I’m having a hard time with this one. Once again, the FDA is warning all of us : “Do not eat, sell, or serve recalled cantaloupes or recalled products containing pre-cut cantaloupe.” The wa...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/12/yet-another-salmonella-outbreak-from-cantaloupe/
Every now and then I run across a report about something I know absolutely nothing about but wish I did, and this is one of them—an analysis from the University of California on Sample Costs to...
Poisoned, the food safety film featuring the lawyer, Bill Marler, is now available to watch on Netflix. I wrote about earlier when I saw it at the Tribeca Film Festival. It’s totally worth wa...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/08/on-netflix-now-poisoned/
Once again I am indebted to Bill Marler for keeping me informed about items related to food safety: Publisher’s Platform: The House Appropriations Committee Directs the FDA to Restructure – ...
Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food, a Netflix documentary about food safety in the U.S., premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and I got to go. It’s based on the book by Jeff Benedict a...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/06/weekend-viewing-poisoned/
Last week I posted about Bill Marler’s “Take the F out of the FDA” campaign. Since then, he additionally posted letters from the FDA that make it clear how poorly the agency is doing its jo...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2023/03/alarming-inaction-from-the-fda/
Breaking news: The ingredient that caused the illnesses among people who consumed Daily Harvest’s French Lentil + Leek Crumbles has been identified, sort of. As suspected, it’s the tara flo...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2022/07/the-daily-harvest-recall-mystery-update/
Daily Harvest is a company that makes vegan meals, mostly organic, and freezes them for home delivery. By mid-June, it had received 470 complaints from customers who ate a new product, French Len...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2022/07/whats-up-with-the-daily-harvest-recall/
Presidential candidate Donald Trump gave a speech to the Economic Club of New York about his tax reform plan to “make America great again.” The plan would eliminate some programs he finds an...
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2016/09/trump-would-dismantle-the-fdas-food-safety-rules/
The latest Salmonella outbreak comes courtesy of Pacific Coast Fruit Company, which produces Taylor Farms Organic Power Greens Kale Medley. Alas, Salmonella do not care whether or not vegetables ...