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Florida needs to get on with enforcement of COVID-19 rules

By Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA) on July 5, 2020
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It is clear that many people and many businesses are sympathetic to protecting public health, and also understand the risks they face trying to conduct business as usual during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there…
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Hidden public health benefits of the COVID-19 experience 

By Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA) on April 28, 2020
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If anything should restore the confidence of the American people in our governmental agencies and institutions, it is the leadership of our medical and public health professionals in this time of crisis. We…
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Letter to the Editor: Another perspective on aquaponics

By Guest Contributor on April 28, 2020
Opinion

Dear Editor,

I am writing in response to the STEC E. coli article related to the Purdue Study.

I am a board adviser for the Aquaponic Association and a commercial aquaponic grower. We believe…
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USDA leaders call for industry cooperation amidst ‘uncertain times’

By U.S. Department of Agriculture on March 18, 2020
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Editor’s note: Two of USDA’s top administrators have issued this statement to industry.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is rising to meet the challenges associated with the new coronavirus disease, Covid-19. As leaders of…
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The FDA’s latest leafy greens action plan is more of the same

By Timothy D. Lytton on March 8, 2020
Opinion

The FDA’s newly released 2020 Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan offers a well-worn list of produce safety agenda items. Like previous agency action plans, this latest plan pledges support for efforts to encourage good…
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Discussions on building consumer trust probably should involve consumers

By Brian Ronholm on March 6, 2020
Opinion

In his welcoming remarks at the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) conference last week, Peter Freedman, managing director of the Consumer Goods Forum, which convenes the annual conference, asserted that building consumer trust is…
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Can we have a culture of prevention in a toxic sea of division?

By Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA) on March 5, 2020
Opinion

The food industry and our public health agencies have long recognized that they share the same responsibility to protect consumers from unsafe food.  The modern food industry is, however, growing more diverse, dynamic, and…
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Natural pesticides — The next breakthrough in the global food industry?

By Guest Contributor on March 2, 2020
Opinion

Chemical pesticides have been an accepted part of the global food industry for decades. Since being introduced in the 1970s by Monsanto, products containing glyphosate have helped increase and secure the global food supply…
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When it comes to testing heavy metals in food, the result is only as good as the lab

By Guest Contributor on February 4, 2020
Opinion

Heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead are present in most foods, whether conventional or organic, usually as the result of environmental contamination. Because heavy metals pose significant threats even at low…
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Publisher’s Platform: Need an easy resolution? Get a hep A vaccination

By Bill Marler on January 1, 2020

One dose of single-antigen hepatitis A vaccine has been shown to control outbreaks of hepatitis A and provides up to 95 percent seroprotection in healthy individuals for up to 11 years.

Please get one and…
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UPDATED – Publisher’s Platform: A Thanksgiving question to the FDA, CDC and state and local health authorities

By Bill Marler on November 28, 2019
Opinion

On this Thanksgiving I want to say how thankful I am for those who work to protect the food we eat.  Although for 26 years I have been primarily supportive of those who protect…
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