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Publisher’s Platform: Revive the MDP

By Bill Marler on November 30, 2018

Hundreds sicken and hospitalized, dozens with kidney failure and 7 deaths from romaine in the last 12 months in the U.S. and Canada and the response from industry and government has been what?  Please put…
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Letter from The Editor: Is your credibility on the rise or falling off the charts?

By Dan Flynn on October 14, 2018
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The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are not known for changing up their relationships with the news media. That’s not necessarily a bad thing as the information…
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Letter from The Editor: The shameful vacancy at USDA

By Dan Flynn on December 13, 2017

For those marking time, waiting for a new USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety, today is something of an anniversary. It was four years ago today that Dr. Elisabeth Hagen stepped down from the post.
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Letter From The Editor: Moving faster than a speeding bullet

By Dan Flynn on February 12, 2017

No less than the 9/11 Commission said border security should be a cornerstone of national policy. After all, the 19 hijackers who killed 3,000 people and injured more than 6,000 others in 2001 got into…
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Food Safety’s Criminal State of Mind

By Rena Steinzor on January 6, 2016

As Food Safety News editor Dan Flynn has reported, lawyers for Austin “Jack” DeCoster and Peter DeCoster, owners and operators of Quality Egg, have recruited some heavy hitters in their ongoing battle to avoid prison…
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Letter From the Editor: They’re Not Thinking About It

By Dan Flynn on August 2, 2015

Back from Portland, OR, where the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) annual meeting was held this year, it’s natural to be thinking about the big things. This time of year, one that comes to…
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Letter From the Editor: Legacy or Not, FSMA Funds Needed Now

By Dan Flynn on July 19, 2015

Last week, former Food Safety News Washington, D.C., correspondent Helena Bottemiller Evich reached a bold conclusion — namely that the Obama administration has missed out on the opportunity to include food safety in any legacy…
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Letter From the Editor: Has the Foodie Craze Run its Course?

By Dan Flynn on June 7, 2015

Back in the days when Time magazine was found at every grocery store checkout line, we knew when a trend or topic was about to be history. It was when it appeared on the cover…
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Letter From the Editor: Know Any Good Karaoke Bars?

By Dan Flynn on April 26, 2015

One of my favorite movies is “Duets” in which character actor Paul Giamatti plays a burned-out salesman who gets mentally confused about his location. When you are traveling about the country a lot and  stopping…
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The Top 10 Food-Safety News Stories of 2014

By Dan Flynn on December 22, 2014

The top 10 food-safety news stories for 2014, as chosen for the sixth consecutive year by the editors of Food Safety News, were announced today. According to the Internet news site, here are this year’s…
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