food safety
Mindy Brashears named USDA’s Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on Jan. 28 selected three people individuals for senior leadership positions at the U.S. Department of Agri... continue reading »
Food safety education endowed chair established by University of Arizona
The University of Arizona School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences has received a $1.5 million gift from Victor P. “Vic” Smith to esta... continue reading »
Birko’s Elite 360 Precision Application brings electrostatic technology to food processing
Birko, a leader in providing food safety solutions for the protein, further processing, produce and brew industries, will launch its Elite 360 Precis... continue reading »
Studying causes of E. coli outbreaks help determine best practices
By Kathy Gibbons | Contributing Writer In late winter 2017, an outbreak of E. coli in both the U.S. and Canada was traced to romaine lettuce or lea... continue reading »
FDA to increase access of food safety training with partnerships with state ag departments
Manufactured foods will be getting a boost in safety thanks to a partnership between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Institute of Foo... continue reading »
Food irradiation technology not widely used with fresh produce, but it could be
By Stephen Kloosterman | Contributing Editor Food irradiation technology has been around for more than 50 years as a way to kill pathogens, althoug... continue reading »
Food safety course schedule for 2019 released by Food Safety Net Services
Food Safety Net Services (FSNS) has announced its course schedule for food safety training for 2019. FSNS offers certified training programs that assi... continue reading »
New outbreak of E. coli traced to romaine lettuce
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), public health and regulatory officials in several states, Canada, and the FDA are investigating ... continue reading »
Produce Processing 7: Q+A with Mark Coe and Brandon Seng
Mark Coe is a local food advocate and currently is managing partner of Michigan Farm to Freezer, a business that processes and flash freezes local fru... continue reading »
Data logger advances make it easier to keep an eye on cold chain
About a decade ago, Driscoll’s introduced technology from HarvestMark to electronically track individual consumer packs of berries. While food sa... continue reading »
