I was an active advocate for the Food Safety Modernization Act, landmark legislation which was signed into law Jan. 4, 2011, and is now being implemented throughout the nation. I don’t have a background
Continue Reading E. coli victim’s mother says leafy greens industry is working on safety measures
Twenty-five years ago, when I was administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), I helped put in place a new food safety regulatory program to prevent foodborne
Continue Reading Our poultry safety regulation isn’t working: It’s past time to fix it
Editor’s note: In this column Jaime Ragos, the Dave Theno Fellow for STOP Foodborne Illness, discusses her year working and learning in the food safety arena.
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“I shouldn’t have lived through it,” Katie said, reflecting on her fight with E. coli poisoning.
On an early summer evening in 2016, Katie Ruffolo, a 36-year old mother of three, was battling diarrhea. She
Continue Reading Mother’s heart stops three times during fight with E. coli infection
Warmer weather is here and with it comes summer holidays and opportunities to eat together. In June, we celebrate the fathers and father figures that raised us. Stop Foodborne Illness wants fathers everywhere to know
Continue Reading Foodborne illness continues to touch fathers, but it can be stopped
Two consumer groups want to see government and industry do something instead of nothing when it comes to keeping certain bacteria out of Americans’ diets via contaminated poultry.
The groups’ leaders say they don’t want
Continue Reading Watchdogs on patrol; seeking safer poultry through preventive controls
Editor’s note: Guest opinions columns and editorials or what we call “op-eds” are an important part of Food Safety News. Since we got our start more than a decade ago, we’ve published hundreds of such
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With more than two decades of experience at Feeding America, including time as the non-profit’s director of food safety, Mitzi Baum this week takes over the reigns at Stop Foodborne Illness.
As the new chief
Continue Reading Meet Mitzi Baum: New CEO at Stop Foodborne Illness
Seeing your first robin may be the sign of warm things to come, but once Easter and Passover have arrived, you know that Spring is here! Interestingly, both Easter and Passover include the wondrous
Continue Reading Avoid egg food safety risks on Easter, Passover with these easy steps
As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, you might be thinking of eating a home-cooked meal of corned beef and cabbage, and of course, consuming a few (or more) beers to go along with it. But,
Continue Reading Don’t get sham-rocked by food — or An Bodhran — poisoning on St. Pat’s Day
