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Letter From The Editor: Food safety should generate jobs now

By Dan Flynn on June 19, 2016

Until recently, I did not really know or care what the so-called Millennial Generation did or did not do. I figured they’d figure it all out on their own — eventually. After all, we are…
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USDA: Salmonella Tops List of 15 Most Costly Pathogens

By News Desk on January 7, 2015

Salmonella causes an estimated $3.7 billion each year in medical costs for Americans, according to the latest estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service. That figure places Salmonella at the top of…
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UK Review Makes Staggering Antibiotic Resistance Predictions

By Lydia Zuraw on December 11, 2014

Projections of the rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) paint a grim picture for what could happen to the world’s economy if the problem is left unchecked. Research commissioned by the U.K.’s Review on Antimicrobial Resistance…
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New York Aims to Strengthen Its Farm Economy

By Amy Halloran on April 18, 2011

New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced two state Senate confirmations, Darrel J. Aubertine as commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets, and Kenneth Adams as president and CEO of the Empire State Development…

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MSU Launches Initiative to Combat Food Fraud

By Helena Bottemiller on March 23, 2010

Michigan State University recently launched a comprehensive, multidisciplinary program to address an all too common and often ignored food policy issue: food fraud.

According to the university, “the Anti-Counterfeiting and Product Protection Program (A-CAPPP) is…

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Foodborne Illness By The Numbers

By Alex Ferguson on March 8, 2010

Robert L. Scharff, with the help of funding from the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University, recently published a study analyzing the financial impact of foodborne illness in the United States.  Employing the same methods…

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Econ, Public Policy & Antibiotics

By Michelle Greenhalgh on February 8, 2010

The first symposium of the Annual Conference on Microbial Resistance focused on the economic and public policy aspects of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic development. 

Moderator Susan Foster, PhD, of the Alliance for the Prudent Use…

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