Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: What does it cost to sicken 1,034 – killing 204 – with Listeria-tainted polony in South Africa?

Opinion No amount of money can compensate for the loss of a child or another family member. I recall the Jensen Farms Listeria outbreak in 2011 that sickened 147, killing

By Bill Marler

/ 11 Mar 2019

Publisher’s Platform: What does it cost to sicken 1,034 – killing 204 – with Listeria-tainted polony in South Africa?

Publisher’s Platform: One year ago today – Tiger Brands polony linked to South Africa listeria outbreak

Opinion Following the declaration of the Listeria outbreak in December 2017, a multi-sectoral outbreak response was initiated. Findings were shared by the Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi at

By Bill Marler

/ 5 Mar 2019

Publisher’s Platform: One year ago today – Tiger Brands polony linked to South Africa listeria outbreak

Beach Beat: CDC says outbreak’s over; USDA says it’s ‘engaging’ industry; what will chicken producers say?

Opinion I’ve always been partial to shades of gray, possibly because we didn’t get a color TV until I was almost 9 years old. That’s when I

By Coral Beach

/ 24 Feb 2019

Beach Beat: CDC says outbreak’s over; USDA says it’s ‘engaging’ industry; what will chicken producers say?

Publisher’s Platform: Is it ‘reckless misconduct’ to grow, process and sell romaine lettuce?

Opinion We have a romaine E. coli case in Idaho of a young man who suffered a severe case of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), was hospitalized for a month and

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Feb 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Is it ‘reckless misconduct’ to grow, process and sell romaine lettuce?

Letter From The Editor: The Winter of Discontent

Opinion Usually, I hold my opinions until the weekend, but this week it dawned on me that we may be experiencing the winter of raw milk’s discontent. I thought

By Dan Flynn

/ 21 Feb 2019

Letter From The Editor: The Winter of Discontent

Leafy greens, ground beef among top FMI 2019 food safety initiatives

Opinion The FMI Food Safety Program supports the food retail industry in selling safe food to loyal customers every day. FMI has several member committees dedicated to food safety and

By Guest Opinion

/ 21 Feb 2019

Leafy greens, ground beef among top FMI 2019 food safety initiatives

One heck of a way to run a government

Opinion Dr. Elisabeth Hagen left the USDA in December of 2013, leaving the position of the USDA’s Undersecretary for Food Safety vacant and President Obama chose not to fill

By Dr. Richard Raymond

/ 17 Feb 2019

Living a lie behind a miniskirt of science — free speech can be medicinal

Opinion At the time FSIS required all federal plants to implement HACCP, our family-owned slaughter/processing plant had been in existence for 49 years, 24 years of which I

By John Munsell

/ 13 Feb 2019

Living a lie behind a miniskirt of science — free speech can be medicinal

Report says listeriosis cases linked to caramel apples show need for controls

On Dec. 1, 2017, PulseNet, CDC’s molecular subtyping network for foodborne disease surveillance, identified a cluster of three Listeria monocytogenes clinical isolates with indistinguishable pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)

By U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

/ 12 Feb 2019

Report says listeriosis cases linked to caramel apples show need for controls

Letter from The Editor: The oxymoron that FDA keeps alive

Opinion We all know an oxymoron when we hear one. Among my favorites: army intelligence, Amtrak schedule, and traffic engineering. Writers usually try to avoid unwittingly using oxymorons. One that

By Dan Flynn

/ 10 Feb 2019

Letter from The Editor: The oxymoron that FDA keeps alive

Publisher’s Platform: How is that romaine E. coli traceback coming along?

Opinion Lest we forget, as of June 27, 2018, 210 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 were reported from 36 states. Illnesses started on dates

By Bill Marler

/ 9 Feb 2019

Publisher’s Platform: How is that romaine E. coli traceback coming along?

Progress report: FDA moving forward with FSMA’s produce safety rule

Contributed Editor’s note: Three top Food and Drug Administration officials joined to write this FDA Voices blog, which was originally posted by the agency on Feb. 7, 2019. When

By U.S. Food and Drug Administration

/ 8 Feb 2019

Progress report: FDA moving forward with FSMA’s produce safety rule

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Opinion & Contributed Articles

Publisher’s Platform: What does it cost to sicken 1,034 – killing 204 – with Listeria-tainted polony in South Africa?

Publisher’s Platform: One year ago today – Tiger Brands polony linked to South Africa listeria outbreak

Beach Beat: CDC says outbreak’s over; USDA says it’s ‘engaging’ industry; what will chicken producers say?

Publisher’s Platform: Is it ‘reckless misconduct’ to grow, process and sell romaine lettuce?

Letter From The Editor: The Winter of Discontent

Leafy greens, ground beef among top FMI 2019 food safety initiatives

One heck of a way to run a government

Living a lie behind a miniskirt of science — free speech can be medicinal

Report says listeriosis cases linked to caramel apples show need for controls

Letter from The Editor: The oxymoron that FDA keeps alive

Publisher’s Platform: How is that romaine E. coli traceback coming along?

Progress report: FDA moving forward with FSMA’s produce safety rule

Your Support Protects Public Health