Each circle represents a city, larger circles indicate more inspections were performed in that city. Oregon Department of Agriculture has had some recent poor reviews regarding it's maintenance
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Source: Wikipedia Commons image by tsca. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hospital_room_ubt.jpeg Oftentimes when we talk about the importance of food safety, we bring up victim cases;
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I was looking over the SQF code the other day and pondering the phrase "food-grade" for lubricants and chemicals, then I got home and noticed the "food-grade" sticker on my CO2 canister in my
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At FF&F, I'm often harsh on FDA for lack of enforcement, ownership of their own role in preventive food safety, and failing to consistently stand by their guidance. However, you will still see me
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Image created by Austin Bouck. Dear god let there be no egregious mistakes... Recently a podcast I often listen to has discussed several articles with a similar note in their conclusions. Nearly
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Apparently I have T-Rex arms here...I was excited! I had the honor once again to make a presentation to two 4th grade classes at a local elementary school during their Oregon Trail unit. The
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"It's not like they won't find something anyway" "We don't have time" "It's never going to be perfect" "That's not my job." "We've done it this way for years...it's never caused a
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On the site we now have a new page called food outbreaks and recalls, which is a simple aggregated feed of news releases from FDA, FSIS/USDA, and CDC for those interested in checking out what was
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In my mass of emails from the government each day, every quarter I get one from FSIS letting me know what they've released their quarterly enforcement report. These reports detail actions taken
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While it's not an animal product, the Listeriosis outbreak recently traced to apples is just as relevant to the food industry as a whole as any other food-borne illness outbreak. While I was looking