Opinion & Contributed Articles

Letter From The Editor: It’s Only a Matter of Time

Opinion Crop reports and economic forecasts for agricultural commodities have long been the work products of USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and its National Institute of Food and Agriculture

By Dan Flynn

/ 9 Jun 2019

Letter From The Editor: It’s Only a Matter of Time

A day to remember all year

Editors note: Frank Yiannas, FDA deputy commissioner for food policy and response, posted this column on the agency’s website on June 7, 2019. This first World Food Safety Day

By Frank Yiannas

/ 8 Jun 2019

Letter from the Editor: Have Your Way With Jambalaya

Opinion Spent the last eight days of May on a “road trip.” Did read Food Safety News every day along with a local newspaper like the Lexington Herald-Leader. This weekend

By Dan Flynn

/ 2 Jun 2019

Letter from the Editor: Have Your Way With Jambalaya

Pack food safety in your picnic basket

Memorial Day kicks off the official start of summer. The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to remind you to prevent foodborne illness before you light up that grill and

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 27 May 2019

Food safety tips for fairs, festivals could save you this summer

Editor’s note: With summer unofficially beginning with this holiday weekend, the number of festive events and trips to farmers markets begin to balloon. Most offer foods and drinks that

By U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

/ 24 May 2019

Food safety tips for fairs, festivals could save you this summer

Letter to the Editor: The Oath (Version 01)

Opinion Editor’s note: Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website. Dear Editor, When the Washington Post published a story, “Pork industry

By Food Safety News Readers

/ 20 May 2019

Letter to the Editor: The Oath (Version 01)

Publisher’s Platform: The Hepatitis A broken record — Restaurant workers should be vaccinated

Opinion Editor’s note: May is Hepatitis Awareness Month and today is Hepatitis Testing Day. For more information, click here to visit the CDC page. I am sure the idiom,

By Bill Marler

/ 19 May 2019

Publisher’s Platform: The Hepatitis A broken record — Restaurant workers should be vaccinated

Recipe for pathogen destruction: A little air, a little electricity, a flip of a switch

What if you could kill 99 percent of the potentially harmful bacteria on the surface of your fresh produce in one minute with just the flip of a switch? Consumers

By Guest Contributor

/ 19 May 2019

Recipe for pathogen destruction: A little air, a little electricity, a flip of a switch

Anatomy of a food recall: The background and the bottom line

Contributed Editor’s note: This article was published by the Penn State Extension Service and is reprinted here with permission. It seems we hear about food recalls more frequently. To

By Guest Contributor

/ 15 May 2019

Anatomy of a food recall: The background and the bottom line

Letter From the Editor: The four horsemen speak at Town Hall

Opinion There are at least two ways to generate a crowd at a food safety conference. You can do a panel of opponents where individuals who’ve been on opposite

By Dan Flynn

/ 12 May 2019

Letter From the Editor: The four horsemen speak at Town Hall

Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous

Opinion Criminal prosecutions in food cases have been quiet for the last few years. Outbreak 2: The recent multistate investigation began on April 2, 2019, when CDC’s PulseNet identified

By Bill Marler

/ 29 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous

Publisher’s Platform: Beef and Cut Fruit Manufacturers should pay medical bills and wage loss of Salmonella and E. coli Victims

Opinion Bill Marler, food safety advocate and foodborne attorney since 1993, whose Seattle law firm, Marler Clark, has been contacted by victims of the recent E. coli O103 ground meat

By Bill Marler

/ 27 Apr 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Beef and Cut Fruit Manufacturers should pay medical bills and wage loss of Salmonella and E. coli Victims

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Letter From The Editor: It’s Only a Matter of Time

A day to remember all year

Letter from the Editor: Have Your Way With Jambalaya

Pack food safety in your picnic basket

Food safety tips for fairs, festivals could save you this summer

Letter to the Editor: The Oath (Version 01)

Publisher’s Platform: The Hepatitis A broken record — Restaurant workers should be vaccinated

Recipe for pathogen destruction: A little air, a little electricity, a flip of a switch

Anatomy of a food recall: The background and the bottom line

Letter From the Editor: The four horsemen speak at Town Hall

Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous

Publisher’s Platform: Beef and Cut Fruit Manufacturers should pay medical bills and wage loss of Salmonella and E. coli Victims

Your Support Protects Public Health