Recently added articles from Mushroom News:
Are you ready for a food safety emergency?(editor's note)
Sep 01, 2008; Manning, Sara ... During the summer, food safety problems with produce items were the lead story in newspaper articles, nightly TV broadcasts, Web headlines and radio talk show segments. Some possible solutions and proposals are highlighted in our four food safety articles. Food Safety Measures ...
Food safety measures get hearings in Congress.(ami update)
Sep 01, 2008; Phelps, Laura ... In light of the Salmonella Saintpaul outbreak, the U.S. Congress recently held several food safety hearings with witnesses from the Food and Drug Administration, food scientists, trade association representatives, growers and consumer activists. Below are excerpts of testimony from two ...
We can't go back, so let's charge straight ahead.(packaging & food safety)(Reprint)
Sep 01, 2008; Silbermann, Bryan ... The mid-July news that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had lifted its tomato advisory was welcome indeed. (See AMI Update for related information.) Now that FDA has identified a sample of jalapeno pepper with the identical salmonella bacteria as the outbreak strain maybe we can ...
Prime time food safety education.(packaging & food safety)
Sep 01, 2008; Harvey, Cathy ... when the safety of the food supply makes the evening news, it is a glaring reminder that we need to keep mushrooms free of pathogens that can cause food borne illness. Food borne pathogens affect us all! Whether we are owners, growers, managers, supervisors or support staff, we all need to ...
Adding a traceability review to the external audit.(packing & food safety)
Sep 01, 2008; Pape, William R. ... External audits are designed to provide peace-of-mind to key company stakeholders not involved in the company's day-to-day operation. Without third-party audits, stakeholders must rely solely upon status updates from management to understand the state of a company. While these updates are ...
Researchers study mushrooms' cancer fighting potential.(mushroom council update)(Clinical report)
Sep 01, 2008; Rado, Alicia Di ... Behold the formidable fungus. Not quite plant and not quite animal, it grows in out-of-the-way spots, avoiding attention. But if new studies at City of Hope bear fruit, the White button mushroom may enter the spotlight. City of Hope researchers are speeding findings about ...
The safety committee: just the tip of the iceberg.(USHA alliance news)
Sep 01, 2008; Hillard, John ... "It's just the tip of the iceberg." This cliche, derived from a gigantic mass of floating ocean ice and the Titanic tragedy, is familiar to all of us. More often than not, it is used in a negative connotation, especially when related to safety. "The cost of this injury is just the tip of ...
Upcoming events.(Conference news)(Calendar)
Sep 01, 2008 ... 2008 Sept. 2 CAC-Mushroom Festival Golf Tournament Kennett Country Club, Kennett Square, PA Contact: Pete Alonzo, 610/637-3294 Sept 6-7 The Mushroom Festival Kennett Square, PA * www.mushroomfestival.org Sept. 10-12 ...