Chicago Tribune: This lab is on the front lines
Human lives and billions in brand budgets are on the line in the fight against foodborne illness. In one incident, a five-gallon bucket of salmonella-infected peanut butter product spilled on researchers. A 2015 Ohio State University study found that the annual...
Food Logistics: Fresh Express launches parasite outbreak panel
“Recent cyclospora outbreaks, with limited evidence as to how they originated, have perplexed federal and state public health officials as well as food safety experts throughout the fresh produce industry, including Fresh Express,” said John P. Olivo, President of Fresh Express.
The budget for doing nothing exceeds US$10,000,000
Mondelez International has issued a voluntary recall for some of its Ritz Crackers products due to a potential risk of salmonella. Wait. What?
New Republic: America’s Enduring Failure to Prevent Food-Borne Illness
Five dead and 216 sickened across 36 states. Why don’t we have a system that lets us track food-borne contamination back to the source — quickly?
