Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: I am Flying Wednesday, and you are Eating – Safely?

Is the government shutdown compromising our safety? I have faith in the consummate professionalism of the 47,000 TSA inspectors as I consider boarding a plane in Seattle on Wednesday

By Bill Marler

/ 7 Jan 2019

Publisher’s Platform: I am Flying Wednesday, and you are Eating – Safely?

Coming in 2019: Europe and Asia

Opinion Predictions are often a dangerous game. There is no such thing as zero risk so we can be fairly confident 2019 will bring recalls and outbreaks. We are still

By Joe Whitworth

/ 2 Jan 2019

Antimicrobial resistance and whole genome sequencing – What’s new?

Contributed To better understand antibiotic resistance (AMR) in bacteria, agencies within USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other federal and

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 2 Jan 2019

Antimicrobial resistance and whole genome sequencing – What’s new?

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

Opinion Pop quiz: When is food food? When are foodborne pathogens pathogens? When will government act? When will businesses do the right thing? I’ve no doubt these questions, in

By Coral Beach

/ 1 Jan 2019

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Sheila McMillan of FSIS

Contributed Editor’s note: This is a recent installment in a series of employee profiles published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety Inspection Service, republished here

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 31 Dec 2018

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Sheila McMillan of FSIS

Peering into 2019: Names to watch

Opinion Editor’s note: In recent days we’ve recapped top news from 2018. Today we look toward 2019 and some of the names we expect to see in the

By Joe Whitworth

/ 30 Dec 2018

Cannibal sandwiches, tiger meat, steak tartare too dangerous to risk

Contributed Editor’s note: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also urge the public to avoid eating raw meat dishes. The agency has documented numerous outbreaks in relation to

By U.S. Department of Agriculture

/ 30 Dec 2018

Cannibal sandwiches, tiger meat, steak tartare too dangerous to risk

EU’s notable 2018 food safety events

Opinion It was a mixed year which saw many multi-country, multi-year outbreaks raise their head again but for some of them, 2018 marked the year they were solved. The year

By Joe Whitworth

/ 29 Dec 2018

Re-visiting 2018 food safety Op-Eds

Editor’s note: Since its inception a decade ago, commentary in the from of guest opinion-editorial, or Op-Ed, content has been an important part of Food Safety News. Hundreds of

By News Desk

/ 23 Dec 2018

Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant

Opinion An additional 87 ill people from 16 states were included in this investigation since the last update on Nov. 15. States with newly reported illnesses include: Michigan, Mississippi, and

By Bill Marler

/ 13 Dec 2018

Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant

FDA Frontlines: Meet Scott Loughan, compliance officer of the year

Contributed My name is Scott Loughan and I am a Compliance Officer in the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Regulatory Affairs. I work in Vermont and I am

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration

/ 10 Dec 2018

FDA Frontlines: Meet Scott Loughan, compliance officer of the year

When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes

Opinion Food companies have been at the forefront of technological innovation and scientific research and development for decades upon decades. Cursory attention to the items we eat — how those items

By Guest Contributor

/ 9 Dec 2018

When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: I am Flying Wednesday, and you are Eating – Safely?

Coming in 2019: Europe and Asia

Antimicrobial resistance and whole genome sequencing – What’s new?

Details will differ, but one thing’s for sure — 2019 will have food safety headlines

Faces of Food Safety: Meet Sheila McMillan of FSIS

Peering into 2019: Names to watch

Cannibal sandwiches, tiger meat, steak tartare too dangerous to risk

EU’s notable 2018 food safety events

Re-visiting 2018 food safety Op-Eds

Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant

FDA Frontlines: Meet Scott Loughan, compliance officer of the year

When is a potato washer not a potato washer? When it’s washing cantaloupes