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Tommee Tippee Sippee spill-proof cups

Hazard:

Mold can develop on the removable, one-piece, white valve inside the spill-proof Tommee Tippee Sippee cups when it remains wet/moist and is infrequently cleaned. The CPSC advises that mold ingestion poses a risk of gastrointestinal symptoms and infections in consumers with compromised immune systems.Units

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The program includes two days of sessions facilitated by Frank Yiannas, Vice President of Food Safety & Health, Walmart, USA and Adjunct Professor in the Online Master of Science in Food Safety Program at MSU. The program also includes guest lectures by William “Bill” Marler, J.D., (Topic: Justice Department Prosecution of Individuals vs

The ABA over the last several years has picked 100 Blawgs (Blogs) to profile and I am honored to make the 2015 list.  As the ABA says, my Blog has:

Daily updates on food-borne illness reports and resulting nationwide product recalls as well as commentary on what governments and corporations should do as far as

Screen Shot 2016-05-13 at 7.34.17 PMToday the CDC quietly put out its data dump of outbreaks from 2014.

In 2014, 864 foodborne disease outbreaks were reported, resulting in 13,246 illnesses, 712 hospitalizations, 21 deaths, and 21 food recalls.

By Food Category

Single food categories associated with the most outbreak illnesses:

  • Seeded vegetables, such as cucumbers or tomatoes (428 illnesses)

The Food Safety Summit is a solution-based conference and expo designed to meet the educational and informational needs of the food industry including growers, processors, retailers, distributors, foodservice operators, regulators and academia. The Summit provides a 3-day comprehensive educational program to learn from subject matter experts, trainers, exchange ideas and find solutions to your current

imagesmoneyjailPRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL BENJAMIN C. MIZER DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE CONSUMER FEDERATION OF AMERICA’S 39TH ANNUAL NATIONAL FOOD POLICY CONFERENCE 

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WASHINGTON, D.C.

Thank you for that kind introduction.  And thank you to the Consumer Federation of America and organizers of the National Food Policy Conference for inviting me