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Minnesota, Online Restaurant Inspections. Please! Thank you!
Food Policy,Food Safety | March 17, 2019
Here’s a trivia question for you: what is the one state in the United States that doesn’t make their restaurant inspection results available online? As the clickbait cliche goes, the answer may surprise you. It isn’t Wyoming. It isn’t Hawaii…. read more
Big Beef Wants to Stop Cell-cultured Meat
E. coli,Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog,Science | March 10, 2019
The National Cattleman’s Beef Association has released their list of priorities for 2019. According to a press release, they’re focusing on their efforts on a top priority that may be familiar to regular readers of this blog: stopping cell cultured… read more
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | March 5, 2019
Another day, another good bit of writing from Deborah Blum, dedicated chronicler of preservatives and poisons. We’ve written about the author of The Poison Squad here at Make Food Safe before, an excellent recent book by Blum that covers the… read more
What is the Deal with Pink Slime?
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | March 5, 2019
Do you remember pink slime? The United States Department of Agriculture remembers. They’ve been pouring over literature on the stuff for six months in 2018. There were consumer reviews, panels of experts, and tours of the plant where the product… read more
Should You Go Nuts? Absolutely! Nuts are Good For You
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog,Science | March 4, 2019
As I sit here at my desk awaiting what is sure to be a plethora of parents for parent teacher conferences, I munch on my favorite nuts: pistachios. Being a type 2 diabetic, I’m vigilant about what I eat. (Did… read more
Agricultural Practices Defend Against Ecoli with 8 Simple Principles
E. coli,Food Policy,Food Safety | March 2, 2019
There have been plenty of examples of mass produce recalls in the past few years. There have been some historic record-breaking outbreaks and trends. Eggs, beef, romaine, romaine, romaine… You get the jist of it. But how do we prevent… read more
Scrape Off the Mold or Toss the Jar?
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | March 1, 2019
Theresa May is fully jam-packed right now, with some consequential decisions in line covering Brexit and all that, but when it comes to the actual jam – the kind that is made from fruits – she knows exactly what to… read more
The Real Happy Meal: Your Brain on Fatty Acids
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | February 28, 2019
Ignore the golden arches and value menus and focus closer to home. Take yourself through your front door, up the stairs, and onto your couch, then look even closer than that. It’s not your Netflix account or your phone that’ll… read more
Preventing Foreign Material Contamination. What Works. What Doesn’t.
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | February 27, 2019
Foreign material contamination occurs when something not intended to be included or consumed ends up in the food. This is becoming a growing food recall topic despite the many different ways that food manufacturers can prevent and detect this type… read more
The FDA Food Supplement Overhaul
Food Policy,Food Safety | February 27, 2019
For years, the FDA has had a somewhat laissez-faire attitude towards dietary supplements. Now, for the first time in more than 25 years, they’re shaking up their act. That’s according to commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who announced on Monday that the… read more