Food Safety News - April 27, 2015 Listeria Victims Address FDA, Food Industry Officials in D.C.

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Listeria Victims Address FDA, Food Industry Officials in D.C.

By James Andrews

A year ago, Brad Frey never would have imagined he’d be standing in front of officials from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and urging them to do more to prevent outbreaks of Listeria monocytogenes. Despite living in the middle of “crop country” outside Santa Cruz, CA, he had never heard of Listeria monocytogenes, a foodborne bacteria less well-known... Continue Reading

USDA, Salmonella, and the Cowardly Lion: A Profile in the Lack of Courage

By Denis Stearns

Dorothy: “Don’t you know the Wizard’s going to give you some courage?” Cowardly Lion: “I’d be too scared to ask him for it.” In an article that will soon be published in the Seattle Law Review, I take a look at food safety through the lens of the "pink slime" controversy and question whether the... Continue Reading

FDA Warning Letters: Companies Told to Stop Distributing Supplements Containing BMPEA

By News Desk

Mounting pressure on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to do something about beta-methylphenethylamine, or BMPEA, being widely used in weight loss and energy supplements may have helped spark the agency to recently issue warning letters to several companies demanding that the "super caffeine" products be pulled from the market. BMPEA is closely related... Continue Reading

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