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— OPINION — Believe it or not, many food companies find it cheaper to pay millions of dollars to “resolve” foodborne illness outbreaks and product recalls after they occur than to overhaul

By Ilana Korchia

/ 23 Dec 2024

The Litigated Dish: Pay now or pay later

Enhancing Food Safety: The Superiority of HOCl over quats in the food service industry

— OPINION — By Francine L. Shaw The usage of Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) in the food service industry has gained significant attention due to its effectiveness in combating various pathogens and reducing

By Guest Contributor

/ 25 Feb 2024

Enhancing Food Safety: The Superiority of HOCl over quats in the food service industry

What restaurants and CDC can do to prevent hepatitis A outbreaks

Opinion As of Nov. 9, 2021, health officials in Roanoke, Virginia, confirmed a total of 50 primary cases and two secondary cases of hepatitis A linked to a hepatitis A

By Ilana Korchia

/ 3 Jan 2022

What restaurants and CDC can do to prevent hepatitis A outbreaks

Too many people are still getting sick from foodborne illness; FDA has a plan to change that

– Opinion – Editor’s note: Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response Foodborne outbreaks can affect all of us, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is

By Frank Yiannas

/ 17 Dec 2021

Too many people are still getting sick from foodborne illness; FDA has a plan to change that

FDA steps up to better investigate foodborne illness outbreaks and find root causes

– Opinion – Editor’s note: The following is attributed to Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response, and Stic Harris, D.V.M. director of the FDA’s

By Guest Contributor

/ 9 Dec 2021

FDA steps up to better investigate foodborne illness outbreaks and find root causes

Publisher’s Platform: Enoki mushroom recall a reminder of 2020 deadly Listeria outbreak

– Opinion – The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) late Saturday told consumers not to eat the following brand of fresh enoki mushrooms after a sample tested positive for

By Bill Marler

/ 6 Dec 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Enoki mushroom recall a reminder of 2020 deadly Listeria outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Is FDA creating a HACCP program for produce?

Opinion HACCP: A systematic approach to the identification, evaluation, and control of food safety hazards.” – So says the FDA. Although yesterday’s announcement (FDA Proposes Changes to Food Safety Modernization

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Dec 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Is FDA creating a HACCP program for produce?

USDA, Salmonella, and the Cowardly Lion: A profile in the lack of courage

OPINION In an article that will soon be published in the Seattle Law Review, I take a look at food safety through the lens of the “pink slime” controversy and

By Denis Stearns

/ 25 Nov 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Bill goes to Washington again, and again, and again

Opinion In 2011 I wrote: Last week the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced a recall of ground turkey products due to “possible” Salmonella contamination. According to the

By Bill Marler

/ 19 Nov 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Bill goes to Washington again, and again, and again

Publisher’s Platform: Hey Starbucks — Serve your patrons better, vaccinate your employees against hepatitis A

Opinion The Camden County Health Department in New Jersey has been notified by a health care provider that a food handler employed at a Starbucks at 1490 Blackwood Clementon Road

By Bill Marler

/ 19 Nov 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Hey Starbucks — Serve your patrons better, vaccinate your employees against hepatitis A

Publisher’s Platform: Sorry to be a pest CDC and FDA, but are not the 2019 and 2020 Jimmy John’s “Sproutbreaks” one outbreak with 73 sick with E. coli O103 from one seed supplier?

Opinion If the FDA, CDC, Jimmy John’s corporate officials, and the seed supplier (ISS) had gone public in 2019, would 51 have been sickened in 2020? Here is the

By Bill Marler

/ 4 Nov 2021

Publisher’s Platform: Sorry to be a pest CDC and FDA, but are not the 2019 and 2020 Jimmy John’s “Sproutbreaks” one outbreak with 73 sick with E. coli O103 from one seed supplier?

Publisher’s Platform: What did we learn – or not – from the 2020 onion outbreak

Opinion The last few weeks have sounded remarkably familiar to Spring 2020 when we faced a nationwide (and Canada) Salmonella outbreak linked to California grown onions. We are now facing

By Bill Marler

/ 24 Oct 2021

Publisher’s Platform: What did we learn – or not – from the 2020 onion outbreak

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The Litigated Dish: Pay now or pay later

Enhancing Food Safety: The Superiority of HOCl over quats in the food service industry

What restaurants and CDC can do to prevent hepatitis A outbreaks

Too many people are still getting sick from foodborne illness; FDA has a plan to change that

FDA steps up to better investigate foodborne illness outbreaks and find root causes

Publisher’s Platform: Enoki mushroom recall a reminder of 2020 deadly Listeria outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Is FDA creating a HACCP program for produce?

USDA, Salmonella, and the Cowardly Lion: A profile in the lack of courage

Publisher’s Platform: Mr. Bill goes to Washington again, and again, and again

Publisher’s Platform: Hey Starbucks — Serve your patrons better, vaccinate your employees against hepatitis A

Publisher’s Platform: Sorry to be a pest CDC and FDA, but are not the 2019 and 2020 Jimmy John’s “Sproutbreaks” one outbreak with 73 sick with E. coli O103 from one seed supplier?

Publisher’s Platform: What did we learn – or not – from the 2020 onion outbreak