I recently participated in “The Conversation”, which aired on the local Seattle public television station, KCTS. Enrique Cerna and I talked about how food safety — and the laws that govern
With the ongoing economic crisis there has been a need for governments across the globe to cut budgets. Food safety lacks the tangible benefits of, say, health care and it
In his State of the Union address Tuesday, President Obama said that while he’s in favor of reforming outdated and unnecessary regulations, he won’t be backing down on
When the Associated Press reported this week that an owner of Jensen Farms was being fined by the U.S. Department of Labor for failing to provide safe migrant worker
At some date soon in February or March, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty may follow the tradition of putting on new shoes and walking into the House of Commons with
Tomorrow in San Diego, California cantaloupe growers will meet with scientific advisers and regulators to chart a recovery course for an industry cut down by a deadly Listeria outbreak last
The very recent attacks on Beef Products Inc. by groups of well-intentioned but seriously misguided foodies is more proof that good science is too often trumped by manipulated public opinion.
The food industry is worried a new Environmental Protection Agency proposal on dioxin, a group of toxic chemicals, could deem the average American diet dangerous.
After several years of deliberation,
Documents obtained by the Irish Independent show that 2011 was the worst year for food safety at the retail level in Ireland since the current enforcement system went into effect
Ammoniated beef has taken a real beating in the media over the past couple years, and now fast-food giants McDonald’s, Taco Bell and Burger King are no longer using
Some state changes in food safety-related laws are taking effect this week, and more are likely in the near future.
State and territorial legislative bodies, according to the National Conference
Michele Simon is turning into a pretty regular contributor to Food Safety News.
In recent weeks she has had two opinion pieces on the evil McDonald’s empire that is