Opinion
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
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
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
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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