NRC Opens Door to Online Posting of FSIS Inspection Data
Posting the results of government meat, poultry and egg inspections and testing data could have “substantial benefits” to food safety, according to the highly respected National Research Council. An...
View ArticleShould FSIS Publish Plant Inspection Reports?
The National Research Council (NRC) recently suggested that FSIS release of establishment-specific data could benefit food safety. Pertinent excerpts of media reports include the following statements:...
View ArticlePublisher’s Platform: Public Disclosure and Public Health
Full Disclosure: If you do not like lawyers, and according to most polls lawyers are less liked than members of Congress, your first thought might be that this op-ed’s purpose is to get public health...
View ArticleDocuments from Michigan Further Identify Taco Bell
On Monday, in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from Food Safety News, the Michigan Department of Community Health released documents again naming Taco Bell as the mystery Mexican-style...
View ArticleFDA and Stealth Recalls
Stealth – the act or characteristic of moving with extreme care and quietness, especially so as to avoid detection - Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers...
View ArticlePublisher’s Platform: Secrecy or Transparency in Public Health?
Is there a good reason to keep a company’s name secret when it is linked to a foodborne illness outbreak? I have a great deal of respect for Robert Tauxe, MD, MPH, Deputy Director of the Division of...
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