Hal King honored for his contributions to food safety By News Desk  CHICAGO – Hal King, founder and CEO of Public Health Innovations LLC, is this year's recipient of the Food Safety Leadership Award from NSF International. NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, announced King as this year's recipient Wednesday at the 20th annual Food Safety Summit. The summit, at the Donald E. Stephens... Continue Reading
House bill would boost FDA funding to more than $300 million By Guest Opinion  The Alliance for a Stronger FDA — which unites consumers, patient groups and industry in advocating for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) funding — Wednesday thanked the U.S. House appropriators for moving legislation forward that would provide a significant funding increase for the FDA. The added funds would enable FDA to carry out important programs... Continue Reading
It's here, get used to it By Coral Beach  CHICAGO — A billion people can't be wrong, right? As it turns out, when it comes to food safety its doesn't matter if they're wrong. Once a product is associated with foodborne illnesses on social media sites it's like striking a match in a straw house. Negative posts, shares and retweets can burn a brand... Continue Reading
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On Wednesday, the footprint of the romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak became more extensive than the historic and deadly 2006 fresh spinach outbreak. In the May 9 update, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta added four states and 28 confirmed cases of E. coli O157: H7 to the 9-week-old outbreak associated with... 
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