http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/ Make Our Food Safe en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:54:49 -0600 40 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0504 "The Food and Drug Administration says it has confirmed low levels of an illegal fungicide in orange juice samples taken from Florida manufacturers." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0504 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0503 "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." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0503 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0203 "The system has an inherent conflict of interest: While retailers generally require audits before buying from a supplier, the suppliers often hire and pay the auditors who evaluate them. It's like authors hiring their own book reviewers." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0203 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0202 "Food safety has always been the highest priority for the people who grow, ship and sell our nation's fresh fruits and vegetables. Recognizing there is no one solution, we take a holistic approach to food safety, constantly strengthening best practices, identifying knowledge gaps, creating new guidance on growing, handling and processing, and developing new "field to fork" training programs." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0202 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0502 "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." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0502 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0499 "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." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0499 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0501 "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 PreventionaEUR(TM)s annual year in review." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0501 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0498 "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." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0498 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0496 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. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0496 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0495 "The premature girl from Fishers, Ind., is one of the tiniest victims of last summeraEUR(TM)s deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe, which sickened 146 people, including 30 who died." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/food_in_the_news?id=0495 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0201 "A probe of conditions at Colorado's Jensen Farms could offer important lessons on U.S. food safety." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0201 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0070 "Congress' decision to increase appropriations for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by $39 million provides an important down payment toward the implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was enacted in January." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0070 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0200 "The cantaloupe-caused outbreak of listeria created a tragedy for those infected by the bacteria and for their families. As of the end of last month, the death toll had risen to 28, the number of reported illnesses had climbed to 133, and one infected woman miscarried." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0200 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0199 Unsanitary conditions at a Colorado processing plant led to the first U.S. case of listeria spreading via whole fruit. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0199 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0069 In this issue brief, the Pew Health Group and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) address the safety of food imports and how the exponential growth of these imports underscores the need to fully fund the food safety activities of the FDA. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0069 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0198 "Among the hazards that face Americans each day, eating cantaloupe is low on the list for anyone who isn't allergic to it. Yet 23 people across the country died recently, and hundreds of others were sickened from eating cantaloupes contaminated by listeria." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0198 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0197 "Cantaloupe is the latest food contamination scare for American consumers. With at least 23 deaths from listeria linked to Colorado cantaloupes, it is the deadliest U.S. outbreak of foodborne illness in a quarter-century." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0197 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0196 "The deaths caused by listeria bacteria on cantaloupe is a warning that both the food industry and the government need to do more to protect the public." http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0196 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0195 Funding for the new food safety law remains in jeopardy. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0195 Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0194 Congress needs to restore funding to the Food and Drug Administration so it can carry out the new food safety law. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/editorials?id=0194 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/blog_posts?id=0035 Barbara Kowalcyk, director of food safety for the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention, is traveling in Europe during a severe foodborne illness outbreak. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/blog_posts?id=0035 Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0066 Americans show support for more inspections, better oversight of imports. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0066 Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0065 Among likely voters surveyed across the nation, 66 percent support additional funding for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to carry out new responsibilities related to food safety, according to a Pew-commissioned poll. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0065 Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0064 Kentucky voters overwhelmingly support new authorities the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has over food safety ... according to a Pew-commissioned poll by the bipartisan team of Hart Research and American Viewpoint. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0064 Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0063 Among likely voters surveyed in Kentucky's 5th congressional district, almost seven in 10 say having new U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) food safety measures would be worth a one-to-three percent increase in the cost of food. http://www.makeourfoodsafe.org/news?id=0063