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Publisher’s Platform: Is the FDA reviving the MDP without telling us?

By Bill Marler on February 6, 2021
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The FDA is launching a new, temporary testing program for the romaine lettuce from commercial coolers in the Yuma, AZ, growing region. Romaine from the area has been linked to several foodborne illness outbreaks…
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Publisher’s Platform: Revive the MDP

By Bill Marler on November 30, 2018

Hundreds sicken and hospitalized, dozens with kidney failure and 7 deaths from romaine in the last 12 months in the U.S. and Canada and the response from industry and government has been what?  Please put…
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Letter From The Editor: Romaine, Reform and Revive

By Dan Flynn on April 29, 2018

The purpose of the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA) is the prevention of foodborne disease. We’ve invested billions of taxpayer dollars and thousands of years of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) professional time since…
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Senate votes to end USDA catfish inspections, which just got underway

By Dan Flynn on May 26, 2016

The U.S. Senate has voted to shut down the nation’s only catfish inspection program, a move that would put more Americans at risk of exposure to carcinogens and antibiotics from Asian white fish, such…
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Produce experts say preventive strategies are more valuable than testing

By Dan Flynn on May 12, 2016

CHICAGO — The Food Safety Summit produced some polite discussion Wednesday, but no clamor for bringing back the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) to test more fresh produce before it reaches consumers. The MDP, about $5…
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Letter From the Editor: A ‘Herculean Accomplishment’

By Dan Flynn on November 15, 2015

Only two more Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules remain to be finalized. Final rules for Sanitary Transportation and Intentional Adulteration are due out next spring. But with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)…
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Letter From the Editor: They’re Not Thinking About It

By Dan Flynn on August 2, 2015

Back from Portland, OR, where the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) annual meeting was held this year, it’s natural to be thinking about the big things. This time of year, one that comes to…
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Aussie Listeria Tests Led to Recall of Likely Already Consumed California Fruit

By Dan Flynn on July 23, 2014

Back in the day, before the fresh fruit and produce industry managed to kill it, the Microbiological Data Program (MDP) came under fire from growers for not providing timely results, sometimes resulting in recalls of…
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Letter From The Editor: A Year for Fruit & Vegetable Dangers

By Dan Flynn on August 4, 2013

It was not perfect and it was not everywhere, but the U.S. government did, prior to this year, have a trip wire set up that might well have prevented that rare strain of hepatitis A…
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Publisher’s Platform: Cucumbers, Salmonella and Budget Cuts

By Bill Marler on April 26, 2013

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Thursday that a multi-state Salmonella outbreak was likely caused by the consumption of cucumbers imported from Mexico.  The announcement came one day after USA Today reporter…
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