: Please, Roanoke restaurants, whether it is for moral or business reasons, offer hepatitis A vaccinations to your employees. Here is an offer you can’t refuse.

– OPINION – In January of this year the owners of Roanoke’s Famous Anthony’s restaurant filed for bankruptcy for two of their restaurant locations after a hepatitis A outbreak originating

By Bill Marler

/ 24 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Please, Roanoke restaurants, whether it is for moral or business reasons, offer hepatitis A vaccinations to your employees. Here is an offer you can’t refuse.

Publisher’s Platform: Salmonella peanut butter outbreaks – what have we learned since 2008?

– OPINION – Friday night the FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, reported that they are investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections linked to certain Jif peanut

By Bill Marler

/ 23 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Salmonella peanut butter outbreaks – what have we learned since 2008?

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Abbott, you are going to face criminal sanctions

– OPINION – According to the CDC and FDA, at least 4 kids were sickened and of those two died, from drinking Abbott infant formula. Abbott denies the connection. However, the resulting

By Bill Marler

/ 19 May 2022

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Abbott, you are going to face criminal sanctions

Fragmented FDA leadership contributed to formula failure

– OPINION – By Scott Faber America’s infant formula shortage has raised urgent questions about the safety of our food supply. Most Americans believe America has the safest food supply in

By Guest Contributor

/ 17 May 2022

Fragmented FDA leadership contributed to formula failure

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

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

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

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

STOP petitions government to add cronobacter to Nationally Notifiable Disease List

Publisher’s Platform: More sickened with Salmonella Senftenberg by Jif peanut butter – Questions need to be asked

Letter from the Editor: Careful what you step in when on Capitol Hill

Publisher’s Platform: J.M. Smucker and FDA, I have some questions

Publisher’s Platform: Please, Roanoke restaurants, whether it is for moral or business reasons, offer hepatitis A vaccinations to your employees. Here is an offer you can’t refuse.

Publisher’s Platform: Salmonella peanut butter outbreaks – what have we learned since 2008?

Fragmented FDA leadership contributed to formula failure

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

Your Support Protects Public Health