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Food Safety,Our Blog,Salmonella | January 23, 2019
Salmonella is one of the leading causes of food poisoning in the United States. This is, in part, because of its ubiquity. The microbe can slip past your immune defenses by piggybacking on or in all sorts of foods. Some… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog | January 23, 2019
January 23, 2019 marks the annual celebration of National Pie Day. Its origin dates back to January 23, 1975 when a die-hard pie lover of pies named Charlie Papazian decided that his birthday of the same date would always be… read more
Why is Everyone Freaking Out Over Washing Avocados?
Listeria,Our Blog,Salmonella | January 22, 2019
The FDA issued a report earlier this month warning consumers to wash the avocado properly before eating it after they found Listeria and Salmonella on the samples of avocado taken between 2014 – 2016. If you cut the avocado before… read more
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | January 20, 2019
Things are off to a rough start in 2019. This is the second recall this month, but I am hopeful things will turn around. It is important that we get this information to you as soon as we can in… read more
What You Need to Know About Brexit and Food Safety
Food Policy,Food Safety | January 20, 2019
A former environment minister in the United Kingdom has said that the country’s food safety may be compromised by a free trade agreement with the United States, according to reporting by The Guardian. Lord Deben, who served as environmental minister… read more
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