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US Food Safety Recall Wrap up – smoked salmon, taco seasoning, breads, cake, dumplings, puddings, dried coconut, dry fish

February 21, 2013 by foodsafeguru

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Risks involved with human-animal interaction can be reduced, but only if guidelines are followed

August 9, 2012 by foodsafeguru

by Doug Powell Gonzalo Erdozain writes: The same day I visited the Riley County Fair for the first time in the 8 years I’ve lived in Manhattan, Kansas, our paper, Observation of Public Health Risk Behaviors, Risk Communication and Hand Hygiene at Kansas and Missouri Petting Zoos – 2010–2011, gets published. As we approached the […]

Hog Farm fine of 1 million dollars to aid wetlands

July 27, 2012 by foodsafeguru

According to the Fayetteville [North Carolina] Observer, a Columbus County hog farm’s $1 million fine to aid wetlands preservation. A wetlands preservation organization plans to use $1 million in restitution from a Columbus County, North Carolina hog farm to buy and preserve wetlands in southeastern North Carolina, the Fayetteville Observer reported July 26. Freedman Farms […]

So what? Produce-safety testing program given reprieve

July 17, 2012 by foodsafeguru

by Doug Powell Policy requires tough choices, and rhetorical appeal. Accuracy also helps. According to an AP story, “the U.S. Agriculture Department grudgingly extended the life of the nation’s largest produce-safety testing program on Monday, just as the initiative was slated to be shut down.” The largest produce testing programs are in industry. What’s more […]

Cutting Out the Junk Food?

June 27, 2012 by josephbkr2

Most people know that high-sugar foods like chocolate or pastries are junk, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. The truth is that many foods fit into this category. The director of the Centers for Science in the Public Interest coined the term “junk food” in the 1970s to describe items that have […]