Opinion
A federal judge in California has told the Food and Drug Administration, which is the nation’s leading food regulator, to stop dragging its feet on the long-awaited rules surrounding food recalls and outbreaks of
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Letter to the Editor: The Oath (Version 01)
Opinion
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Dear Editor,
When the Washington Post published a story, “Pork industry soon will have more power over
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Publisher’s Platform: If I was part of Caito Foods, I’d be nervous
Opinion
Criminal prosecutions in food cases have been quiet for the last few years.
Outbreak 2: The recent multistate investigation began on April 2, 2019, when CDC’s PulseNet identified the Salmonella Carrau outbreak. As of
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FDA refuses to reconsider decision on hazardous chemical in food packaging
Opinion
Today, the FDA doubled-down on its flawed 2005 and 2017 decisions to allow the hazardous chemical perchlorate to be added to dry food packaging. The FDA denied a request for a public hearing submitted
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Publisher’s Platform: One year ago today – Tiger Brands polony linked to South Africa listeria outbreak
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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