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Continue Reading Spring cleaning? Be sure to give your kitchen a food safe makeover, too!
A mother of a food poisoning victim and the chief of the CDC’s Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch have joined the board of Stop Foodborne Illness, a nonprofit public health organization that assists victims and works to raise awareness about food safety issues.
The two new board members are Amanda Craten…
Continue Reading CDC scientist, victim’s mother named to Stop Foodborne Illness board
(The FDA’s important food safety work, like the rest of the agency’s mission and much of the federal government, is currently on hold due to the government shutdown. But once the agency gets back to work – which we hope is very soon – we urge them to continue to …
Continue Reading Consumer and Public Health Groups: FDA Should Not Delay FSMA Implementation
This week, Food Safety News is acknowledging leaders who help keep our food supply safe. Today we celebrate consumer organizations. In the days ahead we’ll celebrate leaders in non-government organizations, the food industry and the news media. Of course, no list is ever complete so if you think we’ve forgotten…
Continue Reading The Best of Food Safety: Consumer Organizations
STOP Foodborne Illness, a Chicago-based nonprofit public health organization, is looking for victims of foodborne illness whose treatments had to be extended because of antibiotic resistance. “Doctors and other health experts have warned for years about the overuse of antibiotics to treat illness, which contributes to the rise of ‘super…
Continue Reading STOP Foodborne Illness Seeks Victims of Antibiotic Resistance