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Food Safety

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We’ve selected some of our favorite videos from across the web that will help you learn more about Food Safety. Use the tabs below to select some of our favorites. Have a favorite of your own? Make a comment at the bottom of the page and we’ll add yours, too!

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What the PBS News Hour Has to say about the New Food Safety Bill

Clip from Phil’s Food Sense on food safety

Home food safety myths busted by Partnership for Food Safety Education (PFSE) with a bit of humor added in.

Listen to Alyssa Milano talk about how to eat safely.

Reporter Mark Huffman explains food poisoning is more common than you thought.

Why is food safety important?

With the rise of lower-cost, higher-output large scale factory farms in the last century, food production was transformed forever. On one hand, there is more food available to more locations and for a cheaper price than ever before. On the other, the sheer scale of and density of product on the factory farm (whether fowl, livestock or produce) makes for an environment that is extremely susceptible to contamination, outbreak and disease. In the last few years we as consumers have experienced the consequences of factory farms failing to properly monitor their operations – nationwide outbreaks of salmonella from eggs and peanuts, E. coli from tainted meat and lettuce and the Mad Cow scare. These have resulted in thousands falling sick and even, in some cases, resulted in death. As factory farming continues to grow, it is vital that safe practices are a part of the foundation of our food system for not only our personal health, but for the health of the planet on which we live.

Random Food Safety Blog Postings
Vivus: FDA Panel Live Blog
Vivus: FDA Panel Live Blog
Posted 15 hours ago

Vivus: FDA Panel Live Blog WASHINGTON, D.C. (TheStreet) –Vivus: Take two. A panel of outside experts impaneled by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration gathers today to review and pass judgment on Vivus’ experimental obesity pill Qnexa. Once again, Qnexa’s safety will be the most hotly debated topic. … Click…

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Food Safety Leader Doris Rittenmeyer Joins Elara Foodservice Disposables Team
Food Safety Leader Doris Rittenmeyer Joins Elara Foodservice Disposables Team
Posted 8 days ago

With more than 25 years of experience in the food protection field, Doris Rittenmeyer, CP-FS, has joined the Elara Foodservice Disposables team as food safety advisor. (PRWeb February 15, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9192302.htm

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Recipe contest: Lab-grown hamburger
Recipe contest: Lab-grown hamburger
Posted 11 hours ago

In my last blog I spoke about how food safety should be a right regardless of who is in the Oval Office. I’d like to make sure my tax dollars are spent on ensuring we have safe food to eat. This week some exciting new developments have come about and…

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Miami's Morro Castle, WPB's Best Jamaican Bakery cited by inspectors | Database
Miami’s Morro Castle, WPB’s Best Jamaican Bakery cited by inspectors | Database
Posted 1 day ago

Critical violations of state sanitation and safety laws observed by inspectors at two South Florida restaurants last week prompted the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation to cite the owners and briefly suspend its operations.

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At War Blog: Recalling a Last Dinner With a Journalist Killed in Syria
At War Blog: Recalling a Last Dinner With a Journalist Killed in Syria
Posted 12 hours ago

Marie Colvin, who died in Syria on Wednesday, had strong misgivings about her safety before sneaking across the border into the besieged city of Homs.

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Travel Safely : Watch your Food and Medicine Intake
Travel Safely : Watch your Food and Medicine Intake
Posted 9 days ago

The food contamination cases in Philippines is witnessing considerable rise in the recent years. There has been a greater public outcry to bring in strict food safety regulations and rules to contain the contamination cases. Food contamination cases seem to be a major problem in this island nation and that…

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The (Un)usual Suspect: Why Organic Spices Aren't Always Safe
The (Un)usual Suspect: Why Organic Spices Aren’t Always Safe
Posted 27 days ago

Salmonella contamination in organic celery seed caused headaches and an FDA recall for one entrepreneur. Her tale is a reminder that organic certification doesn’t measure food safety; it’s only about how a food was grown. read more

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Morro Castle Restaurant, 2500 N.W. 7 th Street, Miami
Morro Castle Restaurant, 2500 N.W. 7 th Street, Miami
Posted 1 day ago

were found in a food prep/storage room that contains a reach-in cooler, bread and a food slicer. The room is three feet from the kitchen and has no sealed door to separate it from the kitchen. More than 6 live roaches were on kitchen shelves above a sink and underneath…

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Diet drug Qnexa should be approved, panel says
Diet drug Qnexa should be approved, panel says
Posted 50 mins ago

The diet drug Qnexa has cleared a major hurdle toward eventual Food and Drug Administration approval. An independent panel of medical experts who advise the agency voted Wednesday that Qnexa’s significant weight-loss benefit outweighed its potential risks.

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FDA Slows Two Cancer-Drug Shortages
FDA Slows Two Cancer-Drug Shortages
Posted 1 day ago

The Food and Drug Administration, along with private manufacturers, announced efforts on Tuesday that they say will stave off shortages for two cancer drugs.

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  • Feb 22Vivus: FDA Pa…
  • Feb 15Food Safety Leader Doris Rittenmeyer Joins Elara Foodservice Dis…
  • Feb 22Recipe contest: Lab-gr…
  • Feb 21Miami’s Morro Castle, WPB’s Best Jamaican Bakery cited by inspecto…
  • Feb 22At War Blog: Recalling a Last Dinner With a Journalist Ki…
  • Feb 14Travel Safely : Watch your Food and Me…
  • Jan 26The (Un)usual Suspect: Why Organic Spices Aren’…
  • Feb 21Morro Castle Restaurant, 2500 N.W. 7 th …
  • Feb 23Diet drug Qnexa should be approve…
  • Feb 21FDA Slows Two Cancer-D…
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  1. BARBARA ROSEBOOM01-12-11

    We need to check field sanitation conditions of imported vegetables. Example cucumbers imported from Sri Lanka, India. Not take a processor or government’s word or documentation.

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