Citing the discovery of an infectious parasite in domestic produce this summer, the head of the FDA yesterday committed to using science to address foodborne pathogens.
A special government testing program found the Cyclospora parasite
Continue Reading FDA commissioner says science will answer Cyclospora questions
Although the brand was recalled, the Best Buy Date was not part of the recall. My apologies to my friends at Safeway.
On July 23rd Pepperidge Farms recalled Goldfish crackers because they might be tainted
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Why are these fish still on store shelves? I was wrong.
Federal officials in the United States are investigating the supply chain of frozen vegetables linked to a deadly, international Listeria outbreak. Nine people in Europe and one in Australia who were infected with the outbreak
Continue Reading U.S. officials watching international outbreak; no illnesses here
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a four-part series on how companies can use electronic record keeping to enhance food safety efforts. The series is sponsored by PAR Technologies.
As companies transition from
Continue Reading Now that you’ve got the data, what are you going to do with it?
Editor’s note: This is the second installment of a four-part series on how companies can use electronic record keeping to enhance food safety efforts. The series is sponsored by PAR Technologies.
“Today’s food supply chains
Continue Reading Digital records bring greater food safety, management benefits
More people are sick, more people have died, and more states are reporting E. coli infections in an ongoing outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. As the CDC was releasing the new numbers Friday, growers were
Continue Reading E. coli claims 4 more lives; growers promise changes
Tomorrow the CDC will update the Romaine E. coli outbreak and probably say that it is “over” (last time it updated was May 16th). The numbers will also likely jump from 172 to
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: Why I love Doc Raymond – and Transparency
Investigators continue their tedious search for the source of the E. coli that apparently contaminated romaine lettuce, causing this spring’s deadly outbreak. But it’s becoming increasingly unlikely they will find a smoking gun.
The human
Continue Reading Birds, pigs, water, air — How did the bacteria find the romaine?
The number of victims in an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce jumped almost 60 percent in the past week as public health officials struggled to determine the source or sources of the implicated
Continue Reading Romaine source(s) remain elusive as E. coli outbreak grows
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of articles leading up to the 20th annual Food Safety Summit. The event, from May 7-10 at the Donald Stephens Convention Center in suburban Chicago, includes certification
Continue Reading Actionable information is foundation of Food Safety Summit
