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Using insurance to regulate food safety and save growers from rainy days

By Timothy D. Lytton on August 12, 2022

Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by The Regulatory Review and is republished here with permission.

Insurance underwriters can help farmers manage the risk of microbial contamination in their fields.

Foodborne illness is a…

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The Blue Bell ice cream Listeria outbreak and its fallout

By Guest Contributor on August 1, 2019
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Authors: Angela Spivey, Andrew Phillips, and Alan Pryor 

It may come off as a truism that food safety is the “most central consumer safety and legal compliance issue” facing a food and beverage…
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NC Farm Bill Assumes Growers Are Not to Blame for Food Illnesses

By Dan Flynn on July 15, 2013

States have farm bills too, and North Carolina’s 2013 edition shows they can be significant. Senate Bill 638, known as the NC Farm Bill of 2013, takes a big bite out of any potential food…
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Publisher’s Platform: Why Food Retailers Really Don’t Care

By Bill Marler on June 15, 2013

If you were not legally responsible for the food you sold, why would you give a %^&$ about food safety? The next time you walk down the produce aisle (with your kid in tow) picking…
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Eat Minnesota Cook-off Soup at Your Own Risk

By Dan Flynn on March 13, 2013

Liability for foodborne illnesses caused by chili or soup cook-offs in Minnesota will be transferred to the consumer from the community-based nonprofit organizations that sponsor such events if two lawmakers get their way. State Representatives…
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