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Jul 26, 2012

''Washington's election-year paralysis hurts the nation''

"A federal food safety law shifting the government's focus from responding to dangerous contamination to preventing it has been heralded as the most sweeping food security reform in decades. But 18 months after the law was enacted, the rules needed to put it into effect are nowhere to be seen. That inaction is just one example of a disheartening election-year paralysis in Washington."

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Jun 6, 2012

''Ignoring salmonella inexcusable''

"Just when you think the Jack DeCoster egg empire couldn't look more rotten ... well, this just in: Court records managers at one of DeCoster's Iowa egg farms knew its hens were "almost certainly" laying contaminated eggs months before one of the nation's largest outbreaks of food-borne illness."

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Nov 23, 2011

''Learning from listeria outbreak''

"Prosecutors may not end up filing criminal charges against operators of a Colorado farm whose tainted cantaloupes are suspected of killing 29 people."

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Nov 11, 2011

''Listeria outbreak cries for changes, not hysteria''

"The cantaloupe-caused outbreak of listeria created a tragedy for those infected by the bacteria and for their families. As of the end of last month, the death toll had risen to 28, the number of reported illnesses had climbed to 133, and one infected woman miscarried."

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Food Safety
Oct 27, 2011

''Tainted fruit''

"The deadly Listeriosis outbreak tied to Colorado cantaloupe is unusual Never before in the U.S. has this disease been known to spread via whole fruit, federal officials say."

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Food Safety
Oct 18, 2011

''Fully fund food safety''

"Among the hazards that face Americans each day, eating cantaloupe is low on the list for anyone who isn't allergic to it. Yet 23 people across the country died recently, and hundreds of others were sickened from eating cantaloupes contaminated by listeria."

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Food Safety
Jun 11, 2011

''When Food Kills''

"The deaths of 31 people in Europe from a little known strain of E. coli have raised alarms worldwide, but we shouldn't be surprised. Our food often betrays us."

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Food Safety
Oct 11, 2010

''The benefit of working together for next farm bill''

"Produce industry leaders call for unity in promoting critical programs for the 2011 farm bill."

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Food Safety
Oct 7, 2010

''Egg Inspections: The View From the F.D.A.''

"Contrary to your article, Food and Drug Administration inspections of the egg industry are on track."

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Sep 26, 2010

''It's enough to make you sick''

"Once again, federal lawmakers failed to take action on much-needed food safety legislation."

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