Pundit Rewind LXVXIV
The Pundit originally ran the Pundit Rewind on September 21, 2006. We continuously update it in order to keep everyone organized with respect to reference material on this subject; we have updated it with new items and run it again today. Spinach Crisis Summary With so much having been written in so short a time, […]
Botulism And Carrot Juice Summary LVXIV
We’ve been asked to make available in one place our coverage of the recall by Wm. Bolthouse Farms of certain 100% carrot juice products and the broader implications of this issue for food safety. This piece is updated regularly and will be re-run to include new coverage of this outbreak and issue. We initiated our […]
Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative
Recap XLVI
There is an ad hoc group that started it all. The National Restaurant Association has its group working on a program and the Food Marketing Institute held a conference. All these buyer-led initiatives can get confusing, so to assist the trade in keeping track of them all, we are publishing this recap of coverage all […]
Organics, GMOs And Irradiation:
The Voice Of Science
Here is a bit of a joke, but it may not be funny. In the journal Nature Biotechnology, the editorial content of which includes research related to genetically modified foods, there is a bit of correspondence in its current edition. It starts out with a lambasting letter to the editor as a Craig Holdrege of […]
Pundit Rewind LXVXIII
The Pundit originally ran the Pundit Rewind on September 21, 2006. We continuously update it in order to keep everyone organized with respect to reference material on this subject; we have updated it with new items and run it again today. Spinach Crisis Summary With so much having been written in so short a time, […]
Botulism And Carrot Juice Summary LVXIII
We’ve been asked to make available in one place our coverage of the recall by Wm. Bolthouse Farms of certain 100% carrot juice products and the broader implications of this issue for food safety. This piece is updated regularly and will be re-run to include new coverage of this outbreak and issue. We initiated our […]
Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative
Recap XLV
There is an ad hoc group that started it all. The National Restaurant Association has its group working on a program and the Food Marketing Institute held a conference. All these buyer-led initiatives can get confusing, so to assist the trade in keeping track of them all, we are publishing this recap of coverage all […]
Pundit’s Mailbag —
Food Safety And Lake Wobegon
Mark Beeler of Watsonville Produce must be a pretty sharp guy. Dominic Muzzi, owner of Watsonville Produce, has credited Mark, along with Matt Cuzick, as being instrumental in the opening this past November of a fresh produce processing plant in Yuma, Arizona. The plant is called Red River, and is owned by Watsonville Produce, Metz […]
The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer
The Congressional Research Service has just published The Federal Food Safety System: A Primer. The CRS describes the report this way: Numerous federal, state, and local agencies share responsibilities for regulating the safety of the U.S. food supply, which many experts say is among the safest in the world. Nevertheless, critics view this system as […]
California Leafy Greens
Marketing Agreement Board
A.G. Kawamura, Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, has made the initial 13-member appointment to the advisory board of directors for the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement. The board members are as follows: Salinas-Watsonville-San Joaquin Valley-Kern County DistrictJohn D’Arrigo — D’Arrigo BrothersEric Schwartz — Dole Food CompanyJamie Strachan — Growers ExpressDave Eldredge […]
