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The Egg that Beat Kylie Jenner
Food Safety,Our Blog | January 20, 2019
“A box without hinges, key or lid, Yet golden treasure inside is hid.” Bilbo Baggins presented this riddle to Gollum in The Hobbit, and Gollum easily guessed the correct answer. Yup, eggs. Boil them. Fry them. Scramble them. Poach them…. read more
Food Safety | January 19, 2019
Calling all popcorn lovers– you have your own day. I don’t know many people who don’t like this snack because it is so versatile. We love having a great movie night at home making our own popcorn and adding in… read more
Lettuce Industry Wants Answers, Calls for FDA to Get Back to Work
E. coli,Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | January 18, 2019
The lettuce industry, still licking its wounds from the effects of a series of high-profile outbreaks linked to their products, did not take the recent shutdown of the federal government lightly. The lettuce industry is eager for the FDA to… read more
Cargill to Expand Turkey-Tracing Program
Campylobacter,Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog,Salmonella | January 16, 2019
Cargill Meats is planning to expand the turkey-tracing program that they debuted last year. The initiative was piloted in Texas, where Thanksgiving celebrants could check out the provenance of their bird using the power of the blockchain, which was then… read more
Food Policy,Food Safety | January 15, 2019
Everywhere you read, you can find myths on every subject available. While there are a few myths that turn out to be true, most are not. Taking the time to research them, most myths are found to have no proof… read more
I’ll Have the 10 Piece Bone-In Wings – Hold the Hepatitis A Please
Food Safety,Hep A,Our Blog | January 12, 2019
Sometimes your dish comes with ingredients not explicitly mentioned on the menu. Onions or mushrooms sometimes don’t always make the dish description. On some occasions you might end up with more than you bargained for. Oftentimes it is Salmonella, E…. read more
Food Safety,Our Blog | January 11, 2019
I know what you’re thinking: “No, my nonstick pans from Ikea are safe!” Well, I have some bad news for you, and you might not like it. The truth is, even though nonstick pans might be safer today then they… read more
Yuma Romaine Lettuce Outbreak – It’s the Water
E. coli,Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | January 10, 2019
The water that’s irrigating our plants is making us sick. At least when it comes to the Yuma Romaine Lettuce outbreak. That’s the upshot of an excellent new investigation from Wired that looks into the spate of food poisoning that… read more
How the Government Shutdown Effects Food Safety
Food Safety,Our Blog | January 9, 2019
With the government shut down entering its 18th day, the third longest of twenty-one shutdowns on record, people are starting to wonder what that means for agencies like the FDA and USDA. There have been highly publicized effects of the… read more
Beef Recall; It’s Not For Dinner (Again)
E. coli,Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | January 8, 2019
JBS USA is the Nation’s largest beef processor and the recalls are flying out yet again. This time nearly 50 tons of ground beef have been pulled from shelves due to Ecoli. CBS News reported the following: Swift Beef Co…. read more