Could this be the “last hurrah” for Rep. John Dingell, dean of the U.S. House and author of the food safety bill?
His Republican opponent, medical doctor Rob Steele,
What happens to lettuce leaves and other leafy greens that become contaminated with E. coli O157:H7 and then suffer insect or mechanical damage?
Can the bacteria then become internalized,
Co-founder and executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), Michael F. Jacobson, received the 2010 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation Hero Award this week.
The Produce Marketing Association (PMA), Sysco Corporation and Primuslabs.com will hold a local grower training in Orlando, FL on October 13.
The one-day workshop is designed to help local
If your kids were looking for reasons not to eat their fruits and vegetables, you better hope they were not watching the popular daytime TV show “Dr. Oz” last Friday.
In one of her first major public appearances after Senate confirmation Thursday, Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, under secretary for Food Safety, will be the opening speaker at public meetings later this
Arianna Huffington announced that she had chosen 100 people in a variety of fields to honor as the Huffington Post’s 2010 Game Changers yesterday. Food safety advocate Barbara Kowalcyk,
Somebody may need to send a memo to J. Patrick Boyle at the American Meat Institute. That rapid analytical test for non-O157: H7 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) that AMI
Sunday night, “Temple Grandin”, the HBO movie chronicling the animal welfare expert’s life, won 5 Emmy awards.
Grandin, arguably the world’s most well-known autistic person, is a New
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) said the recent recall of over a half-million eggs highlights the crucial need for effective product tracing systems. The IFT said a product tracing
Yoko Ono announced yesterday that the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention’s Barbara Kowalcyk, who was featured in the 2009 documentary Food Inc., will be awarded the LennonOno
The Produce Traceability Initiative is currently in the process of forming industry-led working groups to guide its future activities. The initiative was designed in order to help the produce industry