Public Health
GRAS “Loophole” Gets One Step Closer to Closure
Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) has been a subject of discussion for much of 2025 with Robert F Kennedy Jr. seeking to “close the
September 15, 2025
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Food Safety
MAHA Strategy: Lots of Initiatives, Little Meat
In follow-up to the initial MAHA Report published in May, the HHS has published a 20-page, 120-initiative MAHA Strategy paper “narrowly” focused on nutrition
September 15, 2025
Public Health
Raw Pet Food Can Endanger Humans as Well as Pets
Raw pet food has once again caused the death of a cat, this time due to HPAI H5N1 for which samples of the food
September 10, 2025
Food Safety
Are Food Safety & Public Health Policies Endangering America’s Health?
With both Congressional and industry organizational questions coming to a head about the food safety and public health policies and actions of HHS Secretary
September 8, 2025
Public Health>Communicable Disease
Loss of FoodNet Surveillance = Loss of Critical Early Warning
By Dr. Ben Miller In food safety, we often cite CDC’s estimate that 48 million Americans get sick from foodborne illness annually. These figures
September 3, 2025
Food Safety
FoodNet Surveillance: The Difference a Few Pathogens Can Make
FoodNet came into existence in 1996 as a direct result of the Jack-In-The-Box outbreak in 1993. It was set up so we could all
September 2, 2025
FDA Warning Letters
Listeria Detected in Dairy
After the FDA inspected an RTE dairy facility, they issued a 483; although the dairy responded to the 483, the FDA then issued a
September 2, 2025
Public Health
Ticks Continue Spread of AGS Meat Allergy
Widely distributed in the Northeast, South, and Midwest US, excepting the far north areas, the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) has been gaining notoriety
August 27, 2025
Food Safety
Could a Private-Sector Collaboration Solve Produce Safety Challenges?
A Reagan-Udall report recommends the development of a sustainably funded stakeholder collaboration to address and fix the current produce safety system seen as “fragmented, reactive, and providing too little support to growers.”
August 26, 2025
