Buffets. The word alone causes a smile to appear on my face. I can still recall with vivid clarity the new buffet restaurant that opened in my hometown when I was a young boy, and
Living with ESRD
What It Is Like To Live With End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)?
In honor of March’s official designation as National Kidney Month, fellow Food Safety Website contributing writer Dave Babcock recently published an article, National
Raw Milk at Retail: A Glass of Confusion?
I grew up in a household where raw fruits and vegetables were forced upon me starting shortly after I was transitioned from baby formula to solid foods. Along the way, I was informally schooled on
The “Kill Step” Consumer
Dear Consumer,
I have taken it upon myself to write to you personally with the intent of informing you of a most important fact. This is a fact about which you may not be fully
Why Does CDC Implore Testing for E. coli O111?
Let me start with a story–a true one. In August, 2008, a large number of people in Mayes County, Oklahoma, began flooding hospitals and physician offices complaining of profuse, bloody diarrhea accompanied by intense, stabbing
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School Food Safety System Needs Improvement
Our nation’s school children returned to classrooms in droves last month. Many underprivileged kids began looking forward to their first day back at school just as last year’s school session was letting out for summer
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