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We should be thankful for food safety!

In Featured Posts, Food Safety by Prof Edward

This is the time of years when the food sections of nearly every newspaper and food website will contain articles on food safety and tips to make sure your holidays are disease-free. No matter, the odds are that there will be plenty of day-after stories of people eating under-cooked turkey, …

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Recent Food Recalls

In Featured Posts, Food Allergens, Food Safety by Prof Edward

For reasons we have discussed in class, food recalls are now a very common occurrence.  As mentioned during the food allergens unit, most food recalls are for undeclared allergens (e.g., when soy or milk or wheat or other allergenic ingredients) that get mislabeled or inadvertently added to a food.  While …