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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
USDA and FDA Most Wanted List! Top Food Offenders for Foreign Material Contamination
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | February 26, 2019
It seems like every time you turn around there is another recall. Lately more and more “foreign material” or “foreign body” contamination recalls are coming out. They were always there. It just seems like they are more prevalent than in… read more
Food Poisoning is NOT Romantic on Valentine’s Day
Food Safety,Our Blog | February 24, 2019
Love was in the air here at our house on Valentine’s Day, and we had celebrated literally all day. I felt like such a Pinterest Mom. You know the ones that cut the sandwiches into shapes, make homemade cake, arts… read more
All About Air Fryers & Food Safety
Food Safety,Our Blog | February 23, 2019
Air fryers are one of the hottest cooking trends currently. People are using them in the hopes that they are eating in a more healthy manner but a lot of people are making critical mistakes when using their air fryers… read more
Food Allergens,Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | February 21, 2019
MakeFoodSafe.com would like to help you keep your family safe from unsafe foods. Each week we bring together a list of the current recalls. Putting recalled lots, UPC codes, and contact information for recalled products in one convenient place helps… read more
When Good Cultures Go Bad. Is Yogurt Safe When Left Out?
Food Safety,Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls | February 21, 2019
Yogurt. Mmmm… That tangy, sour, versatile treat. Have it as a snack paired with fruit, jelly, nuts, honey, candy, or anything your heart desires. I fall somewhere between healthy honey drizzled Greek yogurt and what we fondly call “dirt pudding”… read more
Wormwood Tea the Cure for Parasites?
Food Safety,Our Blog,Pathogens,Science | February 20, 2019
Snail fever. Bilharzia. Schistosomiasis. In 2016, some 200 million people were afflicted; of those, less than half received treatment. Swollen, distended bellies are the telltale sign; the disease, which is caused by parasitic flatworms, still ravages children in the global… read more
Don’t Listen to Pete Hegseth About Handwashing
Food Policy,Food Safety,Our Blog | February 20, 2019
We’ve seen all kinds of crazy over here at Make Food Safe, but this one is new: Pete Hegseth, a regular contributor to Fox News and op-ed writer for various conservative publications, hasn’t washed his hands in a decade. To… read more