In the next version of my life I want to be a CDC EIS officer chasing foodborne diseases in the footsteps of many of my heroes in the past and in the present who I have gotten to know since the Jack-in-the-Box E. coli Outbreak of 1993.
Being an Epi-wannabe, I do tend to look
COVID has been a curse for most reasons, but it has allowed me to do more speaking with far less travel. Here is a course I am speaking at on Saturday, and I have already done the speech – virtually. Link: https://www.cme.ucla.edu/courses/event-description?registration_id=620979&client_view_p=f
I starting going to this great conference n 2005 or 2006 (the years blend) and we have been proud to be a major sponsor over the years. Last year I did my speech virtually due to COVID. This year, likely do to our inability to keep COVID in check in the US, I will likely
With both the FDA and CDC being more transparent on the status of outbreak investigation, it is easy to keep track of the outbreaks even is we do not yet know the causes.
Nonprofit activist group, STOP Foodborne Illness, has announced that the organization has finalized recommendations to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to modernize the nation’s food recall system.
The recommendations, titled “Collaborative Plan to Achieve Customer-Focused Recall Modernization,” outline the steps needed for the U.S. to improve its recall process. STOP Foodborne Illness sees the
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), with an estimated 600 million cases of foodborne illnesses annually, unsafe food is a threat to human health and economies, disproportionally affecting vulnerable and marginalized people, especially women and children, populations affected by conflict, and migrants. An
On Monday I start out with Unilever for World Food Safety Day: https://www.unilever.com
On Tuesday with Highfield in the UK: https://www.highfieldconference.com/agenda
And, then on Wednesday with the South Africa Food Safety Conference https://foodsafetysummit.co.za/home/Programme
I don’t watch Fox, I value my grey matter.
Someone sent me Tucker’s Friday segment “asking” about the CDC warning of the risks of poultry and Salmonella.
The Fox News host invited Tiara Soleim, a “poultry enthusiast” and former contestant on “The Bachelor,” onto his show Friday night to discuss her love for cuddling chickens
2018 and 2019 were not good years for consumers of romaine lettuce grown in the fields of the southwestern United States, specifically the Yuma growing region of Arizona and the Salinas Valley of California. Although nearly 500 miles apart as the crow flies, the two regions share a notorious history of sickening consumers with a
