Opinion
Following the declaration of the Listeria outbreak in December 2017, a multi-sectoral outbreak response was initiated. Findings were shared by the Minister of Health, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi at a public media briefing on March
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Publisher’s Platform: Is it ‘reckless misconduct’ to grow, process and sell romaine lettuce?
Opinion
We have a romaine E. coli case in Idaho of a young man who suffered a severe case of hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), was hospitalized for a month and incurred nearly $250,000 in medical
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Leafy greens, ground beef among top FMI 2019 food safety initiatives
Opinion
One heck of a way to run a government
Opinion
Dr. Elisabeth Hagen left the USDA in December of 2013, leaving the position of the USDA’s Undersecretary for Food Safety vacant and President Obama chose not to fill it for the remainder of his
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Living a lie behind a miniskirt of science — free speech can be medicinal
Opinion
At the time FSIS required all federal plants to implement HACCP, our family-owned slaughter/processing plant had been in existence for 49 years, 24 years of which I had been the manager. Thus, I realized
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Letter from The Editor: The oxymoron that FDA keeps alive
Opinion
We all know an oxymoron when we hear one. Among my favorites: army intelligence, Amtrak schedule, and traffic engineering. Writers usually try to avoid unwittingly using oxymorons.
One that I am always trying to
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Publisher’s Platform: How is that romaine E. coli traceback coming along?
Opinion
Lest we forget, as of June 27, 2018, 210 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 were reported from 36 states.
Illnesses started on dates ranging from March 13, 2018, to
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Publisher’s Platform: Anyone there? The government shutdown – Month 2
Robots and humans must work collaboratively to make our foods safer
Contributed
Sally, a salad-making robot, is programmed to create fresh, healthy and safe salads, based on each customer’s specific requests. Chowbotics, the company behind Sally, created a robot that would not only increase efficiency, but
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Antimicrobial resistance and whole genome sequencing – What’s new?
Contributed
To better understand antibiotic resistance (AMR) in bacteria, agencies within USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other federal and state partners work collaboratively through
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Publisher’s Platform: Anything that causes food poisoning should be considered an adulterant
Opinion
An additional 87 ill people from 16 states were included in this investigation since the last update on Nov. 15. States with newly reported illnesses include: Michigan, Mississippi, and West Virginia.
As of Dec.
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