Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: Life and Death at work during the time of the Coronavirus – Where in the hell is the testing?

The staff of Food Safety News has always worked remotely across several time zones. Social distancing is second nature to this crew. Since late February, myself and my law firm

By Bill Marler

/ 4 May 2020

Publisher’s Platform: Life and Death at work during the time of the Coronavirus – Where in the hell is the testing?

Letter From The Editor: Truth is, Blue Bell sure made lot’s of news for case about concealment

Opinion Not since the defunct Peanut Corporation of America’s CEO Stewart Parnell was convicted six years ago has an American food industry executive been in as much possible criminal

By Dan Flynn

/ 4 May 2020

Letter From The Editor: Truth is, Blue Bell sure made lot’s of news for case about concealment

Offering businesses immunity from coronavirus liability is a bad idea

CONTRIBUTED Opinion Governors around the country are attempting to restart the economy by easing restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The prospect of returning to “normal”

By Timothy D. Lytton

/ 3 May 2020

Offering businesses immunity from coronavirus liability is a bad idea

Publisher’s Platform: Blue Bell Creameries agrees to plead guilty and pay $19.35 million for ice cream Listeria contamination – former company president charged

So says the press release from the Department of Justice today. Here is something that I wrote almost 5 years ago today: Opinion After watching the Blue Bell Listeria Outbreak

By Bill Marler

/ 1 May 2020

Publisher’s Platform: Blue Bell Creameries agrees to plead guilty and pay $19.35 million for ice cream Listeria contamination – former company president charged

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

Opinion President Trump’s executive order keeping meat plants open during the COVID-19 pandemic is a further threat to the health of the women and men who produce our food.

By Center for Science in the Public Interest

/ 30 Apr 2020

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

Hidden public health benefits of the COVID-19 experience

Opinion. If anything should restore the confidence of the American people in our governmental agencies and institutions, it is the leadership of our medical and public health professionals in this

By Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA)

/ 28 Apr 2020

Hidden public health benefits of the COVID-19 experience

Letter to the Editor: Another perspective on aquaponics

Opinion Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the STEC E. coli article related to the Purdue Study. I am a board adviser for the Aquaponic Association and a

By Guest Contributor

/ 28 Apr 2020

Letter to the Editor: Another perspective on aquaponics

Letter From The Editor: Oh Corona!

Is the best of the free life behind us now and are the good times really over for good? –Merle Haggard Opinion When the White House announced its “Slow the

By Dan Flynn

/ 26 Apr 2020

10 things state departments of agriculture are doing to keep Americans fed during the pandemic

Opinion By Amanda Culp, NASDA 1. Ensuring 46 million food and agriculture workers remain essential so that we can continue to feed America. As more states adopt shelter-in-place measures to

By Guest Contributor

/ 26 Apr 2020

10 things state departments of agriculture are doing to keep Americans fed during the pandemic

Publisher’s Platform: So, why whack Chipotle for $25,000,000 but only send a nasty letter to Jimmy Johns?

We learned yesterday from a U.S. Attorneys’ Office Press Release that Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. will pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related to the company’s involvement

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Apr 2020

Publisher’s Platform: So, why whack Chipotle for $25,000,000 but only send a nasty letter to Jimmy Johns?

Publisher’s Platform: We are having a problem with the U.S. meat supply

Opinion You cannot slaughter animals without workers to do the work, and you cannot sell meat without inspectors. We need to protect both workers and inspectors or we will see

By Bill Marler

/ 21 Apr 2020

FDA food safety leader says all OK despite fewer inspections amid pandemic

Contributed The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been assuring the American public that there is no nationwide shortage of food, that local outages of certain products are the

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration

/ 17 Apr 2020

FDA food safety leader says all OK despite fewer inspections amid pandemic

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: Life and Death at work during the time of the Coronavirus – Where in the hell is the testing?

Letter From The Editor: Truth is, Blue Bell sure made lot’s of news for case about concealment

Offering businesses immunity from coronavirus liability is a bad idea

Publisher’s Platform: Blue Bell Creameries agrees to plead guilty and pay $19.35 million for ice cream Listeria contamination – former company president charged

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

Hidden public health benefits of the COVID-19 experience

Letter to the Editor: Another perspective on aquaponics

Letter From The Editor: Oh Corona!

10 things state departments of agriculture are doing to keep Americans fed during the pandemic

Publisher’s Platform: So, why whack Chipotle for $25,000,000 but only send a nasty letter to Jimmy Johns?

Publisher’s Platform: We are having a problem with the U.S. meat supply

FDA food safety leader says all OK despite fewer inspections amid pandemic

Your Support Protects Public Health