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 illness from meat and poultry. We created this program in response to the tragically historic
Continue Reading Our poultry safety regulation isn’t working: It’s past time to fix it
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 submissions. Many have been penned by the most influential people in food safety. We look
Continue Reading Food safety voices heard during 2019
Editor’s note: This interview was originally published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and is reprinted here with permission.
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Continue Reading ‘Tangible benefits’ from standards and testing include fewer illnesses
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 executive officer at the Chicago-based organization, Baum succeeds Deidre Schlunegger in Stop’s top post. Schlunegger
Continue Reading Meet Mitzi Baum: New CEO at Stop Foodborne Illness
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 food industry or government need to wait for the next crisis to take the next
Continue Reading There’s good call for optimism, but grave reasons for concern remain
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 eye from rarely seen to absolutely necessary.
Again this year there is an FSS mobile
Continue Reading Mobile App helps attendees get the most of Food Safety Summit
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 March 31, offering attendees discounts for certification courses, seminars, panel discussions and access to the
Continue Reading Reduced registration for Food Safety Summit makes a good thing even better
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 getting sick and dying, and markets are still being disrupted. Make no mistake, the commitment
Continue Reading Unfinished business: Keeping the focus on food safety
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 promising to figure out what happened and take action.
Outbreak investigators have been trying to
Continue Reading E. coli claims 4 more lives; growers promise changes
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles leading up to the 20th annual Food Safety Summit. The event, from May 7-10 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in suburban Chicago, includes certification courses; a trade show with exhibitors from industry, academia and government; an extensive list of
Continue Reading Seeking new models for food safety collaboration, progress
