The 2021 virtual Food Safety Summit will offer three full days of education sessions, access to vendors who will be showcasing the newest and most innovative food safety solutions and several online networking opportunities.
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Editor’s note: Each spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This specialized
Continue Reading Don’t let the cheese ruin your party
The current edition of The Journal of Food Protection reports on another study into three outbreaks involving romaine lettuce contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. This one focuses on determining the source of the outbreak
Continue Reading Researchers review traceback investigations for the deadly romaine outbreaks
UPDATED April 15, 2020, to include comment from the CDC.
The FDA has concluded its investigation of a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Miami with a one-word public statement: closed.
A source for the pathogen, which
Continue Reading UPDATED: Outbreak sickens dozens; no cause found; investigation closed
Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This specialized
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The table below shows outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams so far this year. The investigations are in a variety of stages. Some outbreaks have limited information with investigations ongoing, others may
Continue Reading FDA continues outbreak investigations linked to soft cheese, bottled water
Citing numerous E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks linked to leafy greens, the FDA is telling the industry that it’s past time for a head-in-the-sand view of cattle operations uphill from lettuce fields.
In a new report,
Continue Reading FDA continues fight against animal contamination of leafy greens
Public health officials in several states are collecting different types of data to investigate a multi-state outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections in people. The outbreak is linked to an outbreak among songbirds that has been
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak sickens people in 8 states; birds dying from same strain
The table below shows outbreak investigations being managed by FDA’s CORE Response Teams so far this year. The investigations are in a variety of stages. Some outbreaks have limited information with investigations ongoing, others may
Continue Reading Outbreak investigations at FDA making little progress according to update
The FDA has found that recalled “Real Water,” which is linked to a hepatitis outbreak, is still being sold online. The agency is urging the public to not drink the water and to report
Continue Reading Recalled water linked to hepatitis outbreak still on sale through Internet
The National Association of State Departments of Agriculture has named Joe Reardon as director of food safety programs.
Reardon will lead NASDA’s cooperative agreements and activities with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, working to
Continue Reading North Carolina’s Joe Reardon named as NASDA’s food safety director
