In the News . . .

• USDA Plans Major Reforms to Curb Salmonella in Poultry -- ProPublica (14 October 2022)
  
  
• Food recalls have dropped off during the pandemic, but no one is entirely sure why -- MPRNews (28 December 2021)
  
  
• Food scientists debunk a dangerous myth about moldy food -- INVERSE (24 April 2021)
  
  
• Is color additive that makes Impossible Burgers "bleed" safe? -- CBSNews (04 February 2021)
  
  
• Climate change is making our food less safe: FAO -- FoodNavigator (11 September 2020)
  
  
• High levels of arsenic found in US Whole Foods’ bottled water brand -- The Guardian (24 June 2020)
  
  
• The poultry workers on the coronavirus front line: 'If one of us gets sick, we all get sick' -- The Guardian (17 April 2020)
  
  
• Legal Guide to Health Claims on Food -- University of Dayton, online JD degree (12 March 2020)
  
  
• Russian officials blame food for traces of radiation in doctor treating blast victims -- The Guardian (25 August 2019)
  
  
• How Many Hogs Can Be Slaughtered Per Hour? Pork Industry Wants More [currently there's a maximum of 1,106 hogs per hour] -- The New York Times (09 August 2019)
  
  
• Japanese food store closes after videos of rats browsing its shelves go viral -- The Guardian (07 August 2019)
  
  
• America's soil is 48 times more toxic than a quarter century ago. Blame neonics -- The Guardian (07 August 2019)
  
  
• Banned bread: why does the US allow additives that Europe says are unsafe? -- The Guardian (28 May 2019)
  
  
• Pret a Manger sued in US for labelling products containing pesticides as 'natural' -- The Guardian (25 September 2018)
  
  
• Decades Later and Far Away, Chernobyl Disaster Still Contaminates Milk -- The New York Times (08 June 2018)
  
  
• 'Forever chemicals' found in seafood, meats and chocolate cake, FDA says -- The Guardian (03 June 2019)
  
  
• Yes, bacon really is killing us -- The Guardian (21 March 2018)
  
  
• A forgotten food of the American South [pokeweek] -- BBCtravel (19 March 2019)
  
  
• Man Dies from Extremely Rare Disease After Eating Squirrel Brains -- LiveScience (15 October 2018)
  
  
• Fear of meat scandal as data shows hygiene breaches at over half UK plants -- The Guardian (23 February 2018)
  
  
• 'Dirty meat': Shocking hygiene failings discovered in US pig and chicken plants -- The Guardian (21 February 2018)
  
  
• How the sushi boom is fuelling tapeworm infections -- The Guardian (22 January 2018)
  
  
• Raw deal: sushi-loving California man discovers 5ft 6in tapeworm -- The Guardian (20 January 2018)
  
  
• Japan: hunt for deadly fugu fish sold in error by supermarket -- The Guardian (15 January 2018)
  
  
• Animal agriculture is choking the ​Earth and making us sick. We must act now -- The Guardian (04 December 2017)
  
  
• Yes, There Is Arsenic In Your Rice. Here's What You Need To Know -- The Huffington Post (14 November 2017)
  
  
• Six deadliest U.S. foodborne outbreaks -- Bill Marler, Publisher's Platform, Food Safety News (03 November 2017)
  
  
• Vast animal-feed crops to satisfy our meat needs are destroying planet -- The Guardian (05 October 2017)
  
  
• UK's top supplier of supermarket chicken fiddles food safety dates -- TheGuardian (28 September 2017)
  
  
• Industrial meat production is killing our seas. It's time to change our diets -- The Guardian (04 August 2017)
  
  
• Meat industry blamed for largest-ever 'dead zone' in Gulf of Mexico -- The Guardian (01 August 2017)
  
  
• United States suspends all Brazilian meat imports -- BBCNews (23 June 2017)
  
  
• Judge: EPA violated law in approving products dangerous to bees, butterflies -- MPRNews (09 May 2017)
  
  
• Leftover Rice Can Give You Food Poisoning If You Do This -- OMG Facts (31 March 2017)
  
  
• Global Meat News Special Edition on Food Safety -- Marion Nestle, Food Politics (30 March 2017)
  
  
• The Global Dangers of Industrial Meat -- Civil Eats (29 March 2017)
  
  
• GAO argues again that the US should unite the 19 agencies that oversee food safety under one system -- FOODnavigator-usa (21 February 2017)
  
  
• Nigerian officials row over 'plastic rice' -- BBCNews (23 December 2016)
  
  
• 'Plastic rice' seized in Nigeria -- BBCNews (21 December 2016)
  
  
• Should I worry about arsenic in my rice? -- Dr Michael Mosley, BBCNews (10 February 2017)
  
  
• How we are all cooking rice incorrectly and could be endangering our health -- The Telegraph News (08 February 2017)
  
  
• Journal of Post-Harvest Technology
  [Post-Harvest technology is crucial to ensuring that fresh produce is safely preserved and distributed. This topic has profound implications for nutrition, microbiology, agriculture, and other areas of study. The Journal of Post-Harvest Technology is an open-access, peer reviewed publication dedicated to the science and technology of post-harvest storage, packing, and distribution of crops. Edited by a group of international researchers and published since 2013, the Journal of Post-Harvest Technology has covered an array of subjects including the shelf life or certain kinds of produce; the impact of hydro-cooling systems on tropical fruits and vegetables; and an exploration on the "preparation and preservation of fruit leather by blending indigenous fruits viz bael and anola." As this article describes, bael and anola are both high in nutritional value but difficult to eat; fruit leather provides a way for these fruits to be distributed and consumed. MMB -- The Scout Report, September 21, 2016, Volume 22, Number 41]
  
  
• The Top 10 Things Food-Safety Experts Won't Eat -- Food Network
  
  
• The Food Poisoning Lurking In Your Freezer -- Gross Science (06 September 2016)
  
  
• M&S becomes first supermarket to offer anti-bacterial shopping bags to banish bugs such as E. coli -- The Telegraph (10 September 2016)
  
  
• Minnesota Becomes Largest Funder of Farm Safety -- Farm Journal/AgWeb (09 June 2016)
  
  
• Frozen food fears: 4 things to know about listeria -- MPRNews (04 May 2016)
  
  
• Deb Group: ‘Foodborne diseases result in 420,000 deaths a year’ -- FoodQualityNews (17 April 2016)
  
  
• Chipotle to change cooking methods to address safety concerns -- BBCNews (23 December 2015)
  
  
• Lead Poisoning Rampant for Wealthy Medieval Europeans -- Smithsonian (22 October 2015)
  
  
• Tragic Harvest
  • Deadliest Workplace: The Farm -- Part 1 of 4, StarTribune (04 October 2015)
  • Unsafe Tractors, Rising Risks -- Part 2 of 4, StarTribune (05 October 2015)
  • A Job for Life, and Death -- Part 3 of 4, StarTribune (06 October 2015)
  • Rules Enforces, Lives Saved -- Part 4 of 4, StarTribune (07 October 2015)
  • DATA: A Decade of Deadily Farming -- StarTribune (2015)
    
    
• The Food Chain [The economics, science and culture of what we eat. What does it take to put food on your plate?] -- BBCWorldService
  
  
• Our food-safety system is a patchwork with big holes, critics say -- MPRNews (30 March 2014)
  
  
• Almost 500 foods contain the 'yoga mat' compound. Should we care? -- MPRNews (6 March 2014)
  
  
• EU highlights top ten foods at risk of fraud -- FOODNavigator (21 October 2013)
  
  
• 10 American Foods that are Banned in Other Countries -- Dr. Mercola, eatLocalGrown
  
  
• U center, China sign deal on security of food supply -- MPRNews (4 August 2013)
  
  
• Tracing Germs Through the Aisles -- Sabrina Tavernise, The New York Times (29 July 2013)
  
  
• Secret Trade Agreements Threaten to Undo Our Last Shreds of Food Safety -- Katherine Paul and Ronnie Cummins, Nation of Change (15 June 2013)
  
  
• Ignore Evidence. Deny Science. Minimize Problems. Then Cry ‘Freedom!’ (and Invoke the Nanny State) -- Rob Waters and William L. Haar, Nation of Change (3 June 2013)
  
  
• Front Groups Exposed: 50 Industry Groups Form a New Alliance to Manipulate Public Opinion About Junk Food, GMOs and Harmful Additives -- Mercola, Joseph M., Nation of Change (2 June 2013)
  
  
• Censoring Our Food -- Jill RIchardson, Nation of Change (26 May 2013)
  
  
• Rule on Serving Olive Oil Stirs Ridicule and Anger in Europe -- James Kaneter, The New York Times (23 May 2013)
  
  
• Storm in a Dipping Bowl Over Europe's Olive Oil Rule -- Harvey Morris, The New York Times (20 May 2013)
  
  
• Rat meat and Chinese food safety -- BBCNews (12 May 2013)
  
  
• Swedish salmon sales 'breached EU ban' over dioxins -- BBCNews (8 May 2013)
  
  
• Foreign Food Inspections on Decline as Illnesses From Imported Goods Rise -- The New York Times (7 May 2013)
  
  
• What Every Parent Should Know About Monsanto -- Nation of Change (07 April 2013)
  
  
• 8 Ways Corporations are Poisoning Our Food, Water, the Earth -- Mike Barrett, Natural Society/Nation of News (3 March 2013)
  
  
• Busted: Food Myths Brought to You By Corporate Front Groups -- Michele Simon, Food Safety News (24 October 2012)
  
  
• Arsenic in your food -- Consumer Reports (November 2012)
  
  
• Busted: Food Myths Brought to You By Corporate Front Groups -- Food Safety News (24 October 2012)
  
  
• The Bright, Hi-Tech Future of Food Preservation -- Discover Magazine (02 September 2011)
  
  
• Asian Honey, Banned in Europe, Is Flooding U.S. Grocery Shelves -- Andrew Schneider, Food Safety News (15 August 2011)
  
  
• Government Rolls Out New Food Safety Ad Blitz -- Gretchen Goetz, Food Safety News (29 June 2011)
  
  
• Leading Change in Food Safety -- Richard Raymond, Food Safety News (10 June 2011)
  
  
• You Want Superbugs With That? -- Barry Estabrook, onearth (27 May 2011)
  • Feeding antibiotics to healthy livestock is leading to an emerging human health crisis -- one scientists and the government have seen coming for decades