It was back in January of 2007 that we published a piece entitled, Fresh Express Gives $2 Million: But Its Food Safety System May Be
Part I What with all the hearings and such, the news passed relatively unnoticed. On one day NewStar announced a recall of fresh cilantro from
The New York Times ran a piece, Supermarket Chains Narrow Their Sights, about the locally grown movement. Written by Marion Burros, the piece quotes a
Several Congressional hearings will be held this week related to the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak. The hearings will focus on various things — trace back, how
Without a doubt the most prescient person in this whole Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak is Jim Gorny at UC Davis. At an early stage in the
When the focus of the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak was tomatoes, we ran two pieces related to Baja. The first was entitled, Free Baja, and urged
What is a reasonable position for the industry to take in the upcoming Congressional hearings? We have to start with the realization that any proposal
The industry is all set to practically demand regulation in Washington, DC. This may be a wise policy. It is a weakness of democratic politics
At its annual Foodservice Conference, PMA conducted a “town hall meeting” on the Salmonella Saintpaul crisis. Facilitated by Bryan Silbermann, President of PMA, on the
The proposal to impose federal regulation on the industry is unobjectionable to most — at least in those commodities where there is known risk. If
