A strain of Salmonella commonly found in Thailand found its way to the United States in late 2008 and early in 2009 on the back of imported white pepper popular
Last month, food safety expert Cindy Rice-Andrea presented the results of her Parent Food Safety Knowledge and Practice survey at the United States Department of Agriculture Food Safety Conference in
The publisher wanted one of us to attend last week’s meetings of the International Association for Food Protection at the Anaheim Convention Center near Disneyland. I decided to go
Last summer in back-to-back outbreaks of drug-resistant strains of Salmonella, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) made history by recalling more than a 1.2 million pounds of
ANAHEIM–A truly international panel of experts on “the significance and detection of STEC or Non-O157:H7 Escherichia coli” did not even get around to expressing opinions on whether any
ANAHEIM — Daniel Salmon did not 125 years ago discover the pathogen Salmonella. His student Theobald Smith did. The bacteria has so “befuddled” science since then that Salmon might well have
ANAHEIM—Most people who engage in the tap versus bottled water debate probably do not know the extent to which the federal government goes to make sure there is not
ANAHEIM– If you test enough flour you can find some contaminated by the potentially deadly pathogen–E. coli O157:H7–but testing probably is not going to do much when
The 99-year old International Association of Food Protection starts its four-day annual meeting today at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Food Safety News is an exhibitor at the meeting, and attendees
On Wednesday New York City rolled out its new system of awarding letter grades to restaurants. Health Commissioner Thomas Farley presented an A to Spark’s Deli in Long Island
A couple weeks ago in this space, Food Safety News recognized the contribution being made by our summer interns.
This week we’d like to recognize another group of contributors–
A reestablished charter and 2010-2012 membership for the National Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection was announced Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
The food safety advisory group is attached