• February 02, 2012
  "FDA finds low levels of fungicide in orange juice set for sale in US, but no recalls planned"
  "The Food and Drug Administration says it has confirmed low levels of an illegal fungicide in orange juice samples taken from Florida manufacturers."

• January 31, 2012
  "F.D.A. Seeks to Shut Cheese Factory in Queens"
  "The Food and Drug Administration is trying to shutter permanently a cheese factory in Queens whose owners failed to clean up the plant after a potentially deadly bacteria was discovered on more than one occasion, according to the government."

• January 13, 2012
  "Tainted juice episode calls FDA capabilities into question"
  "The Food and Drug Administration is holding all orange juice being imported into the United States at the border while it tests for contamination with a fungus-killing chemical. The episode is raising questions about the ability of the overstretched agency to protect the safety of the U.S. food system, critics say."

• January 11, 2012
  "Produce tied to a third of major outbreaks in 2011"
  "There were 16 significant or unusual multistate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses in the U.S. in 2011, with five of them involving fresh produce, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual year in review."

• January 12, 2012
  "FDA: Fungicide In Orange Juice Is Not A Health Risk"
  "The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up testing of orange juice after finding traces of a chemical fungicide that is not approved for use in the United States. Regulators are holding 13 shipments of imported juice at ports until tests are completed. Even so, officials say the fungicide residue does not present a public health threat."

• January 10, 2012
  "Cantaloupe processor largely ignored FDA guidelines, probe finds"
  "A listeria outbreak that killed 30 people and sickened 146 others might have been avoided if a Colorado cantaloupe processor had followed U.S. guidelines and washed the fruit in chlorinated water, a congressional investigation found."

• December 22, 2011
  "New law will boost food safety controls"
  Consumer groups are hoping a new federal law will help shield the food chain from contaminants like the recent E. coli outbreak that sickened 60 people, including 23 in St. Louis County, and prompted a lawsuit.

• December 21, 2011
  "Tiny listeria survivor comes home for Christmas"
  "The premature girl from Fishers, Ind., is one of the tiniest victims of last summer’s deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe, which sickened 146 people, including 30 who died."

• December 14, 2011
  "FDA faulted over state inspections"
  "The Food and Drug Administration is relying more often on states to inspect food plants but is failing to properly monitor those state inspections or follow through on their findings, the Department of Health and Human Services watchdog has concluded."

• December 12, 2011
  "The Surprising Ingredient In Raw Cookie Dough That Could Make You Sick"
  "Cookie dough may be one of the joys of the holiday season, but it's dangerous, at least for people who nibble it raw."

• December 08, 2011
  "Lettuce from one farm blamed for E. coli outbreak"
  "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has determined that romaine lettuce from a single farm is likely to blame for an E. coli outbreak in Missouri and nine other states."

• December 08, 2011
  "E.coli report cites lettuce in outbreak"
  "Romaine lettuce from one harvest at a single farm was the likely culprit of the E. coli outbreak that sickened 60 people across 10 states this fall, according to a federal report released Wednesday."

• December 01, 2011
  "Listeria outbreak traced to Colorado leaves damaged survivors in its wake"
  "The listeria outbreak from Colorado grower Jensen Farms' cantaloupe has killed 29 people nationwide -- eight in Colorado -- and caused one miscarriage. Dozens more people, including Mike Hauser, have been irreparably damaged by an especially vicious bacterium."

• December 05, 2011
  "Omaha man sues for listeria contamination"
  "An Omaha man who says he was made ill with listeriosis from contaminated Colorado cantaloupe is suing the grower, the distributor, a lab that audited the farm for food safety and Kroger Co., the owner of Baker's Supermarket, where he bought the contaminated melon."

• December 01, 2011
  "FDA funding boosted through lobbying effort"
  "An unusual alliance of consumer advocates and industry groups won a victory this month when they helped persuade Congress to boost funding for the Food and Drug Administration, while most other programs paid for by a newly passed agriculture spending bill had their money slashed."

• November 24, 2011
  "Food safety inspections give false sense of security"
  "A Colorado cantaloupe farm linked by federal regulators to one of the deadliest food outbreaks since the 1920s was graded as having "superior" safety practices just one month before consumers became ill from eating the fruit."

• November 23, 2011
  "Cantaloupe deaths point to inadequate inspections"
  "A Colorado cantaloupe farm linked by federal regulators to one of the deadliest food outbreaks since the 1920s was graded as having 'superior' safety practices just one month before consumers became ill from eating the fruit."

• November 21, 2011
  "Target scrambles to line up new egg suppliers"
  "Egg shortages were reported at some Target stores after the retailer ended its relationship with a producer accused of animal cruelty, and the company scrambled Monday to line up new suppliers before Thanksgiving."

• November 21, 2011
  "McDonalds dumps egg supplier after safety, cruelty concerns"
  "McDonald's said on Friday it dumped a McMuffin egg supplier after a government agency found filthy conditions and 'unacceptable rodent activity,' and an animal rights group exposed cruel treatment of the chickens."

• November 21, 2011
  "Criminal charges hard to pin on farm where listeria-contaminated cantaloupes originated"
  "Jensen Farms and its owners remain under threat of criminal prosecution for the cantaloupe listeria outbreak that has killed 29 people, but the history of even the most scandalous food poisonings shows such charges are rare."

• November 18, 2011
  "FDA cracks down on McDonald's egg supplier"
  "McDonald's Corp. has dumped one of its key egg suppliers after citations from the Food and Drug Administration and hidden-camera video exposed cruelty by farm workers."

• November 17, 2011
  "Grocery loyalty cards help trace food-borne illness source"
  "Food safety officials are increasingly finding value in plumbing shoppers' food buying habits through these loyalty cards when they're faced with food-borne illness outbreaks across communities and even states that seem to have no obvious links."

• November 16, 2011
  "Don't forget the importance of safe food handling during the holidays"
  "Gaining weight isn't the only health concern people need to be wary of when it comes to eating delicious foods this holiday season."

• November 15, 2011
  "Cantaloupe growers demand more state action on listeria scare"
  After recent outbreaks of Listeria in cantaloupe, Colorado farmers met with the State Agriculture Commissioner in efforts to improve consumer confidence in Rocky Ford Cantaloupe.

• November 14, 2011
  "Food-safety experts rethink advice after cantaloupe listeria outbreak"
  "Safety experts are scrambling to revise some of the tenets of food-handling dangers in the wake of the deadliest modern outbreak of food-borne illness."

• November 07, 2011
  "Wal-Mart Listeria Suit Prompts Costco Checks"
  "In late August, Charles Palmer ate cantaloupe bought at a Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) store in Colorado. Two weeks later, he began feeling sick, then became unresponsive and was rushed to a hospital where doctors diagnosed a listeria infection."

• November 07, 2011
  "New food safety law is in place but lacks funding for implementation"
  The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services recently reported evidence of a deadly form of E. coli in the state's food supply.

• November 07, 2011
  "Recalls Spark Food Safety Concerns"
  "The parade of contaminated foods recalled by manufacturers has continued for weeks, sparking new concerns about safety."

• November 07, 2011
  "Listeria outbreak victims go beyond farm to target grocers, auditors"
  "The three prime targets of lawsuits in the cantaloupe listeria outbreak have just $17 million in liability coverage for more than 130 illness cases that could easily cost more than $100 million, say experts in liability law."

• November 05, 2011
  "Durbin warns of cuts on food safety"
  "U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said potential funding cuts that would help the nation's budget would come at the expense of safe food."

• November 03, 2011
  "FDA Officials In China To Plug New Food Safety Law"
  "Fifteen percent of the food Americans eat is imported, including 80 percent of the seafood, and two-thirds of the fruit and vegetables. Our current food safety system can't even begin to keep tabs on the 24 million shipping containers loaded with food that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration estimates arrived this year from overseas."

• October 30, 2011
  "Producers seldom hear of food-safety issues from their private auditors"
  "Many of the most notorious food-illness outbreaks in recent years were preceded by glowing private safety audits of the producers, prompting calls for oversight of auditors and forcing grocery chains to tighten screening of cantaloupes and other food."

• October 30, 2011
  "Deadly melons renew food safety focus; will money follow?"
  "It took more than a decade, a series of deadly outbreaks tied to food like peanuts, spinach and ground beef, as well as a coalition of strange bedfellows -- victims, public health advocates and food industry representatives -- to push through the first major revamp of food safety laws since the 1930s."

• October 26, 2011
  '"Produce problems: How pigs, pollution and other people taint our fruits and veggies"
  Waves of contaminated food outbreaks reveal the complexities in an expanding food supply and the challenges in keeping it safe.

• October 26, 2011
  "Listeria deaths prompting shoppers to go organic"
  "Many shoppers who are nervous about food-borne illnesses are turning to local, organic foods hoping they are safer than food produced by big agriculture."

• October 26, 2011
  "Food safety concerns apply to local, organic items, too"
  "Shoppers nervous about foodborne illnesses may turn to foods produced at smaller farms or labeled "local," "organic" or "natural" in the hopes that such products are safer. But a small outbreak of salmonella in organic eggs from Minnesota shows that no food is immune to contamination."

• October 22, 2011
  "FDA inspectors not keeping pace with food imports"
  "The FDA expects 24 million shipments of FDA-regulated goods to pass through the nation's ports of entry this year, up from 6 million a decade ago."

• October 21, 2011
  "House panel probing contaminated cantaloupes linked to outbreak"
  "The House Energy and Commerce Committee announced a probe of the Colorado cantaloupe farm linked to a deadly listeria outbreak."

• October 21, 2011
  "Listeria-linked cantaloupe farm had rated high in audit"
  "The farm whose cantaloupes were behind the nation's deadliest food-borne illness outbreak in 25 years got a top score -- 96% -- from a firm auditing the plant's sanitation practices six days before the first person fell ill."

• October 20, 2011
  "Listeria Outbreak Traced to Cantaloupe Packing Shed"
  "A nationwide listeria outbreak that has killed 25 people who ate tainted cantaloupe was probably caused by unsanitary conditions in the packing shed of the Colorado farm where the melons were grown, federal officials said Wednesday."

• October 19, 2011
  "Deadly cantaloupe melon death toll climbs to 25 across 12 states as experts warn listeria outbreak could last until Christmas"
  "A listeria outbreak from cantaloupe melons has now been linked to 25 deaths across 12 U.S. states."

• October 18, 2011
  "Food-borne illness outbreaks have NJ consumers shopping local"
  "For patrons like Marilyn Miller, the township farmers market and its New Jersey–grown food are a favored alternative to supermarket produce aisles that bring in product from across the continent."

• October 17, 2011
  "Shredded Lettuce Recalled Amid Listeria Concerns"
  "A Salinas, Calif., farm is recalling bagged salads after a sample of lettuce tested positive for listeria, according to the producer."

• October 17, 2011
  "Listeria outbreak devastates Calif. cantaloupes"
  "Instead of picking the melons and supervising a work crew, Dora and David Elias of Mendota were unemployed -- laid off along with hundreds of others as the cantaloupe listeria outbreak traced to Colorado rippled across the nation."

• October 14, 2011
  "Giant Eagle recalls lettuce on listeria threat"
  "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told Giant Eagle about the presence of listeria in a routine test of Giant Eagle Farmer's Market eight-ounce package of shredded iceberg lettuce, the company said in a statement dated on Wednesday and appearing on the FDA website."

• October 11, 2011
  "FDA reveals details of foreign farm inspections"
  "About half of all foreign farms supplying produce to the U.S. and inspected by the Food and Drug Administration in recent years have had a written food safety plan, and nearly all had worker hygiene training in place."

• October 12, 2011
  "CDC: Deadliest listeria outbreak in 25 years"
  "An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe is now linked to 23 deaths, making it the deadliest known outbreak of foodborne illness in the USA in more than 25 years."

• October 11, 2011
  "Listeria Outbreak: Why More of Us Didn't Get Sick"
  "I ate a lot of cantaloupe in the weeks before a listeria outbreak led to a recall in September. And probably like many of you out there, I found myself wondering: Is there any chance that I ate some of the contaminated melons?"

• October 11, 2011
  "Listeria outbreak death toll rises to 21, officials say"
  "Listeria-tainted cantaloupes from Colorado have now sickened 109 people and claimed 21 lives in 23 states, federal officials say."

• October 07, 2011
  "Listeria outbreak raises questions about farmers' methods
  "Summer is gone and fall is here -- just as the season of enjoying sweet and juicy cantaloupes is coming to a close."

• October 07, 2011
  "New sleuths for food safety"
  "Inspectors from the Food and Drug Administration are searching fields in Colorado's Rocky Ford region for clues as to how cantaloupes grown there this summer caused at least 100 illnesses and 18 deaths. But if a new law had been in place, they might have been there before the outbreak."

• October 05, 2011
  "Lettuce recall expands"
  "True Leaf Farms has expanded its voluntary recall of romaine lettuce from 90 to 2,498 cartons due to possible listeria contamination."

• October 02, 2011
  "Long road from farm to fork worsens food outbreaks"
  "The recent listeria outbreak from cantaloupe demonstrates one likely cause of large-scale occurrences of serious illnesses linked to tainted food: the long and winding road what we eat takes from farm to fork."

• September 30, 2011
  "Listeria concerns prompt romaine lettuce recalls"
  "Alaska officials say bags of chopped romaine lettuce are being recalled over concerns of potential listeria contamination."

• September 28, 2011
  "FDA Needs Money to Fight Cantaloupes of Death"
  "In case you haven't heard, now even cantaloupe can kill you. A bacteria called listeria contaminated cantaloupes in Colorado (say that three times fast), turning the delicious melons into orange orbs of death."

• September 28, 2011
  "Deadly Cantaloupes Have Colorado Scientists Searching for Bacteria's Clues"
  "Colorado scientists are working to pinpoint how melons linked to the deadliest U.S. outbreak of food-borne illness since 1998 became contaminated."

• September 28, 2011
  Ongoing Foodborne Illness Outbreak Highlights Need For FDA Funding
  Without adequate resources, the agency will be unable to fully implement the landmark food safety law, which includes first-time standards to protect Americans from contaminated produce.

• September 28, 2011
  "Listeria-laced cantaloupes tied to 13 deaths, CDC says"
  "The Listeria illness outbreak linked to cantaloupes may be one of the deadliest in recent history, according to new CDC estimates."

• September 27, 2011
  "Deaths From Cantaloupe Listeria Rise"
  "At least 12 people in seven states have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria, in the deadliest outbreak of food-borne illness in the United States in more than a decade, according to public health officials."

• September 25, 2011
  "Listeria threat lingers despite recall"
  "The company whose cantaloupes were linked to listeria contamination voluntarily recalled its produce weeks ago, but there's a reason the number of reported cases can keep growing, health experts say."

• September 22, 2011
  "Listeria outbreak traced to Colo. cantaloupes claims victims in Md., Va."
  "A deadly food-borne bacteria linked to cantaloupes in more than a dozen states is suspected of killing one person in Maryland and sickening another in Virginia, health officials confirmed on Thursday."

• September 22, 2011
  "Death toll climbs in listeria outbreak in cantaloupe"
  "The death toll has risen to eight in an outbreak of listeria traced to Colorado-grown cantaloupes, officials said Wednesday."

• September 21, 2011
  "Produce importer in food safety fight"
  A giant in the produce business pushes back against FDA's handling of canteloupe warnings over the summer, which some fear could put consumers at risk.

• September 20, 2011
  "CDC: 4 dead in cantaloupe listeria outbreak"
  "Four people have died in an outbreak of listeria traced to Colorado cantaloupes, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday."

• September 16, 2011
  "Listeria outbreak tied to cantaloupes triggers more recalls, lawsuit"
  "A deadly Listeria illness outbreak linked to cantaloupes has prompted a recall by Colorado-based cantaloupe producer Jensen Farms - and also a lawsuit."

• September 15, 2011
  "Colorado farm says Listeria found in cantaloupe"
  "The Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall for cantaloupes from a Colorado farm after investigators probing a deadly Listeria outbreak found a contaminated melon in a store, the first time the bacteria has been linked to cantaloupe in the U.S."

• September 14, 2011
  "Listeria deaths prompt CDC warning about cantaloupe: Which kind?"
  "A Listeria illness outbreak has spread to six states, prompting health officials to warn some high-risk consumers to stay clear of cantaloupes produced from the Rocky Ford region of Colorado."

• September 09, 2011
  "Why your food isn't safe"
  "Each year, contaminated food sends 128,000 victims to the hospital, and it kills 3,000 children and adults. How the safety net failed them - and how to protect your family."

• September 07, 2011
  "Senate coughs up $50 million for FDA food safety efforts"
  "Senate appropriators cut the budget for the U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday, leaving meat inspection funding flat, but added $50 million for the Food and Drug Administration to staff up with a few food-safety inspectors."

• September 06, 2011
  "Senate Appropriations committee to vote for increased food-safety funding"
  "A Senate Appropriations subcommittee will vote Wednesday on legislation to increase funding for food safety by $40 million to $45 million next fiscal year, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) told The Hill."

• August 31, 2011
  "Suit could chill government efforts to keep food safe"
  "A major fruit company's lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration could have a chilling effect on regulators' efforts to get tainted food off the market."

• August 31, 2011
  "IBM boosts food safety with software"
  "International Business Machines Corp. researchers in Beijing are developing new software to help consumers and companies track - from production to dinner plate - the food they eat to avoid contamination pitfalls that have plagued food manufacturers and consumers globally."

• August 28, 2011
  "Register investigation: Egg farms rack up violations"
  "One year after 1,900 people were sickened and a half-billion Iowa eggs were recalled, government inspectors continue to find unsanitary conditions and inadequate protections against salmonella on Iowa's egg farms."

• August 26, 2011
  "Coalition forming over food-safety fee; legal action threatened"
  "The head of a consulting firm for importers is assembling a coalition of food manufacturers and importers to oppose a proposed fee created by the new food-safety law."

• August 25, 2011
  "Your food has been touched by multitudes"
  The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act aims to create better traceback systems to contain foodborne illness outbreaks.

• August 25, 2011
  "Del Monte sues FDA to lift melon ban"
  "In an attempt to overturn a U.S. Food & Drug Administration 'Import Alert' that effectively prevents Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. Inc. from importing cantaloupes from its Guatemalan supplier, the produce company filed a lawsuit Aug. 22 against the federal agency in U.S. District Court in Maryland."

• August 23, 2011
  "Food safety in China, and the risk to the U.S."
  "A report published in June by the Food and Drug Administration makes it clear that imports from China are increasing in theS - and that the FDA is underfunded and under-equipped to deal with it."

• August 22, 2011
  "Illness-causing bacteria may linger inside fresh produce"
  "Researchers found that E. coli and salmonella doesn't just reside on the surface of plants, but can live inside plant tissues."

• August 22, 2011
  "With a long list and short on money, FDA tackles food safety"
  "The landmark food safety law passed by Congress last December is supposed to reduce the frequency and severity of food safety problems, but the roll call of recent cases underlines the magnitude of the task."

• August 17, 2011
  "The salmonella outbreak of 2008, deconstructed"
  "During the salmonella outbreak of 2008 and 2009 nine people died, 166 were hospitalized and more than 700 fell ill."

• August 16, 2011
  "Kohl pushes for more food safety inspectors"
  "Senator Herb Kohl wants to make sure that the food you eat is safe."

• August 15, 2011
  "Sen. Kohl visits company focused on food safety"
  "U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl visited a Milwaukee company Monday that specializes in keeping food safe."

• August 10, 2011
  "China says it's cracking down amid anger over tainted food"
  Chinese consumers are growing increasingly anxious over the rising incidence of food safety scares.

• August 09, 2011
  "Feds tour Riverhead farms in run up to new food regs"
  "Some bigwigs from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture toured two farms in Riverhead and one in Mattituck Tuesday hoping to get input from local farmers for the FDA's new Food Safety Modernization Act, which was signed into law Jan. 4."

• August 09, 2011
  "Deer suspected as source of nation's first E. coli outbreak traced to tainted strawberries"
  "Oregon strawberries, an iconic crop that heralds summer and has long been a source of state pride, caused the nation's first E. coli outbreak ever traced to the fruit, killing one woman and sickening 16."

• July 27, 2011
  "Salmonella linked to papayas sickens 8 in Georgia"
  "State public health officials say they're watching an outbreak of salmonella in papayas that has sickened eight people so far in Georgia, one seriously enough to be hospitalized."

• July 26, 2011
  "Papayas recalled over salmonella risks"
  FDA warns consumers about contaminated papayas recently imported from Mexico.

• July 25, 2011
  "Only 1 deadly strain of E. coli is illegal, but that may change"
  Companies are taking independent steps to test food for all strains of E. coli.

• July 19, 2011
  "Food safety law increases FDA's authority over food supply"
  The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act aims to reduce a high number of preventable foodborne illness outbreaks.

• July 06, 2011
  "FDA seeks $1.4 billion for food-safety law as budget faces cuts"
  "The Food and Drug Administration, charged with preventing E. coli outbreaks similar to the one that sickened thousands in Europe, is trying to wedge $1.4 billion for a new food-safety law into a budget that Republicans have already cut for next year."

• July 05, 2011
  "FDA issues anti-smuggling strategy and draft guidance on new dietary ingredients"
  "Agency meets critical milestones in Food Safety Modernization Act."

• July 03, 2011
  "Budget cuts threaten testing of produce for pathogens"
  "Congress is moving to eliminate the only national program that regularly screens U.S. fruits and vegetables for the type of E. coli that recently caused an deadly outbreak in Germany."

• June 30, 2011
  "Deficit focus coming at expense of food safety?"
  "In spite of a new law to bolster safeguards, Congress is cutting the FDA's food inspection budget."

• June 27, 2011
  "FDA: Do not eat Evergreen Produce brand alfalfa sprouts or spicy sprouts"
  "The FDA is warning consumers not to eat alfalfa sprouts or spicy sprouts from plastic bags labeled Evergreen Produce or Evergreen Produce Inc."

• June 21, 2011
  "Recalls of imported foods are flawed, a government audit reports"
  "Government food officials are often sloppy and inattentive in their efforts to ensure that contaminated foods from abroad are withdrawn promptly and completely from the nation's food supply, according to government investigators."

• June 20, 2011
  "F.D.A. confronts challenge of monitoring imports"
  "The Food and Drug Administration commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg, has repeatedly expressed alarm about the waves of imported food and drugs overwhelming her organization's ability to monitor them."

• June 17, 2011
  "Analysis: U.S. food safety programs suffer in budget battles"
  Food safety programs continue to lack critical funding while budget battles intensify on the federal, state and local levels.

• June 16, 2011
  "House Republicans vote to cut funds to implement new food safety law"
  "Arguing that the U.S. food supply is 99 percent safe, House Republicans cut millions of dollars Thursday from the Food and Drug Administration's budget, denying the agency money to implement landmark food safety laws approved by the last Congress."

• June 14, 2011
  "Food safety concerns on the table"
  Food safety expert Erik Olson discusses the potential impact on food safety if Congress does not fund the new Food Safety Modernization Act.

• June 13, 2011
  "Germany finally confirms source of deadly E. coli outbreak"
  "Following weeks of uncertainty, Germany said Friday that beansprouts are almost certainly the source of the deadly outbreak of E.coli 0104:H4 that has killed 35 and sickened 3,256."

• June 10, 2011
  "Europe's E. coli outbreak: Does new food safety law prevent that in US?"
  "Scientists on Friday blamed contaminated vegetable sprouts for the E. coli outbreak that began in northern Germany and that public health officials say has killed 31 people and sickened nearly 3,100 others throughout Europe."

• June 10, 2011
  "Sprouts, poster plant of health food, can pack disease risks"
  "As a horrified Europe learned over the past month, sprouts are a high-risk food for carrying harmful bacteria like salmonella or the toxic forms of E. coli, according to public health experts."

• June 07, 2011
  "Even 'healthy' food can make you sick"
  "Even those who zealously eat healthy food or are partial to the finer things aren't immune from the dangers of food poisoning."

• June 07, 2011
  "E. coli outbreak may boost argument for more U.S. food safety funds"
  "Tracking the source of the European E. coli outbreak is a worldwide challenge for investigators."

• June 03, 2011
  FDA Budget and Food Safety
  New Food Safety Law Requires Standards For Domestic & Imported Produce

• June 06, 2011
  European E. coli outbreak highlights the need for strong oversight in the U.S.
  Wisconsin Public Radio interview with Sandra Eskin about Food Safety

• June 07, 2011
  "FDA official: GOP amendment could gut preventative food-safety effort"
  "The top regulator in charge of putting in place the new food-safety law said Tuesday that a Republican-sponsored amendment to the Food and Drug Administration's budget would curtail the agency's ability to protect the public health."

• June 03, 2011
  "E. coli deaths in Europe spotlight gaps in U.S.food-safety system"
  "Could it happen here? That's what food safety experts in the U.S. are asking in the wake of the deadly Escherichia coli outbreak that's swept Europe in recent days."

• June 03, 2011
  "As new food safety threat emerges, U.S. regulators still steps behind"
  "The E. coli outbreak in Germany - identified by scientists as a new deadly strain of the bacteria - has by now killed at least 17 people and spread to 10 countries."

• June 02, 2011
  "As Europe reels from E. coli, problems with food safety in the U.S."
  "As a scary E. coli outbreak spreads across Europe, health authorities in the EU are coming to grips with the fact that the transnational body may not be ready to investigate and stop a major foodborne illness."

• June 02, 2011
  "In Europe, fingers pointing over origin of deadly, costly new E. coli strain"
  "A deadly new strain of E. coli is sickening hundreds throughout Europe and so far baffling researchers and health officials."

• May 30, 2011
  "Food safety advocates decry FDA cuts"
  "Budget cuts proposed by House Republicans to the Food and Drug Administration would undermine the agency's ability to carry out a historic food-safety law passed by Congress just five months ago, food safety advocates say."

• May 22, 2011
  "Survey: Most would pay more for safer food"
  "Challenging conventional wisdom that most people want smaller government and less expensive food, a U.S. survey indicates most would pay more for safer food."

• May 20, 2011
  "Poll: Public favors government role on food safety"
  A recent poll indicates the majority of Americans believe the federal government should have oversight of food safety.

• May 19, 2011
  "Poll shows support for food-safety spending ahead of budget markup"
  "Two-thirds of likely voters support additional funding for federal regulators to carry out their new responsibilities under the food-safety law that went into effect this year, according to a nationwide poll released Thursday."

• May 16, 2011
  "Report faults FDA over risks from imported seafood"
  "The Food and Drug Administration is doing a poor job ensuring that imported seafood doesn't pose health risks to Americans, failing to properly assess foreign producers and inspect the products they ship to the U.S., according to a congressional research report released Monday."

• May 10, 2011
  "Valley growers under the gun for food safety"
  "As the nation pays more attention to food safety, small farmers are feeling the pressure."

• May 09, 2011
  "Fifty million a year become ill from eating"
  "​The University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) has named the foods commonly responsible for food-related illness."

• May 09, 2011
  "MSU researcher studying global food safety"
  "Many of us often wonder how safe is the food that we eat. A professor from Michigan State University is taking the concern a step further."

• May 05, 2011
  "FDA and food safety: Always something to chew on"
  "At a time when President Obama has asked federal agencies to scale back on imposing new regulations, the Food and Drug Administration seems to be moving full steam ahead, at least on food safety."

• May 04, 2011
  "FDA issues first new rules under Food Safety Modernization Act"
  "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced two new regulations that will help ensure the safety and security of foods in the United States."

• May 03, 2011
  "Salmonella in grape tomatoes prompts supermarket salad recalls"
  "The recall of a single lot of Florida grape tomatoes is prompting recalls of grape tomatoes in 10 U.S. states and Canada, and of prepared salads sold in supermarket chains nationwide."

• April 28, 2011
  "Report ranks top sources of illness related to foods"
  "Poultry contaminated with Campylobacter bacteria is the food-pathogen combination that causes the most foodborne illness in the United States, sickening more than 600,000 people a year at a cost of $1.3 billion, according to a new report."

• April 28, 2011
  "Campylobacter-contaminated poultry top pathogen-food combo in UF study"
  "With the passing of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) this past January, researchers at the Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) at the University of Florida looked at what pathogen-food combinations had the greatest public health and economic impact in a report published Thursday."

• April 18, 2011
  "Recipe for food safety"
  The Food Safety Modernization Act strengthens FDA's authority to regulate imported food, but potential budget cuts could delay the increase in surveillance.

• March 30, 2011
  "R.I. man in 80s dies from salmonella"
  "A man in his 80s from Providence County died of salmonella on March 23, but the state Health Department has not confirmed whether he ate pastries from DeFusco’s Bakery."

• March 28, 2011
  "Food safety law: Focus on prevention, boost to FDA authority"
  "President Obama early in January signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which Congress passed days earlier during a frenzied lameduck session."

• March 14, 2011
  "Return of the salmonella Republicans"
  A decrease in funding for the FDA could lead to a rise in foodborne illness.

• March 10, 2011
  "Oregon hazelnut industry looks at food safety after E. coli outbreak in Midwest"
  "For the first time, a potentially fatal strain of E. coli has been traced to Oregon hazelnuts, prompting the industry to take a fresh look at food safety."

• March 09, 2011
  "Benefits of landmark Food Safety Modernization Act"
  "What specific issues and protections are covered by the Food Safety Modernization Act recently signed into law?"

• March 08, 2011
  "A food fight in the budget debate"
  "One of the most overlooked rifts in Washington's budget debate is the escalating food fight."

• March 02, 2011
  "To fix food safety, bring back the poison squad"
  "A hundred years ago, our food-safety regulators were willing to eat formaldehyde on our behalf. What are they doing now?"

• February 28, 2011
  "Wyoming couple advocates for safer food"
  A personal tragedy inspired Ken and Polly Costello to meet with lawmakers and other food safety advocates to encourage stricter safety standards.

• February 23, 2011
  "Osterholm: Food safety improvements overblown"
  "A Minnesota infectious disease expert says the nation hasn't made any significant progress on food safety in a decade, despite what Americans may have heard in recent months."

• February 22, 2011
  "Florida food importers warned of food safety reform's potential effects"
  "The sweeping food safety reforms that President Obama signed into law in January will have a significant impact on food importers who will be required to verify the safety of food from their suppliers, a produce industry official said."

• February 21, 2011
  "Climate change said threat to food safety"
  "The safety of the world's food supply is under threat from climate change and the damage is going to get worse unless action is taken, a U.S. researcher says."

• February 16, 2011
  "FDA requests extra funding for food safety law in 2012 budget"
  "The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has requested a record $4.3bn budget for fiscal 2012, including $324m to start implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act."

• February 14, 2011
  "Dingell urges funding approval for food safety law"
  "Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) has urged Congress to approve the $1.4bn of funding estimated to be necessary to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, which President Obama signed into law on January 4."

• February 14, 2011
  "Food industry whistleblowers promised protection under new food safety law"
  This will be the first time that employees who report violations of food safety rules will be protected from discrimination.

• February 14, 2011
  "Food study finds consumers value safer food more than analyses suggest"
  "Government regulators could more realistically assess the value of improving food safety if they considered the fact that consumers typically want to avoid getting sick--even if it means they have to pay a little extra for safer food, researchers said."

• February 14, 2011
  "Budget 2012: Food and Drug Administration"
  "Under the President's proposed 2012 budget, the Food and Drug Administration would get $2.7 billion, an increase of $147 million compared to the 2010 budget of 2.6 billion."

• February 11, 2011
  "New food safety law protects whistleblowers"
  "Food industry workers who become whistleblowers gained protection against retaliation from their employers with a little-noticed provision in the sweeping food safety law President Barack Obama signed last month."

• February 10, 2011
  "Medina man seeks justice for mom's death in 2009 salmonella outbreak"
  "Two years ago, nine people died after eating peanuts from the Peanut Corporation of America, including a local woman from Medina."

• February 09, 2011
  "Families still seek justice in salmonella deaths"
  "Two Twin Cities men who lost their parents in a salmonella outbreak linked to Peanut Corporation of America say they are still fighting for justice."

• February 09, 2011
  "Proposed Republican cuts to FDA, USDA could slow new food safety rules"
  "In an effort to cut $58 billion from the federal budget for the second half of Fiscal Year 2011, House Republicans released a budget proposal late last week, one provision of which would mean steep cuts for food safety programs at both the FDA and USDA."

• February 07, 2011
  "Proposal would exempt Utah food from federal regulation"
  One congressman says the federal government doesn't have the authority to regulate the foods that are produced in and remain within the state's borders.

• February 04, 2011
  "Consumers claim Safeway failed to tell them about food recalls"
  "If you think those shopper loyalty cards weighing down your wallet or key chain are only good for special discounts, you've overlooked a completely different sort of potential benefit."

• February 01, 2011
  "FDA finds salmonella during egg farm inspections"
  "A series of Food and Drug Administration inspections at the nation's largest egg farms has found at least one operation contaminated with salmonella."

• February 01, 2011
  "Egg safety violations go beyond Iowa sites"
  "Government inspectors are finding food safety violations at egg farms beyond the Iowa operations linked to last summer's salmonella outbreak."

• January 31, 2011
  "10 things the FDA won't tell you"
  "The Food Safety Modernization Act, passed this month, gives the agency much-needed muscle to inspect high-risk foods and products and immediately pull them off the market if needed."

• January 25, 2011
  "The Salmonella Index: The best and worst states for food poisoning"
  "A new State Food Poisoning Index analyzes which states are good at detecting foodborne illnesses—and which are failing."

• January 24, 2011
  "Traceability rule represents big adjustment for food industry"
  "In response to a new federal food safety law and growing consumer interest, vast amounts of new data are being generated about the complicated path that food takes from field to supermarket shelf."

• January 24, 2011
  "Tracking where your food comes from will become mandatory for food producers, packagers"
  An improved tracking system will reduce the number of illnesses and cut down on the costs associated with recalls.

• January 24, 2011
  "Minnesota rated high for detecting, reporting food illness"
  "When it comes to detecting and reporting food-borne illnesses, Minnesota gets an A — and did so well it was used as a benchmark in grading other states — according to a report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest."

• January 23, 2011
  "MPHA salutes the Food Modernization Act"
  Ginger Roll, president of the Montana Public Health Association, applauds passage of the food safety bill.

• January 20, 2011
  "Foodborne illness cases getting tougher to solve"
  "A study out this week by the Center for Science in the Public Interest found it’s getting harder than ever for states to link food-borne illness cases and solve them."

• January 20, 2011
  "New federal law aims to improve food-tracking issues"
  A better tracking system for food will vastly improve response time when foodborne illness outbreaks occur.

• January 20, 2011
  "Kentucky receives an 'F' for food safety from national organization"
  "Kentucky and 13 other states received a failing grade from a national consumer advocacy organization for the way food-borne illnesses are handled."

• January 20, 2011
  "Missouri gets an F in reporting food-borne illness"
  "Missouri is among the states failing to adequately detect food-related outbreaks, according to a national report issued Wednesday."

• January 19, 2011
  "U.S. shoppers wary about China food safety"
  "As the United States implements a new law aimed at strengthening oversight of the food consumers eat, shoppers worry about the safety of products imported from China, Mexico and Africa."

• January 19, 2011
  "Report: Food safety oversight varies greatly by state"
  "States vary greatly in how well they report foodborne illnesses, according to a new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, leaving Americans at risk."

• January 19, 2011
  "FDA overhaul aims to increase food safety"
  "Changes to food monitoring system may not be sufficient to change corporate views of food safety."

• January 16, 2011
  "Focusing on food safety"
  "With millions of Americans getting sick every year from eating contaminated food, the federal food safety bill signed into law this month gives new powers to regulators to safeguard the nation's food supply."

• January 13, 2011
  "United Fresh issues food safety white paper"
  "A new 18-page report from the United Fresh Produce Association lays out a timeline for implementation of the just-passed FDA Food Safety Modernization Act."

• January 12, 2011
  "Culver calls for state rules on eggs"
  "On the way out of office, Gov. Chet Culver called Tuesday for state egg regulations to prevent a recurrence of the salmonella outbreak last summer that rocked the egg industry."

• January 11, 2011
  "Jimmy John's changing to clover sprouts"
  A recent salmonella outbreak prompted the fast food chain to switch ingredients.

• January 10, 2011
  "New law in US aims to increase food safety"
  "The United States is making the first major changes in its food safety rules since the nineteen thirties."

• January 09, 2011
  "Franken: New food safety law will save lives"
  Al Franken, D-Minn., says the new law will speed up the recall process and help reduce the number of foodborne illnesses.

• January 09, 2011
  "Consumer 10.0: Food safety finally gets its due"
  "Lots of factors helped push the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act over the finish line more than a dozen years after it was first proposed - including an unusual alliance that teamed consumer advocates, victims groups, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Philadelphia's Pew Charitable Trusts."

• January 06, 2011
  "Salmonella fear leads to herb recall in NY, Pa."
  "A Canadian herb distribution company has recalled several batches of products sold in New York and Pennsylvania because of possible salmonella contamination."

• January 05, 2011
  "Food safety law: Six ways it will make food safer"
  "With the stroke of a pen, President Obama on Tuesday inaugurated the biggest reform in food safety in years."

• January 06, 2011
  "Obama signs food safety bill"
  "President Obama on Tuesday signed a food safety bill sponsored by Sen. Dick Durbin that hands the Food and Drug Administration new power to battle food borne illness -- before it happens."

• January 05, 2011
  "Obama signs $1.4B food safety measure"
  "President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday new food safety regulations that are the biggest change to industry oversight in more than 70 years as Republicans vowed to fight the cost."

• January 04, 2011
  "Obama to sign bill to improve nation's food safety"
  "In an indication of coming tensions with the GOP-controlled House, President Barack Obama on Tuesday was signing into law an overhaul of the nation's food safety system as Republicans talked of withholding $1.4 billion needed to put the new requirements into place."

• January 04, 2011
  "Obama to sign food safety bill"
  "President Barack Obama is expected to sign into law the most-sweeping overhaul of America's food safety system since 1938 after he returns to Washington on Tuesday from a family vacation in Hawaii."

• December 29, 2010
  "Food safety measure to strengthen consumer protection efforts"
  The new bill gives the FDA greater recall authority in the event of an outbreak of contaminated food.

• December 22, 2010
  "Food safety bill focuses on prevention, creates recall power"
  Erik Olson of The Pew Charitable Trusts discusses the impact of a recently-passed food safety bill on PBS NewsHour.

• December 27, 2010
  "US Congress passes historic Bill on Food Safety, FDA gets right to recall tainted food"
  The ailing US food safety system moved closer to towards its biggest overhaul in more than 70 years after the House of Representatives passed legislation that would increase inspections and give regulators the power to recall tainted foods.

• December 26, 2010
  "House sends food safety bill to president"
  The House has passed a sweeping bill aimed at making food safer following recent contaminations in peanuts, eggs and produce, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.

• December 23, 2010
  "U.S. food-safety laws overhauled"
  President Barack Obama is expected to sign, perhaps as early as Wednesday, new legislation that gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration unprecedented powers to keep the nation's food supply safe.

• December 21, 2010
  "Food Safety Bill: House passes bill, sends to President"
  "The House has passed a sweeping bill aimed at making food safer following recent contaminations in peanuts, eggs and produce, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature."

• December 21, 2010
  "House passes overhaul of food laws"
  "The House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to a long-awaited modernization of the nation's food safety laws, voting 215 to 144 to grant the Food and Drug Administration greater authority over food production."

• December 21, 2010
  "Congress poised to pass ambitious food-safety bill"
  "In a world where we get garlic from China, shellfish from Thailand and sugar cane from Mexico, Congress is poised to approve an ambitious food safety bill..."

• December 19, 2010
  "Senate passes food safety bill, again"
  The Senate on Sunday passed a sweeping bill to make food safer, sending it to the House in the waning days of Congress.

• December 19, 2010
  "Food-safety measure passes Senate in Sunday surprise"
  A bill that would overhaul the nation's food-safety laws for the first time since the Great Depression came roaring back to life Sunday as Senate Democrats struck a deal with Republicans that helped overcome a technical mistake made three weeks ago and a filibuster threat that seemed likely to scuttle the legislation.

• December 19, 2010
  "Senate OKs food safety measure"
  "The Senate on Sunday night cleared a food safety package, curbing earlier fears the popular bill would die by the end of this session..."

• December 17, 2010
  "Fate of food-safety bill bleak"
  "A sweeping food safety measure heralded as a rare Senate victory just a few weeks ago looks like it might fall to the cutting room floor..."

• December 15, 2010
  "CDC: Tainted food sickens 48 million each year"
  Foodborne illnesses kill 3,000 Americans every year and make 48 million sick, and most are never identified, U.S. health officials reported on Wednesday as Congress prepared a major food safety overhaul.

• December 15, 2010
  "CDC says about 1 in 6 Americans affected by foodborne diseases each year"
  According to the CDC, about 48 million Americans — or 1 in 6 of us — fall ill each year because of something we ate.

• December 15, 2010
  "Report: Nearly 17% of Americans suffer food poisoning each year"
  One in six Americans gets sick from food every year, and about 3,000 die from those illnesses, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• December 15, 2010
  "One in six suffer from foodborne illness each year, CDC says"
  While a bill to overhaul the nation’s food-safety system is still in limbo, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report said that one in six Americans get sick from foodborne illnesses each year.

• December 15, 2010
  "Food, obesity, and regulation: Simmering culture war boils over"
  Two food-related bills trigger visceral reactions on both sides of the debate.

• December 11, 2010
  "Unsafe eggs linked to U.S. failure to act"
  Public health officials closed the books this month on an outbreak of salmonella illness that had sickened more than 1,900 people since May and led to the largest recall of eggs in U.S. history.

• December 09, 2010
  "Food safety passes House, skulks back to Senate"
  On Wednesday, the House passed the most recent Senate version of the bill -- but it did so as as part of a larger bill to fund the federal government for the next several months. Now the whole package heads to the Senate.

• December 09, 2010
  "House passes budget bill, cuts"
  Food safety legislation that has broad support rides to passage on the House budget bill.

• December 09, 2010
  "Food-safety overhaul rides on funding bill"
  The biggest overhaul of the U.S. food safety system in decades took a major step toward becoming law on Wednesday when House Democratic leaders folded it into a must-pass bill to fund the U.S. government.

• December 08, 2010
  "Democrats attempt to revive food safety bill"
  Food safety legislation stalled by a constitutional snag could be revived as part of a giant year-end budget bill.

• December 07, 2010
  "House to take up food-safety bill this week"
  The House this week will consider legislation to modernize the nation's food safety protections, a top Democrat indicated Tuesday.

• December 07, 2010
  "Pending U.S. food safety bill promises more accountability - backed by science"
  If The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act recently passed by the Senate becomes law, companies and consumers would have a much better chance of tracing food back to its farm and factory origins.

• December 03, 2010
  "Food-safety bill hits trouble"
  Senator and House leaders expect to spend the weekend looking for a way around a technical snafu that could scuttle a broadly supported food-safety bill over two years in the making.

• December 02, 2010
  "Technicality puts food-safety measure on ice"
  A procedural mistake has at least temporarily delayed a food-safety bill approved Tuesday by the Senate that was expected to sail through the House and be signed into law.

• December 01, 2010
  "Procedural problem threatens food safety bill"
  A procedural problem is threatening to derail a landmark food safety measure passed by the Senate on Tuesday, sending congressional leaders scrambling to figure out a way to get the bill enacted into law by the end of the lame-duck session this month.

• December 01, 2010
  "Senate approves bill to require foodmakers to find ways to prevent contamination"
  In what would be the biggest overhaul of the nation's food safety laws in seven decades, the Senate on Tuesday approved a raft of regulations that would require food manufacturers and farmers to use scientific techniques to prevent contaminated food.

• December 01, 2010
  "Senate acts on food safety"
  A bill giving federal regulators broad new powers over food safety passed the Senate on Tuesday, marking the first big response in Congress to contamination scares in recent years.

• November 30, 2010
  "Senate clears bill to tighten food safety. Will House go along?"
  The US Senate on Tuesday passed the most sweeping food safety bill in 70 years, 73 to 25, setting up what could be a tough fight in the House over the legislation's cost and reach.

• November 30, 2010
  "President Obama Applauds Senate Passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act"
  With the Senate’s passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act, we are one step closer to having critically important new tools to protect our nation’s food supply and keep consumers safe.

• November 30, 2010
  "Senate passes overhaul of food safety regulations"
  The Senate on Tuesday passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s food-safety system, after recalls of tainted eggs, peanut butter and spinach that sickened thousands and led major food makers to join consumer advocates in demanding stronger government oversight.

• November 30, 2010
  "Senate backs biggest food-safety overhaul in 70 years"
  The biggest U.S. food-safety overhaul in more than 70 years won Senate passage as lawmakers sought to curb food-borne illnesses that cost the nation an estimated $152 billion a year.

• November 30, 2010
  "Senate passes sweeping food-safety bill"
  After stalling for more than a year, a sweeping food-safety bill passed with bipartisan support in the Senate on Tuesday, paving the way for increased federal inspections and other preventative measures.

• November 30, 2010
  "The nation's food recalls: Pain, death and anger"
  A rash of food recalls, from peanuts to eggs, led to several deaths and new calls for a comprehensive food-safety bill, but it has become stalled in Congress.

• November 30, 2010
  "Senate expected to vote on food safety bill"
  The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on legislation that would revamp food safety, give significant new authority to the Food and Drug Administration, and place new responsibilities on farmers and processors to keep food free from contamination.

• November 29, 2010
  "FDA would boost food inspections under Senate bill"
  The Food and Drug Administration would have to step up inspections of food plants under legislation the Senate is expected to pass this week.

• November 29, 2010
  "Foodmakers backing $1.4 billion food-safety bill"
  "More than a dozen companies that lobbied Congress on a sweeping food-safety bill had recalled their food products in the past two years, including for food-borne illnesses lawmakers are targeting."

• November 28, 2010
  "Senate set to vote on rigorous food safety bill"
  The Senate is set to vote Monday night on the biggest changes to food safety laws in 70 years, handing vast new authority to the Food and Drug Administration to regulate farms and food processors.

• November 19, 2010
  "Senate to vote on food safety, healthcare provision repeal after Thanksgiving"
  The Senate on Thursday night agreed to take up food-safety legislation when it returns from the Thanksgiving recess on Nov. 29.

• November 19, 2010
  "Small farms would be exempt from food safety regs"
  Some small farms would be exempt from government efforts to prevent foodborne illness under a Senate agreement on food safety legislation announced Thursday.

• November 18, 2010
  "Reid threatens weekend session to pass food-safety bill"
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) warned colleagues Thursday the Senate would work over the weekend if Republicans delay passage of food-safety legislation.

• November 18, 2010
  "Deal on small-farms exemptions helps food-safety bill's chances"
  Democrats and Republicans who worked together on food safety legislation have signed off on a compromise amendment protecting small farmers, making it more likely the bill could pass as early as this week.

• November 19, 2010
  "Senate fails to vote on food-safety bill"
  The Senate failed to vote as planned Thursday on passage of a bill to overhaul the nation's food-safety system and grant new powers to the Food and Drug Administration, a delay that may threaten the legislation.

• November 17, 2010
  "Tester promotes amendment to food safety bill"
  Supporters fear the bill will hurt small businesses while critics of the amendment say contaminated food can come from producers of all sizes.

• November 17, 2010
  "Food-safety bill clears key Senate hurdle"
  After a year of waiting in line, legislation to promote food safety on Wednesday moved toward passage during the Senate’s lame-duck session.

• November 17, 2010
  "Proposed food safety bill good for 'everyone who eats'"
  A sweeping food safety bill intended to curb food-borne illness advanced in the Senate on Wednesday even as a proposed amendment to limit a controversial chemical found in food and drink containers died.

• November 17, 2010
  "In rare bipartisan display, Senate advances food safety bill"
  A long-stalled food safety bill advanced in the Senate Wednesday, drawing unusual bipartisan support in the wake of an egg recall that was the largest in U.S. history, ordered because of contamination that sickened thousands.

• November 17, 2010
  "Senate moves forward on food safety bill"
  The Senate has voted to move forward on a far-reaching food safety bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration more power to prevent foodborne illnesses.

• November 17, 2010
  "5 ways the food safety bill would affect you"
  Safer food and more accountability from food companies are the goals of the Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, which could be approved by the Senate as soon as this week.

• November 16, 2010
  "Senate to vote on food safety bill"
  Congress gets a last bite at much-delayed though broadly supported food safety legislation in its lame-duck session this week.

• November 16, 2010
  "Senators aim to move ahead on food-safety bill"
  The Senate is scheduled to vote as early as Wednesday on a long-delayed food-safety bill that gives new authority to the Food and Drug Administration, amid signs that the bill might have a path to get through Congress before the end of the year.

• November 16, 2010
  "Food-safety bill worries some small farms"
  While some small farms worry over burdensome regulations, supporters maintain the bill is the right step towards protecting the food supply.

• November 15, 2010
  "Senate poised to act on food safety"
  The Senate appears poised to act on food safety legislation this week, but questions remain about the fate of a controversial amendment that would exempt some small operations.

• November 14, 2010
  "Long wait for food safety bill may be over"
  Almost a year to the day after a unanimous committee vote, a long-stalled bill to promote food safety is poised for Senate passage within a week.

• November 09, 2010
  "Latest egg recall over salmonella affects 228,000 eggs"
  Concern over salmonella prompts the second egg recall this year.

• November 08, 2010
  "Eggs recalled after salmonella found at Ohio farm"
  Evidence of salmonella has been found at an Ohio egg farm that is linked to two Iowa egg farms responsible for a massive recall earlier this year.

• November 05, 2010
  "Salmonella concerns prompt pasta salad recall"
  A Corona company is recalling more than 7,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken pasta salad products because the cilantro in the salad may be contaminated with salmonella.

• November 03, 2010
  "FDA says tainted celery linked to San Antonio"
  After conducting their own investigation into a deadly outbreak of listeriosis, federal health officials confirmed Wednesday that the source was a San Antonio produce company temporarily shut down by the state.

• November 03, 2010
  "FDA tests confirm listeria at Texas food plant"
  Federal health officials found the listeria bacteria at a San Antonio food processing plant that Texas authorities have linked to four deaths from contaminated celery, the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday.

• November 03, 2010
  "FDA asks for produce guidelines comments"
  Coalition partner and President of Safe Tables Our Priority Nancy Donley says FDA needs greater authority to ensure the safety of fresh produce.

• November 01, 2010
  "Federal safety standards would help small farms"
  Small-scale food producers should welcome industry-wide standards for safe food.

• October 29, 2010
  "New egg safety plans unveiled"
  Egg producers and government regulators are separately taking steps to improve egg safety in the wake of a nationwide salmonella outbreak that was tied to farms in Iowa.

• October 26, 2010
  "US food safety overhaul in legislative limbo"
  If there was any silver lining to the salmonella outbreak that led to the largest egg recall in United States history over the summer, it was hope that the incident would spur Congress to push through long-delayed legislation to overhaul the nation's food safety system.

• October 25, 2010
  "Food safety: how to keep our global menu off the recall list"
  It used to be that filling America's dinner plate was largely a domestic affair. Eggs came from nearby farms. The peanuts in the peanut butter on your sandwich were from Georgia. Apples hailed from Washington State.

• October 22, 2010
  "Shuttered Texas food plant awaits results from FDA"
  The results of tests done at a Texas food processing company that was shuttered by state health authorities after contaminated celery was linked to four deaths will likely come next week, a Food and Drug Administration official said Friday.

• October 22, 2010
  "Texas closes fresh-produce plant linked to four deaths"
  Texas officials have ordered a plant that makes cut-fresh produce to close after its chopped celery was linked to at least four deaths and two other illnesses in the state over the past eight months.

• October 22, 2010
  "Conflicts of interest mar food producers' independent inspections"
  The voluntary quality control system widely used in the nation's $1 trillion domestic food industry is rife with conflicts of interest, inexperienced auditors and cursory inspections that produce inflated ratings, according to food retail executives and other industry experts.

• October 21, 2010
  "San Antonio produce plant closed by health agency"
  Texas health department officials investigating five deaths linked to tainted celery have closed a San Antonio produce company.

• October 21, 2010
  "Officials close Texas food factory, order recall"
  Texas health officials investigating five deaths have closed a San Antonio food processing plant and ordered a recall of all products shipped from there since January.

• October 19, 2010
  "Local must be safe, panelists say"
  Retailers and foodservice providers love to sell locally grown fruits and vegetables, but not at the expense of food safety.

• October 19, 2010
  "Egg recall update: FDA issues stern warning to Quality Egg"
  The FDA released a copy of a warning letter sent to Quality Egg, of Galt, Iowa on October 15, 2010.

• October 14, 2010
  "Post-recalls, a new way to clean the greens"
  The produce industry — rocked by several major recalls in recent years linked to outbreaks of salmonella, E. coli and other bacteria — has been searching for a better way to wash the lettuce, spinach and other greens it bags and sells in grocery stores and to restaurants.

• October 13, 2010
  "Canada declares BPA, a chemical in plastics, to be toxic"
  The government of Canada formally declared bisphenol A, a chemical widely used to create clear, hard plastics, as well as food can liners, to be a toxic substance on Wednesday.

• October 09, 2010
  "Under Obama, a reinvigorated FDA"
  Within a recent two-week span, the Food and Drug Administration weighed in on the controversial issue of genetically engineered salmon, announced tighter controls on a popular anti- diabetes drug, and rebuked the makers of popular mouthwash products over misleading advertisements.

• October 08, 2010
  "Commentary On Food Safety With Robin Strosnider Dimock"
  Recent outbreaks of food-borne illness in lettuce, peanut butter and cookie dough has some advocates calling for a national solution. Among them is commentator Robin Strosnider Dimock.

• October 07, 2010
  "Alfalfa sprouts recalled due to salmonella fears"
  A Michigan company is recalling bulk and retail-size packages of alfalfa sprouts because they might be contaminated with salmonella.

• October 07, 2010
  "FDA Vows to Improve Food Safety"
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Oct. 6 released its Regulatory Science Report that outlines the agency's plans to advance regulatory science through its Regulatory Science Initiative.

• October 06, 2010
  "Produce industry leaders say safety standards won’t squeeze out local growers"
  Safety legislation and industry initiatives like the Produce Traceability Initiative are expected to add costs to the produce supply line.

• October 06, 2010
  "Attorneys Describe 'Deplorable' Conditions At Egg Farm"
  Attorneys in a class action lawsuit said Tuesday that they saw first-hand the problems at an Iowa egg plant that lead to a nationwide egg recall.

• October 06, 2010
  "FDA would have more oversight of food safety"
  Federal lawmakers say they hope giving the FDA new powers will reduce the number of food recalls.

• October 05, 2010
  "Countries exporting to U.S. sharpen food safety focus"
  Countries that supply big volumes of fresh produce to the U.S. are sharpening their focus on prevention of foodborne illness outbreaks, according to a just published research report.

• October 04, 2010
  "Tester Seeks to Amend Food Safety Bill"
  Montana's U.S. Sen. Jon Tester introduced an amendment to exempt certain small farm operations from regulations in the upcoming Food Safety Bill.

• October 03, 2010
  "Amid mounting safety concerns, technology helps track food from farm to table"
  Inside a Silicon Valley company's windowless vault, massive servers silently monitor millions of heads of lettuce, from the time they are plucked from the dirt to the moment the bagged salad is scanned at the grocery checkout counter.

• September 28, 2010
  "Reps of small farms lobby for exemptions to broader FDA regulations"
  The food safety bill that fruit and vegetable growers pushed after outbreaks of foodborne disease from spinach and jalapeno peppers reduced consumer confidence but small farmers found worrisome is in trouble.

• September 29, 2010
  "Federal Food Safety Legislation Hits New Snag"
  In the wake of the recent egg salmonella scare, the U.S. Senate appeared ready to vote on S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, despite widespread opposition from groups representing small farms and small food processing facilities.

• September 23, 2010
  "Senator Tom Coburn defends blocking action on food safety bill"
  Democrats investigating salmonella outbreak say Coburn is preventing stronger oversight

• September 25, 2010
  "Fried, Scrambled, Infected"
  Last week, Austin J. DeCoster, one of the country’s biggest egg farmers, was asked by a Congressional committee how eggs from his Iowa farms had sickened thousands of people nationally with a bacterium called Salmonella enteritidis. His answer: "This is a complicated subject."

• September 24, 2010
  "Tester visits PEAS farm to discuss food safety bill amendments"
  As harbingers of harvest season gusted in on a cool Rattlesnake Valley wind, Montana Sen. Jon Tester took a moment on Friday afternoon to plant a few last seeds of support for his amendments to Senate Bill 510, the so-called Food Safety Bill.

• September 24, 2010
  "Montana Public Radio interview with Sandra Eskin about Tester amendments"
  Listen to The Pew Health Group's Sandra Eskin discuss Montana Sen. Jon Tester's comments on farm regulations.

• September 22, 2010
  "Congressmen question egg producers on recall"
  Two of more than 1,500 consumers sickened by salmonella contamination that prompted the recall of 500 million eggs told a Congressional committee their horror stories today as officials of two egg companies apologized to legislators skeptical they had really reformed.

• September 22, 2010
  "House Hearing On Salmonella-Tainted Eggs Turns Testy"
  The House Energy and Commerce Committee has summoned top executives from two giant Iowa egg producers — Wright County Egg and Hillandale Farms of Iowa.

• September 22, 2010
  "Egg Producer Says His Business Grew Too Quickly"
  An Iowa egg producer at the center of a nationwide outbreak of salmonella apologized to a Congressional panel on Wednesday and acknowledged that his family operation had become “big quite awhile before we stopped acting like we were small.”

• September 22, 2010
  "Owner of Iowa egg farm won't testify at hearing"
  The owner of one of two Iowa egg farms linked to as many as 1,600 salmonella illnesses declined to testify at a congressional hearing Wednesday, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

• September 23, 2010
  "Apology, but little progress in egg-recall hearing"
  Lawmakers investigating the biggest recall of contaminated eggs in U.S. history made little progress Wednesday in getting to the bottom of the salmonella outbreak as they questioned senior officials of the company at the center of the problem.

• September 23, 2010
  "Egg farmer 'sorry' for salmonella illnesses"
  Before a congressional panel and consumers sickened by tainted eggs from his Iowa agribusiness, Austin "Jack" DeCoster said Wednesday that he was sorry for causing what has become the biggest national outbreak of salmonella illness on record.

• September 22, 2010
  "Iowa egg farmers face questions on salmonella outbreak"
  Before a congressional panel and consumers sickened by tainted eggs from his Iowa agribusiness, Austin "Jack" DeCoster said Wednesday that he was sorry for causing what has become the biggest national outbreak of salmonella illness on record.

• September 22, 2010
  "House Hearing Turns Into Food Fight"
  A House committee hearing on salmonella and the recent egg recall deteriorated at times into a partisan sniping match over a long-pending food safety bill that has stalled in the Senate.

• September 22, 2010
  "Coburn again objects to food safety bill, offers alternative"
  Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) again delayed passage of food safety legislation on Wednesday but offered his own, paid-for alternative.

• September 22, 2010
  "Impasse on food-safety bill"
  A bipartisan food safety bill hit another road block Wednesday night, with Democrats and Republican Tom Coburn offering dueling consent agreements for approval only to find themselves right where they started: no deal.

• September 22, 2010
  "Food Safety System Filled with Gaps and Overlaps"
  CBS News Investigates: Fifteen Federal Agencies Spend more than $2 Billion Annually Enforcing at Least 30 Different Laws

• September 21, 2010
  "Food safety bill might be next for Senate"
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is pushing to bring a food safety bill to the Senate floor — a strong signal that Democrats don't have the votes necessary to move forward with a defense authorization package currently under debate.

• September 20, 2010
  "Lobby Is Cooking Up Ways to Put Food Safety Bill on Senate Agenda"
  Food industry groups will rally this week in an effort to revive a bipartisan food safety bill that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has declared dead until after the Nov. 2 midterm elections.

• September 20, 2010
  "Quick action urged on food-safety bill"
  A broad coalition of business and consumer groups is requesting that the Senate schedule a vote on food-safety legislation "at the soonest possible date."

• September 20, 2010
  "Companies, Consumer Advocates Join to Press for Food-Safety Bill"
  An unlikely coalition of corporate and consumer groups descended on the Senate Monday in a last pre-election push for passage of long-pending legislation on food safety.

• September 20, 2010
  "Big biz, consumers ally on food safety"
  Consumer advocates and big business are at odds more often than not but they’re getting together this week to call on senators to pass a food-safety bill before they Washington to campaign.

• September 18, 2010
  "Senate Bill on Food Safety Is Stalled"
  After his mother died from eating contaminated peanut butter, Jeff Almer went to Washington to push for legislation that might save others from similar fates. And then he went again. And again. And again.

• September 18, 2010
  "Egg recall didn't get food bill moving"
  Consumer advocates hoped this summer's salmonella outbreak would force the Senate to take up the stalled food-safety bill. But now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate won't act on the legislation until after the election.

• September 16, 2010
  "China vows harsh penalties for food safety crimes"
  China warned Thursday that the worst offenders of food safety rules would get the death penalty in a new crackdown on an industry that has spawned embarrasing and deadly scandals in products ranging from seafood to baby formula.

• September 16, 2010
  "Produce safety regulation slowly taking shape, FDA officials report"
  The Food and Drug Administration's proposed regulation of produce safety may be unveiled as early as mid-2011, but even then the real work will be just starting.

• September 16, 2010
  "New Wright County Egg data on salmonella stun experts"
  Newly released reports pointing to years of positive salmonella tests at an Iowa egg facility have baffled some experts and egg producers.

• September 16, 2010
  "Eggs from farms tied to DeCoster found locally"
  In the aftermath of the recent salmonella scare, some major supermarkets in New England said they don’t sell eggs produced by farms owned by Austin "Jack" DeCoster, the man at the center of the largest egg recall in US history.

• September 16, 2010
  "Inquiry on egg farms in Maine"
  Three egg producers in Maine that supply many New England grocery stores are under scrutiny by congressional investigators because of their ties to Austin "Jack" DeCoster, whose Iowa farm was at the center of the recent egg recall.

• September 16, 2010
  "Food safety legislation won't mend regulatory divide"
  Next week's Senate hearing on the Iowa egg recalls could shed new light on the confusing separation of powers between the FDA and the USDA.

• September 15, 2010
  "Coburn outlines concerns with food-safety bill"
  Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) on Wednesday outlined his concerns with food-safety legislation that's pending in the Senate.

• September 15, 2010
  "GOP senator says he will hold up food safety bill"
  A Republican senator is threatening to hold up food safety legislation that would give the Food and Drug Administration more power to prevent outbreaks, saying Democrats must find a way to pay for it.

• September 15, 2010
  "Egg recall: Earlier farm tests found 73 cases of salmonella"
  The DeCoster egg farms linked to this summer's salmonella outbreak tested positive 73 times in two years for the bacteria strain linked to the illnesses, records show.

• September 15, 2010
  "Salmonella found at egg farm more than a week before recall"
  Records show Wright County Egg received positive test results for Salmonella enteritidis, the strain responsible for sickening more than 1,500 consumers, on Aug. 4. The company announced an egg recall Aug. 13.

• September 14, 2010
  "Experts say big egg farms can mean big problems "
  From the first days of the recent recall of 550 million eggs from two Iowa farms, one issue about large-scale agriculture has been clear: When something goes wrong on a big farm, it's going to be a big problem.

• September 14, 2010
  "Lawmakers demand answers on egg recall"
  Energy and Commerce Democrats on Tuesday wrote to the owner of an Iowa egg farm linked to a recent salmonella outbreak that has sickened 1,519 people to demand answers about positive salmonella tests at the farm prior to the recent incident.

• September 14, 2010
  "Egg Farm Linked to Recall Had Salmonella Since 2008, U.S. Lawmamkers Say"
  An Iowa farm that recalled eggs linked to a salmonella outbreak that sickened more than 1,500 people in the U.S. was contaminated with traces of the bacteria for at least two years, two lawmakers said.

• September 14, 2010
  "House panel: Records trace Iowa egg farm salmonella to 2008"
  Records show that an Iowa egg producer involved in a massive recall reported 426 positive tests for salmonella between 2008 and this year, including 73 samples potentially contaminated with the strain that has sickened 1,519 people so far, a House committee says.

• September 14, 2010
  "Salmonella at Egg Farm Traced to 2008"
  A major egg producer linked to an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened more than 1,500 people conducted tests as far back as 2008 that indicated the possible presence of the dangerous bacteria in its henhouses, according to records released on Tuesday by Congressional investigators.

• September 14, 2010
  "Dems say food safety bill close"
  Senate Democrats say they are on the brink of passing a sweeping food safety overhaul the House approved more than a year ago — but Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) is set to block a final push from the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to reach a consent agreement on the bill.

• September 14, 2010
  "Government food safety scientists report political, corporate interference"
  "Scientists and inspectors at the federal agencies responsible for food safety say they face political and corporate interference with their work, according to a survey released Monday by the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonpartisan advocate for unbiased science in government."

• September 14, 2010
  "Egg-loving salmonella bacteria have been sickening people for decades"
  "The unfolding story of how salmonella bacteria infected two giant egg operations in Iowa this summer is the latest chapter of a mysterious narrative about how a minor bacterial annoyance took off 35 years ago to become the second most common cause of food-borne illness in the United States."

• September 14, 2010
  "Fears led to crackdown on egg safety in Maine"
  "Maine officials worried so much about a salmonella outbreak from Jack DeCoster's egg operations that they forced him to take steps to stop the contamination, including hiring a staff veterinarian."

• September 13, 2010
  "New FDA modernization bill hopes to prevent food recalls"
  "A massive egg recall has a company calling for better food regulations. A non-profit company says the Food and Drug Administration needs to do more to make sure residents aren't getting sick from the food we eat."

• September 13, 2010
  "New Food Safety Bill Likely to Pass"
  "A new bill being put to the United States Senate zeroes in on "bad actors" in the food industry. Currently, the FDA can tell a company to recall suspect food, but if that company refuses to comply (i.e., 'acts badly'), the FDA has limited ability to force follow-through."

• September 13, 2010
  "Leahy introduces food-safety bill"
  "Senate Judiciary Chair Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on Monday introduced a bill that would create a new criminal offense for any individual or corporation that knowingly distributes tainted food products."

• September 12, 2010
  "CDC points to poultry as No. 1 food poisoning culprit"
  "Cooking chicken on the grill this summer? Be careful. Poultry is still the leading culprit in food poisoning outbreaks, health officials said Thursday."

• September 13, 2010
  "Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand pushes for new system notifying consumers of food recalls"
  "Tell shoppers about new food recalls - or risk huge fines. That's the gist of a new bill Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is pushing to keep consumers safe."

• September 13, 2010
  "Push on for food-safety reform: Egg recall brings issue to forefront"
  "When bureaucrats, lobbyists, activists and concerned parents flooded Capitol Hill to discuss food safety in February 2009, U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet was barely two weeks into his term."

• September 13, 2010
  "Much To Do, Congress Faces Nov. Elections Deadline"
  "After a five-week recess, Congress is back at work in the last legislative session before midterm elections in four weeks."

• September 12, 2010
  "Klobuchar pushes to give FDA more power in food safety"
  "Sen. Amy Klobuchar says recent food contamination outbreaks that have sickened thousands of people are more evidence the nation's food safety system needs an overhaul."

• September 12, 2010
  "Bill targets 'bad actors' in U.S. food industry"
  "A bill aimed at busting 'bad actors' among the nation's food producers and at establishing a Minnesota-style model for tracing the sources of foodborne illnesses could pass the U.S. Senate within weeks, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., said Sunday."

• September 13, 2010
  "Food-safety bill running out of time"
  "If a bill that would reform the Food and Drug Administration does not pass by the end of this session of Congress, it will need to start all over next year."

• September 08, 2010
  "AP Exclusive: Back to Work After Salmonella Case"
  "The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in asalmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business."

• September 07, 2010
  "Effect of president's economic agenda on health-related bills' timing unclear"
  "President Obama's new economic priorities — and Democrats' desperate desire to refocus on job creation ahead of the mid-term elections — could delay health bills after the August recess."

• September 08, 2010
  "Where the Salmonella Really Came From"
  "It's been nearly one month since the nationwide recall of 550 million eggs, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) still hasn't figured out where the salmonella that sickened 1,470 people originated."

• September 05, 2010
  "Son of Salmonella Casualty Speaks to U.S. Senate"
  "As people across the metro enjoy barbecues this Labor Day weekend, the safety of food continues to be a hot topic. Just this past week a major settlement was reached for three Minnesota families who lost loved ones during the peanut butter salmonella outbreak less than two years ago."

• September 04, 2010
  "Eggs and salmonella contamination"
  "As the scope of the nationwide salmonella outbreak expanded late last month, farmers market vendors reported rushes on locally produced eggs and people with backyard flocks were sitting smug."

• September 03, 2010
  "Egg farmers: Good managing can help control salmonella"
  "There is nothing small scale about Pearl Valley Eggs, deep in the heart of Illinois farm country. The egg farm itself, two miles south of the nearest town, is a neat collection of 350-foot- and 450-foot henhouses covered in white steel siding."

• September 02, 2010
  "Food Safety A "Priority" For Senate: Reid Aide"
  "Passing food safety reform legislation this year is a 'priority' for the Senate, said a spokesman for Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, as Congress feels pressure from consumer groups to act following the latest recall to highlight weaknesses in the system."

• September 02, 2010
  "Rep. Nita Lowey visits Consumers Union to push food-safety bill"
  "U.S. Congresswoman Nita Lowey stopped by Consumers Union’s headquarters in Yonkers, N.Y., to talk about the need for reform of our food-safety laws."

• September 02, 2010
  "Investigation Broadens in Egg Recall"
  "The criminal division of the Food and Drug Administration and the Justice Department have joined the probe of the Iowa farm at the heart of the recent egg recall linked to an outbreak of salmonella, according to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg."

• September 14, 2010
  "FDA inspecting feed ingredient supplier"
  "FDA inspectors are investigating the Minnesota rendering operation that supplies an ingredient used in hen feed at the Iowa egg farms linked to the national salmonella outbreak."

• September 02, 2010
  "Eggs' 'Grade A' Stamp Isn't What It Seems"
  The Wall Street Journal reports on the meaning of the "USDA Grade A" label on store eggs and how the label can be misinterpreted by consumers.

• September 01, 2010
  Op-Ed: "Cleaning the Henhouse"
  Nicolas Kristoff of The New York Times looks back on his childhood days on a family farm to understand the recent outbreak of Salmonella linked to unsanitary conditions on egg farms.

• September 01, 2010
  "Victims pressure Sen. Harry Reid on food safety"
  "Victims of foodborne illness and their family members are set to descend on the Capitol next week to lobby Senate offices to pass a stalled food safety bill."

• September 01, 2010
  "FDA's Safety Role in Question After Egg Recall"
  The NewsHour's Betty Ann Bowser reports on limited authorities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Allan Coukell, deputy director of medical safety for the Pew Health Group, was interviewed for the story.

• August 30, 2010
  "Egg industry resorts to blaming the victim in recall, critics say"
  Elizabeth Weise of USA Today reports on how companies are reacting to the recent outbreak of Salmonella linked to eggs.

• August 29, 2010
  "DeCosters in Iowa: A checkered legacy "
  The Des Moines Register investigates the history of the DeCoster family, founders of the Wright County Egg company linked to a recent outbreak of Salmonella.

• August 29, 2010
  "The not so sunny side of undercooked eggs"
  The Detroit Free Press discusses the health dangers of eating undercooked eggs, brought on by the recent outbreak of Salmonella.

• August 29, 2010
  "Egg Crisis Piques Interest in Food-Safety Bill"
  The recall of eggs is brining attention to food safety legislation reform, Peter Eisler of USA Today reports.

• August 28, 2010
  "Egg recall puts spotlight on food safety"
  Tim Darragh and Andrew McGill of The Morning Call look into how the recent outbreak of Salmonella linked to eggs is calling attention to food safety legislation reform in Congress.

• August 28, 2010
  "Klobuchar calls for passage of food safety bill"
  The International Falls Journal reports on Sen. Amy Klobuchar's, D-Minn., call for food safety legislation reform.

• August 28, 2010
  "Admin. official: FDA to inspect large egg farms"
  The Washington Post reports on FDA plans to lead an inspection on all large egg farms in the wake of the recent outbreak of Salmonella linked to eggs.

• August 27, 2010
  "Egg recall heats up debate over caging chicken"
  According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the recent recall of eggs due to an outbreak of Salmonella is calling attention to the safety of caged chickens.

• August 24, 2010
  "It's time to get cooking on egg safety"
  Caroline Smith DeWaal of the Center for Science in the Public Interest reports on the recent salmonella outbreak and egg safety.

• August 24, 2010
  "We Need a Food Safety Bill Now"
  Caroline Smith DeWaal, food safety director at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, describes the critical need for a food safety bill.

• August 25, 2010
  "Egg Recall Could Put Food Safety On Agenda"
  One of the largest egg recalls in the nation's history is casting new light on food safety legislation stalled in the Senate, and bill advocates hope the incident could push the chamber to take quick action when lawmakers return in September.

• August 25, 2010
  "Egg crisis piques interest in food-safety bill"
  The outbreak of salmonella in eggs is energizing efforts to pass a long-stalled food-safety bill that could prevent or mitigate such problems, according to federal officials, congressional supporters and independent experts.

• August 24, 2010
  "Food bill could boost Reid in Nevada"
  Senator Harry Reid, facing a tough reelection battle back home, could curry some serious favor with Nevada voters if he moves a food safety bill, according to a recent poll.

• August 19, 2010
  "Salmonella Egg Recall Expanded"
  Bill Whitaker of CBS News reports on the largest salmonella outbreak from eggs. Erik Olson, Deputy Director, The Pew Health Group, Food Portfolio was interviewed for the story.

• August 19, 2010
  "Egg recall sparks calls for quick passage of food safety legislation"
  The recall of 380 million eggs — almost 32 million dozen — due to a possible salmonella contamination is sparking calls for the quick passage of food-safety legislation after the August recess.

• August 18, 2010
  " Egg Recall Expanded After Salmonella Outbreak"
  An Iowa company on Wednesday broadened a nationwide recall of its eggs to 380 million after some of its facilities were linked to an outbreak of salmonella that has sickened hundreds of people across the country.

• August 19, 2010
  "Egg recall renews questions on battling salmonella"
  Hundreds of people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to eggs in three states and possibly more, and health officials have dramatically expanded a recall to 380 million eggs.

• August 18, 2010
  "Salmonella outbreak spurs recall of 13 brands of eggs nationwide"
  An outbreak of salmonella in eggs has prompted nationwide recalls and has caused hospitalizations in counties across the U.S. - including several in Santa Clara County, California.

• August 18, 2010
  "Ongoing salmonella outbreak prompts egg recall"
  A national outbreak of salmonella in eggs has sickened hundreds of people since May and appears to be ongoing, experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say.

• August 17, 2010
  "Tainted pickles linked to salmonella outbreak"
  Contaminated pickles have been linked by the Cook County Department of Public Health to an outbreak of salmonella poisoning.

• August 18, 2010
  "Small Farms Gain From Compromise on S. 510"
  The recently-released Senate food safety bill includes several amendments aimed at easing the regulatory burden on small-scale farms and food facilities.

• August 17, 2010
  "Two Takes on the Senate Food Safety Bill"
  Marion Nestle, author and professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, shares her comments about the latest version of S. 510.

• August 16, 2010
  "Texas Produce Convention focuses on food safety"
  This year's Texas Produce Convention addressed several food safety issues, from traceability to marketing and government regulation.

• August 13, 2010
  "Senate food safety bill edges toward vote"
  Lawmakers released a bipartisan agreement on the Senate’s food safety bill on Thursday, signaling that it is likely to be debated in the Senate when it reconvenes in September.

• August 16, 2010
  "Amid Chinese Food Scares FDA Has Limited Scope"
  U.S. safety inspectors have never had better access to China’s food and pharmaceutical supply chain than they do now. With China the fourth-largest source of imported agricultural products for the U.S. in 2009, inspection has never been more important.

• August 12, 2010
  "CDC: Fruit pulp linked to rare US typhoid cases"
  A rare U.S. outbreak of typhoid fever has been linked to a frozen tropical fruit product used to make smoothies, health officials reported Thursday.

• August 12, 2010
  "Poultry, beef, leafy greens are top sources of foodborne illness"
  More than 1,000 foodborne disease outbreaks hit the U.S. in 2007, with poultry, beef or leafy vegetables the most commonly identified causes, according to a new report released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

• August 12, 2010
  "Senators Agree on Framework of Food Safety Bill"
  A bipartisan group of senators said Thursday they have reached agreement on legislation designed to enhance the safety of the nation's food supply, setting the stage for the full Senate to take up the measure later this year.

• August 10, 2010
  "Taco Bell linked to salmonella outbreak in Ohio"
  A salmonella outbreak linked to Taco Bell has sickened at least 25 Ohioans, 10 of whom were hospitalized.

• August 02, 2010
  "Food safety bill likely delayed after recess"
  Food safety legislation probably won't be considered by the Senate before the August recess, but it is a top priority after Labor Day.

• July 26, 2010
  "Kids most vulnerable in E. Coli outbreaks"
  A study by the California Department of Public Health shows that the rate of E. coli infection cases in 2008 was at least 12 times higher in children ages 1 to 4 than in adults 25 and 54.

• July 22, 2010
  "80% of Americans want Congress to pass food safety legislation immediately"
  Newly released poll data shows that 80% of Americans want Congress to immediately give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the power to recall food when it poses a danger to health and safety.

• July 21, 2010
  "New state law aims to ensure safety at farmers markets"
  A new state law now has state regulators adding new requirements to help ensure safety at local farmers markets.

• July 20, 2010
  "Delay of food safety bill stirs tensions between House and Senate Democrats"
  The new food safety bill would grant vast new authorities to the Food and Drug Administration and mark the first serious reform of food safety laws in 70 years.

• July 17, 2010
  "Erik Olson Discusses Food Safety Legislation on 'Washington Journal'"
  Erik Olson, the director of food and consumer product safety for the Pew Health Group, appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to discuss congressional food-safety legislation.

• July 15, 2010
  "Irondequoit teens plight exposes food safety gaps"
  Student at Daemen College cafeteria in Buffalo hospitalized with painful symptoms eventually linked to bacteria in cafeteria lettuce.

• July 15, 2010
  "Advocates run ads urging Senate to pass food safety bill"
  A year after House Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly approved legislation to improve food safety, public health advocates are growing frustrated that the Senate has yet to take up the bill.

• June 28, 2010
  "Inspectors find safety flaws where airline food is prepared"
  The world's largest airline caterer LSG Sky Chefs annually provides 405 million meals worldwide for more than 300 airlines. Recently, FDA inspectors say, live roaches and dead roach carcasses "too numerous to count" were found inside the Denver facility.

• June 28, 2010
  "States ease food safety rules for homemade goods"
  In February, lawmakers in Wisconsin enacted the "Pickle Bill" allowing small vendors to sell high-acid canned foods without a license.

• June 18, 2010
  "Subway apologizes to Illinois customers for salmonella cases"
  The Subway salmonella outbreak spread to include 80 people who ate at Subway restaurants in 26 counties. A statement the company issued Wednesday included an apology to customers.

• June 18, 2010
  "Foodborne Illness: A Risk-Based Approach Needed"
  Report calls for enhanced 'strategic powers' for FDA.

• June 16, 2010
  "Regulators consider broadening testing for E. coli"
  The food industry and government regulators don't regularly test for six less common E. coli strains that can cause illnesses equally as serious.

• June 13, 2010
  "U.S. Drops Inspector of Food in China"
  Organic food from China has increasingly found its into American stores, but organic food from a country that many associate with food safety scandals and loose regulation is cause for consumer concern.

• June 11, 2010
  "Outbreaks drive new FDA rules"
  The FDA hopes sweeping rules designed to closely track how growers, packers, shippers, distributors and retailers handle the produce Americans eat will ensure safer food.

• June 10, 2010
  "Foods most likely to make you sick"
  Last year, the United States saw a whopping 125,000 reported illnesses stemming from foods regulated by the FDA.

• June 10, 2010
  "Experts Urge Congress To Strengthen FDA's Enforcement Authority"
  According to a new report, the FDA needs more enforcement authority, more resources and an approach to food safety that targets threats before outbreaks occur.

• June 09, 2010
  "Salmonella outbreak expands to 24 Illinois counties"
  The scope of last month's salmonella outbreak linked to Subway restaurants in Illinois is widening as health officials continue an investigation.

• June 08, 2010
  "FDA urged to be proactive, not reactive, in preventing food safety problems"
  A health advisory panel says FDA needs a 'cultural change' to prevent outbreaks of illness by targeting facilities and products most likely to make people sick.

• June 08, 2010
  "60 salmonella cases now linked to Subway restaurants"
  Between May 11 and May 25, sixty cases of salmonella were reported in an outbreak linked to Subway restaurants in 22 Illinois counties. The specific food source hasn't been identified.

• May 27, 2010
  "Many Supplements Said to Contain Toxins, Make False Health Claims"
  A Congressional investigation of dietary herbal supplements has found trace amounts of lead, mercury and other heavy metals in nearly all products tested.

• May 26, 2010
  "In E. Coli Fight, Some Strains Are Largely Ignored"
  As people have focused on controlling E. coli O157:H7, six rarer strains of toxic E. coli have been largely ignored.

• May 25, 2010
  "Sen. Harkin: Another Salmonella Outbreak, Another Reminder of Urgency for Food Safety Reform"
  Senator Tom Harkin released a statement on food safety reform after news that raw alfalfa sprouts had been linked to a Salmonella outbreak in ten states.

• May 24, 2010
  "E. coli outbreak shows need for reform"
  Congressman John Dingell, D-Mich., held a telephone briefing with reporters last Wednesday to discuss the recent E. coli outbreak involving romaine lettuce.

• May 22, 2010
  "Alfalfa sprouts recalled after at least 22 ill"
  Salmonella found in raw alfalfa sprouts appears to have sickened at least 22 people in 10 states, including a baby in Oregon, prompting a nationwide recall of the product.

• May 22, 2010
  With seasonal food-borne illness on the rise, a food-safety bill languishes in Congress
  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year, pathogens in food sicken about 76 million Americans, hospitalize 325,000 and kill about 5,000.

• May 19, 2010
  "Illinoisans Close to Success on Tougher Food Standards"
  After nearly two decades of fighting an uphill battle to tighten food safety regulations, a group of Illinoisans may soon see some success.

• May 20, 2010
  "Team D: A model for food detectives around the country"
  After Minnesota played a huge role in solving two of the nation's major salmonella outbreaks, some federal lawmakers want to duplicate the state's approach to handing foodborne illnesses.

• May 19, 2010
  "University of Michigan graduate joins push for food safety legislation passage"
  Recent University of Michigan graduate Andrew Lekas ate a few times at an Ann Arbor restaurant last month when he became so ill he ended up at U-M hospital for treatment.

• May 20, 2010
  Recent Foodborne Illness Victim Tells His Story
  Rep. John Dingell discusses need for food-safety reform with victims of foodborne illness and a public health expert.

• May 18, 2010
  "Pre-cut lettuce is suspected cause of food poisoning outbreak "
  Twenty-three people in four states have been sickened since the March 1 multi-state outbreak of E. coli, with another seven probable cases, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

• May 13, 2010
  "Is it safe to eat lettuce amid E. coli outbreak?"
  Douglas Powell, an associate professor of food safety at Kansas State University and the publisher of Barfblog.com, feels safer buying his produce at bigger grocery chains with more accountability.

• May 13, 2010
  "Tennessee hit by E. coli outbreak traced to Romaine lettuce"
  Federal health officials say Tennessee is the fourth state to report illnesses caused by shredded Romaine lettuce.

• May 12, 2010
  "FDA Tries to Catch Up on Food Safety"
  If approved, the FDA's budget for food safety programs for the next fiscal year would rise to $1.4 billion, an increase of $326 million.

• May 11, 2010
  "Lettuce recall expands as FDA investigates E. coli"
  The recall of romaine lettuce that has sickened students with E. coli poisoning is expanding.

• May 06, 2010
  "Multistate Outbreak of Human E. coli O145 Infections Linked to Shredded Romaine Lettuce"
  Investigation Announcement: Multistate Outbreak of Human E. coli O145 Infections Linked to Shredded Romaine Lettuce from a Single Processing Facility

• May 06, 2010
  "Food-Borne Illnesses Sicken Thousands Each Year"
  Dangerous strains of bacteria -- found in ground beef, leafy greens and peanut butter -- commonly contaminate our foods, and there hasn't been much progress in getting them out of our food supply.

• April 09, 2010
  "Tainted Produce More Likely for Low-Income Shoppers"
  Researchers found higher levels of bacteria and mold in low-income areas.

• April 11, 2010
  "Wash. day care stayed open after E. coli found"
  A 4-year-old boy died after being infected at a Washington state day care center; three other children were sickened.

• March 28, 2010
  "The start of a food revolution"
  A sweeping school lunch bill makes strides for change of regulations.

• March 28, 2010
  "Local company's mistake may bring stricter food standards"
  The FDA's March 4 announcement that Basic Food's hydrolyzed vegetable protein was found to be contaminated refocused attention on the current food safety legislation.

• March 27, 2010
  "Food recalls often unpublicized"
  Congress is asking if supermarkets could be better at notifying customers of food recalls by tapping data collected through store loyalty cards and store club memberships.

• March 22, 2010
  "Basic Food salmonella case renews interest in legislation"
  The recent salmonella contamination revived attention in the FDA Food Safety bill, according to Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, Deputy Commissioner of the FDA, Sandra Eskin, Director of the Food Safety Campaign of the Pew Charitable Trusts and others on Capitol Hill.

• March 17, 2010
  "Delauro sees U.S. food safety law in 2010"
  Congress will pass a new law to overhaul the antiquated U.S. food safety system by the end of the year, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro said on Wednesday.

• March 17, 2010
  "Iowa woman part of Washington food safety rally"
  An Iowa woman, whose teenage daughter died from a foodborne illness, is heading to Washington to join others for a rally outside the USDA.

• March 15, 2010
  "FDA says Basic Food Flavors knew plant was contaminated with salmonella"
  Food Flavors of Las Vegas knew their hydrolyzed vegetable protein was contaminated with salmonella, but continued to sell it to foodmakers nation-wide, according to FDA inspection records.

• March 15, 2010
  "Lag time in tracing tainted food puts kids at risk"
  Students in a Texas school district were exposed to meat contained the potentially deadly E. coli O157:H7 bacteria and in recall since January by Huntington Meat Packing in California.

• March 14, 2010
  "FDA targets processing of spices in bid to make supply safer"
  Spurred by a nationwide outbreak of salmonella illness linked to black and red pepper, federal regulators met last week with industry to discuss ways to make the spice supply safer.

• March 12, 2010
  "Brown works to add teeth to proposed food safety bill"
  In 2009, the Galion (Ohio) Health Department had 30 suspected cases of foodborne illness; however, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, announced Wednesday he is working for swift approval of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.

• March 11, 2010
  "McCormick expands recall of some products"
  McCormick & Co. expands its recall, fearing some products to be contaminated with salmonella bacteria.

• March 09, 2010
  "Publix Super Markets recalls some seasoning mixes"
  Publix Super Markets has voluntarily recalled seasoning mixes that may possibly be contaminated with salmonella.

• March 08, 2010
  "FDA Faulted for Giving Additives a Free Pass"
  A new report from federal investigators says FDA has failed to ensure the safety of thousands of additives manufacturers put in what we eat.

• March 08, 2010
  "Food Summit Action"
  The Atlantic discusses their Food Summit, held last week at the Newseum. Highlights included a food safety panel featuring Erik Olson and FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg's keynote speech on agency funding.

• February 23, 2010
  "Local Mom Pushing for Tougher Food Regulations"
  Erin Stadler ate a contaminated piece of cheese at her baby shower that made her and her unborn child deathly ill. She will be traveling to Washington D.C. next week to talk with senators about passing tougher food regulations.

• February 21, 2010
  "Dingell criticizes slow to act Senate on taking up food safety bill"
  Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), author of the food safety bill, criticizes the Senate for their slow response to the bill that will give FDA the authorities and resources to address pressing food safety concerns.

• February 19, 2010
  "Expect more U.S./China farm trade tension"
  Chinese exports are predicted to become a greater source of trade tension as China becomes a bigger global market player for labor-intensive farm crops such as soybeans.

• February 16, 2010
  "Why Some Foods Are Riskier Today"
  Without modernized food safety laws, there is only so much consumers can do to protect themselves. Sandra Eskin, director of the food safety campaign at the nonprofit Pew Charitable Trusts, explains why we must provide the FDA with the tools it needs to prevent problems.

• February 15, 2010
  "As Food-Safety Push Grows, Consumers Sort Out Dos, Donts"
  Laura Landro of The Wall Street Journal provides some helpful consumer guidelines to help navigate through the debate over how to make food safer.

• February 08, 2010
  "Family Fights To Make Food Safer Following Salmonella Outbreak"
  A young girl's illness, caused by the salmonella outbreak in 2009 and traced back to the now bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America, mobilizes her family to fight for safe food.

• February 08, 2010
  "New methods aim to keep E. coli in beef lower all year"
  Kansas State University theorizes that animals carry higher levels of E. coli during the summer months; industry and researchers are turning their sights to knock E. coli down to winter levels all year round.

• February 07, 2010
  "Wisconsin to issue new food-safety rules"
  FDA released its new food code in the fall and Wisconsin's version is expected to come out this year.

• February 02, 2010
  "High Bacteria Levels Found in Packaged Greens"
  Consumer Reports had a lab test salad greens sold in bags and plastic clam shells for common bacteria that indicate poor sanitation.

• February 01, 2010
  "Food Companies Face Fees Under Obama Budget Proposal"
  Under a proposal included in the FDA budget, food companies and drug makers could face more than $250 million in new fees to be used for the review of applications for generic drugs and to improve inspections of food facilities.

• January 31, 2010
  "Blakely peanut illness: Little has changed since scare"
  Georgia passed a law mandating new food testing regulations but, a year after outbreak, the bulk of regulations remain unchanged.

• January 26, 2010
  "American Heart Association sets new goals"
  According to an American Heart Association news release, 54% of Americans say they have been told by a health professional that they are at risk for heart disease. Now, the Association is relying on consumers to eat more produce to improve cardiovascular health.

• January 22, 2009
  "FDA May Get More Power Over Food Safety"
  To remind lawmakers of promises made when contaminated peanut products killed 9 and sickened 700, a letter from the victims was delivered to the Senate last week.

• January 21, 2010
  "Health concerns arise over deregulation of local foods"
  A Wyoming food council is worried lawmakers will expand a law that exempts people who sell foods at farmers' markets or in their own homes from inspections.

• January 21, 2010
  "Panel concerned about food safety"
  Members of the Governor’s Council on Food Safety will be sending letters to Gov. Dave Freudenthal, cautioning against expansion of the cottage food exemption in Wyoming.

• January 20, 2010
  "FDA looks to shift food-safety focus upstream"
  Food and Drug Administration Deputy Commissioner Michael Taylor says the agency aims to curtail cases of food poisoning, which sickens at least 76 million Americans a year.

• January 20, 2010
  "Senate should pass food protection legislation"
  Tammy Morrill argues, from the vantage point of personal experience, that century-old regulations are no way to protect consumers from food-borne illnesses.

• January 14, 2010
  "Nestle cookie dough may be in short supply for a while"
  FDA continues to examine how Nestlé is improving its manufacturing processes involving cookie dough or any other food intended for cooking after routine testing returned positive for E. coli O157:H7.

• January 19, 2010
  "No illnesses from hazelnut salmonella recall"
  The Oregon Department of Agriculture says they've received no reports of illnesses associated with last month's recall of hazelnuts; about 45,000 pounds of nuts were recovered by the recall.

• January 14, 2010
  "Minnesota victims of salmonella outbreak push for food-safety legislation"
  On Thursday, victims from a salmonella poisoning outbreak, which caused nine deaths and hundreds of illnesses, joined together to write a letter to U.S. senators about the nation's food-safety system.

• January 13, 2010
  "Nation at Food Safety 'Tipping Point'"
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Michael Taylor says there are several "fundamental questions" for both FDA and its partners outside of government that must be answered.

• January 12, 2010
  "Inside the FDA: Food Safety in 2010"
  From the field, to the lab, to the office, Michael Taylor discusses fundamental questions that will lead to necessary changes in the way FDA and FDA partners prevent foodborne illness and outbreaks.

• January 12, 2010
  "For Some, Kosher Equals Pure"
  Amidst heightened concern over food contamination, allergies, additives and ingredients, the market for kosher food among non-Jews is currently setting new records.

• January 10, 2010
  "Protection of Food Supply Faces Problems"
  As part of the CBS News series "Where America Stands," a recent poll found that just one in three Americans are very confident that the food they buy is safe.

• January 12, 2010
  "FDA Web site explains agency operations to public"
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is launching a Web site to disseminate FDA operations procedure to consumers in an effort, according to Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, to make the agency more accessible to the public.

• January 08, 2010
  "It's Foodborne Illness Day at the New York Times"
  Several New York Times employees became ill with gastrointestinal symptoms, and the Times Company is working with the New York City Department of Health and Restaurant Associates to determine if the cause of these symptoms was food-based.

• January 07, 2010
  "China Tainted Milk Problem Kept Secret for Months"
  China enacted a food safety law early last year following the 2008 tainted milk scandal in which six children died and more than 300,000 fell sick after drinking baby formula contaminated with an industrial chemical. Now, authorities must immediately tell the public when food products have been found unsafe for consumption.

• January 04, 2010
  "Sestak to introduce bill on food-recall notification"
  U.S. Rep. Joseph Sestak, D-7, of Edgmont, said he intends to introduce improved communications between federal food oversight agencies and food-recall notification protocols for schools in a companion bill to legislation U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., introduced in September.

• January 03, 2010
  "Hot food issues ready to boil over this year"
  Nutrition and public policy expert Marion Nestle answer's reader's questions and lists the 10 hot-button issues in 2010: hunger, childhood obesity, food safety regulation, food advertising and labels, meat, sustainable agriculture, genetically modified foods, chemical contaminants, salt, and new dietary guidelines.

• December 30, 2009
  "We Need a Stronger Food Safety System"
  Des Moines Register guest columnists commend Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin for leading his colleagues in unanimously approving the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) in committee.

• December 21, 2009
  "Food Safety Tops List of Stories in 2009"
  Food safety concerns topped the list of food stories of 2009. Issues involving E. coli in ground beef and salmonella in nuts as well as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported an estimated 76 million cases of foodborne illness annually in the U.S., hospitalizing more than 300,000 and killing 5,000.

• December 21, 2009
  "The 76 Million Food Victims"
  An editorial from The New York Times, which appeared in print on December 21, 2009, on page A30 of the New York edition.

• December 20, 2009
  "Food safety laws in need of updating"
  During this holiday season, Kathleen Chrismer, her family and many others throughout Nevada and the rest of the country share a common hope: improved safety of our food supply.

• November 23, 2009
  Pew Food and Consumer Product Director Discusses New Foodborne Illness Report on C-SPAN
  Erik Olson introduces a new foodborne illness report that examines potential life-long complications caused by infections and what can be done to prevent the spread of the contamination.

• December 18, 2009
  "HELP Committee Passes Bill to Strengthen Public Faith in Food Supply"
  The HELP Committee unanimously approved S. 510, the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act. Enzi was a co-sponsor of the bill.

• November 18, 2009
  "Food safety bill should be passed by the end of the year."
  Sandy Eskin, director of the Food Safety Campaign for the Pew Health Group, calls the Senate to act to make our food safe.

• November 18, 2009
  "Senate Panel OKs Giving FDA More Power to Police Food Safety"
  The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions unanimously passed a bill that would give the Food and Drug Administration power to set safety standards for fresh produce in order to prevent outbreaks.

• November 17, 2009
  "Poll finds state voters support federal enforcement to prevent food poisoning"
  Eighty-eight percent of Wyoming voters support legislation to give the federal government new authority to make food safe.

• November 12, 2009
  "Food-borne infections endanger long-term health, especially for kids"
  Salmonella. Campylobacter. E. Coli O157:H7. Listeria monocytogenes. These are just a few of the most common food-borne pathogens responsible for possible long-term health consequences, according to the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention.

• November 12, 2009
  "Food-borne ills can have lasting consequences"
  The five most common food-borne diseases can cause life-long complications including kidney failure, paralysis, seizures, hearing or visual impairments and mental retardation, Researchers at the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention have found.

• November 12, 2009
  "Advocates Press Congress To Pass Food Safety Bill"
  Is there enough momentum in Congress to pass two health bills this year? A coalition of food safety researchers and advocates are pressing for health reform via food safety.

• November 10, 2009
  "3 Years After E. Coli Outbreak, Is Spinach Safer?"
  Three years after an E. coli outbreak, thought to be linked to spinach, took three lives and left 205 people sick, Good Morning America discovered there are no requirements to test salad products before they get to market.

• October 23, 2009
  "FDA Seeks Funds for Food Safety"
  FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that the agency wants Senate bill, S. 510: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, to look more like legislation the House approved July. The legislation would require the FDA to act proactively toward outbreaks of illness due to food contamination.

• October 23, 2009
  "Food Safety Reform Bill Near Reality"
  In Waterloo, Iowa, it took Karen Hibben-Levi six months to recover from eating contaminated lettuce in a Taco John's burrito in December 2006. When the Senate health committee announced hearings for legislation that would give the FDA legal authority to recall contaminated food, she was grateful to witness the broad, growing bipartisan support for an overhaul of the nation's food safety system.

• October 22, 2009
  "Bill Giving FDA New Powers to Oversee Food Supply Has Wide Support"
  Pending legislation requiring the Food and Drug Administration to increase inspections of food facilities, to issue new rules to improve the quality of imported food and to combat contaminants in fresh produce has wide bipartisan support and hinges on a rare agreement between consumer groups and the food industry.