Companies to Receive Funds for Developing Food Protection Technologies
The Emerging Technology Accelerator (ETA), an initiative of the Global Food Protection Institute (GFPI) in Battle Creek, MI announced Wednesday it
Michael Taylor, with major accomplishments in food safety for two Democratic Presidents, is nevertheless finding himself the target of a petition seeking his removal.
And as if the old adage
The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) is currently accepting applications for the 2012-2013 “Applied Science, Law, and Policy: Fellowship in Food Protection” program.
This program is “designed to provide
In an ideal world, perhaps all of our food would be screened for pathogens before we consume it. But in reality, such testing is expensive and time-consuming for companies.
Most
Richard J. Ronk, who served as director of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition under the Clinton administration, died December 18
With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expected to issue proposed rules for food facilities in early 2012, the agency is working with the Illinois Institute of Technology’s
Technology giant IBM and Shandong Commercial Group Co., a major retailer in China, have teamed up to build a pork traceability system in China’s Shandong Province, IBM announced last
Three U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists were recently named to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Science Hall of Fame, including zoologist Ronald Fayer who has done a broad range
Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded 17 grants in 13 states to improve the safety of the food supply through
Dr. Barbara Kowalcyk, well known in the food safety community for her advocacy, is joining the North Carolina State faculty as an assistant research professor in the College of Agriculture
This weekend marked the launch of the Global Food Safety Fund, a partnership of public and private organizations intended to boost food safety systems around the world.
Three organizations – the
I wish I could say that I was surprised that the so-called first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) was a bust.
During my past life doing public