Several years ago, I was giving a talk at the Association of Health Care Journalists’ conference in Boston. My talk was primarily an overview of where food safety has come since the Jack in the Box E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in 1993.
At one point I introduced an article I
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: A Bit(e) of McDonald’s E. coli history
By Darin Detwiler
In reflecting on the evolution of food safety over the past three decades, we observe a landscape marked by significant and escalating legal actions against companies responsible for outbreaks and violations. The effectiveness of these penalties, especially monetary fines, in preventing future lapses in food safety, merits
Continue Reading Anticipating the inevitable: Predicting the next major food safety failure
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The Abbott infant formula recall could have been prevented. The FDA had reports of safety failures months before the contaminated formula sickened babies and caused two deaths.
I sent these T-shirts to the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, which is tasked to make recommendations as to
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Well, rumor has it that the documentary version of the story of the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak will be out in June 2023. When all thought it would go to the “silver screen” in January there was a rush to reprint the book.
Here are a
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: ‘Poisoned’ scheduled on Netflix in June and the mystery missing updates
COLUMBUS, OH — Food safety expert and lawyer Bill Marler delivered a keynote presentation at Food Safety Tech’s Hazards Conference Series + CFI Think Tank on April 5, where he stressed the importance of prevention when it comes to foodborne illnesses.
Marler has been advocating for safer food practices for more
Continue Reading Lawyer expresses optimism for future of food safety after 30 years of cases
Several months before this date 30 years ago, a Black Swan event occurred in Japan.
The 67-year-old president of the United States, George H.W. Bush while at a state dinner in his honor hosted by the Prime Minister of Japan, leaned forward and then fell on to his side hurling
Continue Reading Was there a ‘Black Swan’ event ahead of the Jack-in-the-Box outbreak 30 years ago?
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Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a 4-part series.
Between 1906 and 1992, FSIS and its predecessors attracted minimal public attention as they quietly pursued their assigned mission: assure that adulterated and/or misbranded meat, poultry, or egg products are not distributed in commerce. Then in January
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Jeff Benedict’s 2013 bestseller “Poisoned” has been made into a Netflix documentary and a new edition of the book that is tied to the release of the film is coming out in January 2023.
The 2011 book, “Poisoned: The True Story of the Deadly E. coli Outbreak that Changed the
Continue Reading New edition of “Poisoned” to be released ahead of Netflix documentary
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The fellowship program is a partnership with the Michigan State University Online Food Safety Program. The fellow will live in Chicago and work
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Apply now for 2022-2023 Dave Theno Food Safety Fellowship
