STOP Foodborne Illness Delivers Plan to FDA to Improve and Modernize Consumer Food Recalls
PRESS RELEASE: Stop Foodborne Illness Delivers Plan to FDA to Improve and Modernize Consumer Food Recalls Without question, reaching people about potential food safety issues quickly and effectively is critical to public health. Dr. Ben Chapman, North Carolina State University Tweet Stop Foodborne Illness announced today that the organization has finalized recommendations to the FDA […]
Collaborative Plan to Achieve Customer-Focused Recall Modernization
Collaborative Plan to Achieve Consumer-Focused Recall Modernization Background On August 20, 2020, the Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness convened a group of food safety experts (working group) to outline how food recall processes in the United States can be improved. This working group recognized that there is a need for fundamental change in food recall […]
Food Safety in U.S. Prisons: The Big Issues and How You Can Help
Food Safety in U.S. Prisons: The Big Issues and How You Can Help Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email It’s a segment of the population we don’t often think about when it comes to keeping food safe: Our prison system in the United States. Yet problems abound and they […]
Meet Dr. Abby Gold: “Learning from Different Cultures Helps Us All Improve Food Safety”
Meet Dr. Abby Gold: Learning from Different Cultures Helps Us All Improve Food Safety One aspect of food safety that rarely takes center stage but is critical to effective education is cultural differences. If food safety instruction isn’t specific to individual cultures, the messages oftentimes do nothing to move the ball forward. Our friend, Dr. […]
How to Be An Effective Healthcare Advocate for Your Child
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp How to Be An Effective Healthcare Advocate for Your Child When it comes to a child’s health and wellbeing, a parent plays a critical role as a child’s best healthcare advocate. This is especially true as it relates to a child receiving care […]
Future Thinking from Emefa Monu
Catching Up With Emefa Monu Finding Alternative Intervention Strategies Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on email We conducted this interview with Emefa back in 2020 when she was still doing research and teaching Food Microbiology with the Department of Poultry Science at Auburn University . Today, Emefa Monu is a […]
Food Left Out Overnight is Full of Bacteria (and Potentially Deadly!)
Food Left Out Overnight Full of Bacteria and Potentially Deadly – Don’t eat it! Ah … the joys of summer! Along with the beautiful, warm, sunny weather we’ve all been waiting for comes a habit many people fall prey to that’s a BIG food safety no-no: Eating food left out overnight. It’s a habit that […]
Press Release: January 25, 2021 | USDA Urged to Better Protect Consumers from Salmonella, Campylobacter in Poultry
USDA Urged to Better Protect Consumers from Salmonella, Campylobacter in Poultry Petition Filed by Stop Foodborne Illness, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Consumer Reports, Consumer Federation of America January 25, 2021 Food safety advocates are calling on the United States Department of Agriculture to better protect consumers with new enforceable standards that will reduce, with […]
STOP, CSPI and Consumer Advocates Petition the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service to Establish Enforceable Poultry Standards
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp STOP constituents join others urging FSIS to modernize its food safety standards Re: Petition to Establish Enforceable Standards Targeting Salmonella Types of Greatest Public Health Concern while Reducing all Salmonella and Campylobacter in Poultry, and to Require Supply Chain Controls Read the petition […]
From FoodSafetyNews.com: Our Poultry Safety Regulation Isn’t Working
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Share on whatsapp Our Poultry Safety Regulation Isn’t Working By Michael Taylor Twenty-five years ago, when our board co-chair, Michael Taylor, was administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), he helped put in place a new food safety regulatory program […]
Getting to Know Amaya Butler, Superstar Food Science Student at Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences
Getting to Know Amaya Butler, Superstar Food Science Student at CHSAS Twitter Email Facebook LinkedIn When we’re out and about doing food safety work, we often have the pleasure of meeting exceptional people dedicated to our mission of preventing foodborne illness. In 2019, our CEO, Mitzi Baum, met one such impressive young lady while touring […]
Keep Your Home and Food Safe: How to Clean, Sanitize, & Disinfect
Keep Your Home and Food Safe: How to Clean, Sanitize, & Disinfect When it comes to food safety, knowing how to clean, sanitize, and disinfect dishes, utensils, surfaces, and other items that come in contact with your food is VERY important. Cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting are a big part of your food safety repertoire, and […]
