TPP and your plate, taking on “big soda” and changing “big food”
Good morning … another busy week off to a start! We’ve selected some articles you may have missed that are worth a read. In no particular order: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and …
Opinion: Read this before June 11th
“Sell by” dates may assure consumers, but they are mostly arbitrary. They came into being as part of a larger consumer movement in the 1970s, and reflected concerns about food …
Legislation: USDA would have mandatory recall over contaminated meat and poultry
United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D -N.Y.) introduced legislation that would give the USDA “mandatory recall authority” over contaminated meat and poultry. The proposed legislation was in response to a …
Blue Bell product recall raises food safety questions
The news that Blue Bell Creameries has pulled all of its products off the shelves nationwide has generated questions about listeria, the bacteria implicated in the outbreak of illness that …
Genome tracking technology boosts food safety efforts
Jill Neimark (@jillneimark) of Scientific American reports on developments in the field. There’s been an enormous focus on food safety in the news, and with good reason: foodborne pathogens sicken millions …