http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/ Make Our Food Safe en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 04:43:16 -0500 40 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0603 At least 25 Minnesotans have been sickened with salmonella linked to eating queso fresco that health department investigators believe was sold on a Minneapolis street corner. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0603 Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0245 This weekaEUR(TM)s revelation that nearly half the rice sold in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was found to be tainted with cadmium is just the latest in a long string of eye-catching stories that illustrate the dangers of eating in China. But lost in the exhaustive media coverage are serious questions about what happens aEUR" or doesnaEUR(TM)t happen aEUR" when Chinese food products make their way into the U.S. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0245 Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0081 The third annual report on the Reportable Food Registry compiles information that domestic and foreign food manufacturers must submit to FDA about potentially dangerous foods that have entered commerce in the United States. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0081 Tue, 07 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0602 The Food and Drug Administration will not reduce food inspections because of budget cuts, despite warning earlier that it could be forced to eliminate thousands of inspections by Sept. 30. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0602 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0601 The Food and Drug Administration is detaining imports of cucumbers from a Mexican company after they were linked to salmonella illnesses in 18 states. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0601 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0600 The CDC says efforts to cut back illnesses from foodborne pathogens like salmonella, E. coli, listeria and others have fallen flat in recent years, with little progress to report in the disease battle. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0600 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0244 Brady DennisaEUR(TM)s April 9 article "FDA food rules yield harvest of opposition" reported why some tree fruit farmers want to be exempted from new rules on produce safety, but it did not fully explain why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposes to include them as part of a science-based, preventive approach to reducing the risk of food-borne illness in produce. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0244 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0599 "Hundreds of people have testified over the past two days at an FDA field hearing on food safety in Portland." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0599 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0598 "Portlander Joe Day tearfully recalled the year his family spent Thanksgiving in a hospital cafeteria, as his sister, suffering from e coli, fought for her life several floors above." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0598 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0597 "Several hundred farmers, regulators and consumers from Alaska to North Dakota to California gathered in Portland on Wednesday to listen to federal plans to overhaul the food safety system." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0597 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0596 It is estimated that one in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year. That's 48 million people. And the grim reality: some will suffer the rest of their life and others will die. The Food and Drug Administration wants to stop foodborne illness at the source with proposed changes to the way food is grown and processed . In Chicago Monday and Tuesday, the public is invited to weigh in. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0596 Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0243 "Several months ago, my life was changed forever when I fell severely ill after eating imported ricotta cheese contaminated by the dangerous bacteria Listeria. Protections in a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) law could help prevent infections, like mine, from harming other Americans. But they need to be fully implemented to help anyone." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0243 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0595 The FDA is warning the cantaloupe industry after two major outbreaks in two years. Contaminated cantaloupe caused 36 deaths and sickened more than 400 people nationwide. Now, a Central Florida teen is in Washington advocating for safer food. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0595 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0594 A federal grand jury indicted four former employees of a peanut company linked to a 2009 salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds, leading to one of the largest recalls in history. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0594 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0242 "The new food safety guidelines proposed for the people who supply the nation's food, including farmers and manufacturers, are a good preventative step toward a healthy America. The new guidelines are the outgrowth of the Food Safety Modernization Act passed in early 2011, and are aimed at preventing foodborne illness in the United States. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0242 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0239 "The announcement earlier this month of proposed federal food safety regulations certainly took long enough aEUR" the authorizing legislation, the Food Safety Modernization Act, was passed two years ago with bipartisan support. Between then and now, the nation has seen a number of incidents (the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified 15 multistate outbreaks) in which thousands of people took ill, even died, because of illness carried in contaminated food." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0239 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0240 "America hasn't made major changes to its food-safety laws since the 1930s, so it probably should come as no surprise that - once a decision was finally made to update them - it took two more years to generate new regulations." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0240 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0241 "After two frustrating years of delay, the U.S. Food and Drug administration should soon have the power to prevent food-borne outbreaks rather than merely reacting to them." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0241 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0238 In addition to the 3,000 deaths it causes each year, contaminated food is very expensive. The cost of food poisoning in this country comes to $14 billion a year, according to a July 2012 study published in the Journal of Food Protection, including the medical expenses of the 128,000 who are hospitalized annually. That figure does not include the millions of dollars that each food recall costs the company involved, the legal expenses from victims' lawsuits or losses incurred by other companies when consumers hear, for example, about contaminated cantaloupes and then avoid all cantaloupes, including those that are perfectly safe. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0238 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0237 "The Food and Drug Administration has proposed the most sweeping changes in food-safety rules in decades. The changes being made under the Food Safety Modernization Act, which became law in 2011, are long overdue and should be implemented as soon as possible." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0237 Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0236 "On Friday, the FSMA moved a step closer to reality with the FDAaEUR(TM)s announcement of proposed rules in two major areas: produce safety and food processing. The new rules will, if adopted, set standards for equipment, tools, buildings, water, soil and other sources of possible contamination." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0236 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0080 On Tuesday, December 11, The Pew Charitable Trusts delivered a petition signed by nearly 35,000 Americans to the White House, urging President Obama to release the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0080 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0079 A New Mexico company, responsible to date for at least 41 illnesses and 10 hospitalizations, knowingly shipped peanut products contaminated with Salmonella, according to a series of inspection reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0079 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0077 According to a new poll, most likely voters in IowaaEUR(TM)s new third district believe that the U.S. government should continue to increase funding for the Food and Drug Administration to carry out its new food safety responsibilities. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0077 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0075 President Obama signed sweeping food safety legislation into law more than a year ago, but his administration has yet to release draft rules for the key provisions of the act. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0075