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30 years of food safety standouts

By Guest Opinion on January 26, 2023

Editor’s note: This column and profiles of the 16 food safety champions (four not pictured above) was originally published by Quality Assurance magazine. It is reprinted here with permission. To read profiles of the individual…

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Our poultry safety regulation isn’t working: It’s past time to fix it

By Michael Taylor on January 25, 2021
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Twenty-five years ago, when I was administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), I helped put in place a new food safety regulatory program to prevent foodborne…
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Food safety voices heard during 2019

By News Desk on December 26, 2019

Editor’s note:  Guest opinions columns and editorials or what we call “op-eds” are an important part of Food Safety News. Since we got our start more than a decade ago, we’ve published hundreds of such …
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‘Tangible benefits’ from standards and testing include fewer illnesses

By Guest Contributor on December 2, 2019
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Editor’s note: This interview was originally published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and is reprinted here with permission.


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Meat and poultry safety regulations should reflect latest science: 

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Meet Mitzi Baum: New CEO at Stop Foodborne Illness

By News Desk on May 14, 2019

With more than two decades of experience at Feeding America, including time as the non-profit’s director of food safety, Mitzi Baum this week takes over the reigns at Stop Foodborne Illness.

As the new chief…
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There’s good call for optimism, but grave reasons for concern remain

By Coral Beach on May 8, 2019

The pattern is well established. Bad things happen, and then good things happen as a result. 

But, one man who is uniquely positioned to peer into the future with an informed eye doesn’t think the…
Continue Reading There’s good call for optimism, but grave reasons for concern remain

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Mobile App helps attendees get the most of Food Safety Summit

By News Desk on May 7, 2019

CHICAGO — The Food Safety Summit, which continues here today, has been on the cutting edge since its inception and remains there. Mobile apps for conferences and events have gone in the blink of an…
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Reduced registration for Food Safety Summit makes a good thing even better

By News Desk on February 25, 2019

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of previews for the 2019 Food Safety Summit presented by Food Safety News.

Early bird registration for the 21st annual Food Safety Summit is available through…
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Unfinished business: Keeping the focus on food safety

By Michael Taylor on July 9, 2018

In just the past few months, outbreaks involving romaine lettuce, pre-cut melons and Honey Smacks cereal have reminded us that the work to more effectively prevent foodborne illness is far from complete. People are still…
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E. coli claims 4 more lives; growers promise changes

By Coral Beach on June 2, 2018

More people are sick, more people have died, and more states are reporting E. coli infections in an ongoing outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. As the CDC was releasing the new numbers Friday, growers were…
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