My mom has bought so many of the hardbacks, that Poisoned is now in paperback on Amazon and back on Kindle.
What is a Recall of Food?
We hear about them so often these days–recalls of all kinds of products, from foods, to medications, to kids toys–that “recall” has become a working concept in everybody’s vocabulary. But what is a recall? Who has the legal obligation to announce them? And, what legal ramifications are there of being involved in one?
First, despite
USDA Economic Research Service – Foodborne Illness Yearly Cost $15.5 Billion
Foodborne pathogens impose over $15.5 billion (2013 dollars) in economic burden on the U.S. public each year. Just five pathogens cause 90 percent of this burden. Estimates of economic burden per case vary greatly, ranging from $202 for Cyclospora cayetanensis to $3.3 million for Vibrio vulnificus.
- Fifteen pathogens cause 95 percent or more of the
What is Still Wrong with Food Safety in the U.S.?
Clyde Haberman sets the table in his Op-ed in today’s New York Times – “Action and Dysfunction in the U.S. Food Safety Effort.” And, Retro Report serves up the video about what is still wrong with food safety in the U.S.:
https://youtu.be/hRT4kxc0LhM
Food Safety News Wins Five Press Awards
Food Safety News writer Cookson Beecher won five awards, all of them in the daily news category, during the May 9 Washington Press Association awards banquet at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. Four of the awards came in first place and one came in third.
Here are the awards she took home:
First place,
What am I reading on the Plane to Salinas?
One would think Steinbeck, but it is Yiannas, as in Frank, VP of Food Safety at Walmart.
I am off to give a speech on supply chain liability.
Why do we seem to never learn from others Listeria mistakes?
I was reading John Lowe’s, CEO of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, statement this morning that was published on its website yesterday (April 24). I must admit I was impressed.
Unlike many companies that find themselves in the crosshairs of a food recall and possible outbreak, Mr. Lowe immediately (after learning of positive sampling for Listeria
In Honor of DeCoster’s Salmonella Sentencing
Monday, Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, will both face possible jail sentences stemming from a Salmonella outbreak caused by their Iowa egg farms in 2010. The Salmonella outbreak ran from May 1 to Nov. 30, 2010, and prompted the recall of more than a half-billion shell eggs, the largest recall of its
Jack and Peter DeCoster Should Go to Jail
In a week, Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, will both face possible jail sentences stemming from a Salmonella outbreak caused by their Iowa egg farms in 2010.
The Salmonella outbreak ran from May 1 to Nov. 30, 2010, and prompted the recall of more than a half-billion shell eggs, the largest recall
A Reasonable Proposal For Safer Meat
New York Senator Gillibrand has once again proposed a law that would give the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) the ability that it does not believe it already has to recall meat tainted with the pathogenic Salmonella bacteria. The law in essence would prompt the FSIS to label Salmonella