Home-delivered fresh meal kits, locally grown foods, a move toward minimal processing, and restaurant hydroponic gardens are among the emerging industry trends that present food safety challenges. Moreover, consumers have redefined food safety to
Continue Reading Transparency key in quest for consumer confidence in food
Independent researchers say 22 out of the country’s top 26 grocery chains fail when it comes to warning the public about food recalls. Among those on the fail list are Walmart and Aldi.
Consumers have
Continue Reading Walmart, Aldi, others fail recall litmus test; Kroger, Target earn higher marks
Federal officials today confirmed another E. coli outbreak that they had previously not revealed to the public. Specific details were not available from the CDC or the FDA, but at least four states have been
Continue Reading Feds again withhold information about E. coli outbreak; restaurant chain implicated
Continue Reading Romaine confusion and clarity from the produce industry perspective
Posting recall No. 23 for beef because of the risk of E. coli infections, Canadian officials continue to repeat vague information about the situation that now includes 875 individual products.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Continue Reading ‘Industry’ recalls more mystery meat because of risk of E. coli
At the risk of beating this issue to death, I found yet another blog post I did several years ago on the issue of transparency in how public health deals with the public’s right
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: My last ode for Transparency – at least for this weekend
There has been yet another romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak. This time with 23 people infected from July 12 to Sept. 8 in a dozen states. Eleven people were hospitalized. However, the outbreak was
Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: It is not like I have not been preaching transparency for some time
A not so public public outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce sickened people in a dozen states from July through early September, but U.S. officials did not release any information about it
Continue Reading FDA hid romaine-related outbreak from public view for more than 6 weeks
Citing efforts to improve transparency and public access to information about approved antibiotics for animas, the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) has published certain medicated feed information, including information about Blue
Continue Reading FDA begins posting additional information about antibiotics for animals
The Washington State Department of Agriculture is about to find out if appeasement works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In 2018 the FDA stopped sharing nonpublic information with the state department (WSDA), and
Continue Reading Exemptions added to state public disclosure act to get FDA to resume sharing information
Greater trust needs to be built between consumers and the food sector to ensure public confidence, according to a study.
Researchers at Flinders University in Australia spent five years working with industry and regulators on
Continue Reading Trust gap between consumers and industry impacting confidence
