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Should Food Safety be a Competitive Advantage? FST Readers Comment.
Earlier this month, we presented an interview with Will Daniels of Earthbound Farm , who talked about his experience with an FDA investigation and recall following the E.coli outbreak due to contaminated spinach in the fall of 2006. The article attracted a lot of feedback and comments on our Linked In groups. We present some excerpts.  
Preventing Contamination: A Guide to Material Selection for Food and Beverage Equipment
It is essential for engineers to select materials and components that both meet the functional requirements of the application as well as Federal Guidelines for safety and contamination prevention. 
“We Need to be in Collaborative and Problem-Solving Mode re FSMA”: FDA’s Mike Taylor
Don’t take any vacations, cautions the Deputy Commissioner for Foods, indicating that more FSMA rules may be announced this summer, including the much-anticipated foreign supplier verification rule.
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What’s New With GFSI?
"I wasn't scared until I realized I was in a rocket built by the lowest bidder," Cargill's Roger Bont, speaking about recent GFSI developments at Food Safety Tech's conference. 
"Current Food Safety Testing Does Not Reflect Actual Food Outbreaks" - Tom Weschler
Campylobacter is the fifth organism in terms of food outbreaks, but is hardly tested by the food industry. 
What are Current Challenges in Food Safety?
Consumers want locally-sourced, yet year-around availability. How is the industry tackling a growing supply chain and increasing food safety challenges?
FDA Gets More Time to Submit Schedule for FSMA Rules
Court has extended deadline for FSMA rules; FDA and CFS now have until June 10 to agree on a schedule for releasing the yet-unpublished food safety rules. 
Poultry Drug Increases Arsenic Levels in Chicken
This is the first study to show concentrations of specific forms of arsenic (e.g., inorganic arsenic versus other forms) in retail chicken meat.
"Pass the Salt Please:" Institute of Medicine
Diet too low in sodium may actually be unhealthy for some, finds a new IOM report. 
China Increases Meat Inspections Post “Rat-Gate”
Following series of food safety scandals, China has announced a crackdown on the sales of fake, diseased and tainted meat products.
FDA Releases New Tool to Address Intentional Food Contamination
Cases of intentional contamination are infrequent, but can entail serious adverse public health consequences.
General Mills Sets High Food Safety Goals
The company spent five times the amount on food safety last year, than the amount spent five years earlier. 
Wal-Mart to Spend $16.3 M to Improve Food Safety in China
As company works to bolster its image after some food-related gaffes in China, will other large food companies follow the leader? 
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What’s New With GFSI?
Friday, May 24, 2013
"I wasn't scared until I realized I was in a rocket built by the lowest bidder," Cargill's Roger Bont, speaking about recent GFSI developments at Food Safety Tech's conference. 
"Current Food Safety Testing Does Not Reflect Actual Food Outbreaks" - Tom Weschler
Friday, May 24, 2013
Campylobacter is the fifth organism in terms of food outbreaks, but is hardly tested by the food industry. 
What are Current Challenges in Food Safety?
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Consumers want locally-sourced, yet year-around availability. How is the industry tackling a growing supply chain and increasing food safety challenges?
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Beltway Beat: Get the Rules Out! A Call to Action – To Industry and the Administration
Thursday, May 23, 2013
FDA is certainly not perfect; but it has been proposing FSMA rules; the Agency needs you, your comments, your input, and your continued push to move the rules along. 
barfblog: A Food Safety Education Game
Thursday, May 23, 2013
“Teaching people about food safety is easy," says Rutgers' Don Schaffner. “Getting them to really get it – especially when it’s busy – is hard." 
Food Labs: Capacity Building in Food Safety
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The thing about food safety is that we all want it and there is a willingness to improve it; however, this objective can always benefit from more engagement and better knowledge of the tools that exist.
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