Recently, I did something I had not done in a long time. I ate in a restaurant with my family. Actually, we ate on the outdoor patio, since my kids are too young to
Continue Reading Not ready to eat GMO animals? Then you might not want to order the salmon
Consider this a spoiler alert — literally.
Fads come and go, but miniskirts and disco didn’t carry the danger of severe food poisoning as does a new internet craze. Eating spoiled, rotting, raw meat is
Continue Reading Beach Beat: What are they thinking? They’re not — they’re eating rotten meat
Editor’s note: Each spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This specialized
Continue Reading Don’t let the cheese ruin your party
Dear Editor,
Recently, a contributed opinion column on March 5, 2021, in Food Safety News made a case concerning food safety issues in the plant due to the FDA inspections or FSMA out of
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: comply with FSMA sooner rather than later
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
Continue Reading Florida needs to get on with enforcement of COVID-19 rules
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
Continue Reading Hidden public health benefits of the COVID-19 experience
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
Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Another perspective on aquaponics
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
Continue Reading USDA leaders call for industry cooperation amidst ‘uncertain times’
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
Continue Reading The FDA’s latest leafy greens action plan is more of the same
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
Continue Reading Discussions on building consumer trust probably should involve consumers
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
Continue Reading Can we have a culture of prevention in a toxic sea of division?
