Dan Flynn
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The Sunday Edition: Antibiotics (opens the original)
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In June of 1942, there was only enough penicillin in the United States to treat ten patients. Then FDR’s War Production Board stepped in with orders for mass production. By D-Day, June 6, 1944, there were 2.3 million penicillin doses loaded on board ships and planes that landed in France. From that day forward, the antibiotics cut the number of Allied troops who died after being injured in action by an estimated 15 to 20 percent. Over 646 billion units of penicillin were produced by Victory in E
The Sunday Edition: GMOs (opens the original)
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Quick bites from around the food safety arena Today’s topic: GMOsWith all the attention these days to the broader category of food ingredients, it’s been easy to forget about genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. The first year of genetically modified crop production was 1994, so genetically engineered (GE) crops, or agricultural biotechnology, are no longer new. Instead, GE crops now dominate because they’ve been engineered for resistance to insect damage, tolerance to herbicides and resista
Courthouse door left open for 'Food Freedom' challenge (opens the original)
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Montana courts are still open to a former top state food safety official’s one-man crusade to restore some guardrails to “Food Freedom” A unanimous state Supreme Court on Aug. 11 ruled in Jeffrey P. Havens v. State of Montana that while the District Court was correct in dismissing the case because Havens lacked standing, the lower court was not correct in dismissing Havens’s case with prejudice. Dismissal with prejudice means that the plaintiff cannot refile the same claim again in the state’s c
Today's Topic: Foreign Inspections (opens the original)
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Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Millions of those nasty Cyclospora parasites slipped over the border, but was anybody looking? Damn few, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which warned the incoming administration on Jan. 8, 2025, that FDA inspections of food imports were almost non-existent. The GAO report disclosed that the FDA has consistently fallen short of meeting its annual targets for foreign food facility inspections. During a six-year period
The Sunday Edition: Zoonoses (opens the original)
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Quick bites from around the food safety arena Zoonoses, or zoonotic diseases, are infectious diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans. Zoonoses spread through both direct and indirect contact with animals, as well as via contaminated food and water. Even when transmitted by food and water, zoonoses are not usually thought of as foodborne illnesses, but they cannot be overlooked as a risk to food safety.
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