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NCSL helps make sense out of a maze of state food safety laws

By Dan Flynn on February 5, 2019

Food safety has made it with the Denver-based National Conference of State Legislatures. The NCSL is the independent authority on the legislative bodies that govern America’s states and territories.

With funding assistance from The Pew…
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AFDO works to keep food safety top of mind for food salvaging organizations

By Dan Flynn on September 10, 2018

Editor’s note: This is part of series of articles and opinion columns we are publishing in recognition of September as Food Safety Education Month.

With charitable, environmental, and faith-based organizations all getting involved in the…
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Nestle recalling 13 tons of Hot Pockets sent to food banks

By News Desk on November 9, 2017

Nestle Prepared Foods Co. is recalling 26,400 pounds of pork and beef “Hot Pockets” products that were donated to a charitable organization and distributed to food banks.

The recalled products are misbranded and include undeclared…
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Planting for the local food bank? Take care to do it right

By Michigan State University Extension on March 2, 2017

This time of year people who enjoy gardening are thinking about and planning what they will be growing this spring, summer and fall. I know this because I am one of those who has already…
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Study: Food Pantries Have ‘Room for Improvement’ in Food Safety

By Lydia Zuraw on November 3, 2015

Food-donations_406x250The food safety of food pantries is a fairly new arena for researchers, but with 14 percent of American households insecure about food at some point during 2014, it’s drawing more attention. The latest bit…
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Note to Small Farms: Keep Food Safety Front and Center When Donating or Selling to Food Banks

By Cookson Beecher on March 31, 2015

As you read this, please keep in mind that back in the 1970s and 80s, my family — ma, pa, and the kids — had a 20-acre place in northern Idaho. We raised sheep, …

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Food Safety to the Rescue

By Cookson Beecher on September 2, 2014

Who doesn’t love a good rescue story? But now imagine one that involves rescuing millions and millions of pounds of nutritious foods from being taken to landfills and sending them to hungry people instead. Welcome…
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Food Safety Attorney Bill Marler Delivers Food Bank Safety Keynote

By News Desk on June 1, 2012

Food safety attorney and Food Safety News publisher Bill Marler on Friday delivered the keynote address at a two-day event hosted by Washington state nonprofit Northwest Harvest. The event, meant to orient the organization’s new…
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