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Building an ‘Integrated Food Safety System’ Will Take All of Us
Mike Taylor, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Deputy Commissioner for Foods, stated in his address before the 2015 Food Safety Summit that, “If we were starting from scratch, [America’s food...
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PCA Does Not Reflect All in the Food Industry
Michael Parnell’s defense attorney is painting his client as a “little guy” who “lost it all.” I would dare Parnell and his defense team, and the other convicted former Peanut Corporation of America...
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Bearing Witness to Justice at the PCA Sentencing
Audiences at my lectures are often surprised that, after the death of my 16-month-old son, Riley, during the 1993 Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak, no state or federal agency filed criminal charges...
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Praise for an Unlikely ‘Whistleblower’
Kenneth Kendrick, missing Monday from the federal courthouse in Albany, GA, did not hear the praise that came from a witness during a pivotal day in the world of food safety. Kendrick is a former...
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Change is what’s predictable about the future of food safety
The third-annual Food Safety and Analysis Congress, held earlier this week at Cripps Court Auditorium on the beautiful campus of the University of Cambridge in England, brought together leaders from...
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His chair at the table is still empty
Exactly 24 years ago today my 16-month-old son Riley died from E.coli/HUS during the 1993 “Jack in the Box” outbreak. He was the last of the four young children who paid the ultimate price for failures...
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Parallels
contriuted Opinion On Wednesday, Jan. 20, I sat through a few meetings, delivered a presentation on food safety labeling, and was interviewed for a podcast on food safety. All of this work took place...
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Poisoned: A memorial and a call for courage in food safety
— OPINION — Today, September 18, would be my son, Riley Detwiler’s 32nd birthday. Earlier this year, I had the privilege and heartache of being part of the recently released Netflix documentary,...
View ArticleThe cost of doing nothing just went way up
— OPINION — In the aftermath of the groundbreaking plea agreement with Family Dollar Stores LLC, entailing a fine and forfeiture totaling $41.675 million for storing food, drugs, medical devices, and...
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