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Regulating Food Safety in 2019 Uncovering New Eff Orts to Improve Food Quality Standards and Prevent Future Outbreaks PLUS Simplifying Allergen Control ■ Pathogen Detection in Low Moisture Foods ■ Traceability Using DNA Volume 26 Number 1 FEBRUARY / MARCH 2019 Regulating Food Safety in 2019 Uncovering new eff orts to improve food quality standards and prevent future outbreaks WWW.FOODQUALITYANDSAFETY.COM OUR WEBINARS SATISFY YOUR APPETITE TO LEARN. A host of audio and video webinars are available on demand at www.foodqualityandsafety.com/webcast/ Take Your Pick! 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Vasavada, PhD, line Kahn and her role [email protected] CO-INDUSTRY EDITOR Richard Stier, [email protected] Countdown to just desserts: as cabaret singer Lili Von Advertising Director TShtupp in Mel Brooks’ comedy Dan Nicholas classic “Blazing Saddles.” Lili was 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030 tired of men, whereas I am tired of (716) 587-2181, [email protected] people trying to frighten me about Sales Offi ce U.S./CANADA/INTERNATIONAL non-existent dangers in my food A |S|B|P|E Fostering B2B editorial excellence Ken Potuznik American Society 29822 N 51st Place, Cave Creek, AZ 85331 Last Call and in the environment. One surfs the internet and runs into of Business (480) 419-1851 • fax (480) 718-7719 pieces about “Top 10 Most Dangerous Fruits,” or “15 Processed Publication Editors 2018 National [email protected] Foods to Avoid,” or “Chemicals that Cause Cancer.” Almost ev- PRINT Editorial Offi ce Award Winner erything is based on bad or non-existent science, but people can Revenue of 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, USA $3 million or under for Entries write what they want thanks to freedom of speech. Reprints: E-mail [email protected] As a resident of California, I am also constantly exposed to Proposition 65 warnings. Signs at hardware stores read, “This March 16, 2019 store sells products that contain chemicals deemed to be car- Editorial Advisory Panel cinogenic under Proposition 65.” The same signs appear in the Ellen Bradley, CFS Vijay K. Juneja, PhD Principal Food Scientist, Lead Scientist, The 2019 Food Quality & Safety Award coff ee shops, gas stations, car repair shops, and supermarkets. River City Food Group LLC Predictive Microbiology for Food Safety, USDA-Agricultural Research Service We are deluged by these warnings—so much so that I won- John N. Butts, PhD der whether people are simply tuning things out. Founder and President, Hasmukh Patel, PhD If your company is a food processor, service or FoodSafetyByDesign, LLC; Technical Director and R&D Fellow– Is there an answer? Well, maybe. Websites could be more Advisor to CEO, Ingredient Solutions, Dairy Foods R&D, Land O’Lakes, Inc. retailer, and you uphold the highest food standards diligent when it comes to reviewing the “science” that they pub- Land O’Frost lish, but that is a stretch. Cliff Coles Mary Ann Platt supported by quantifiable results, you need to enter. President, President Our best answer might be federal legislation that makes food Cliff ord M. Coles CNS/FoodSafe and RQA, Inc. Food Safety Consulting, Inc. labeling and other product claims a federal Manpreet Singh, PhD This prestigious award honors the dedication and Professor, Dept. of Poultry Science, Virginia Deibel, PhD prerogative. This could eliminate future University of Georgia I’m Tired Director of Microbiology, achievement of the food quality and safety assurance Proposition 65s and prevent states from Eurofi ns Food Integrity & Innovation Shawn K. Stevens team that has made exceptional contributions to their enacting labeling laws that Food Industry Attorney, Food Industry Counsel, LLC would aff ect the whole coun- James Dickson, PhD company’s commitment in supplying safe Professor, Patricia A. Wester try; an example would be GMO Department of Animal Science, CEO, The Association for Food Safety food products. labeling. But that is beyond me. Iowa State University Auditing Professionals, AFSAP Unfortunately, food fad- Steven Gendel, PhD Steven Wilson Senior Director, Director of Seafood Commerce and dism and fearmongering are not new. Perhaps the solution is the Food Science, Certifi cation, Offi ce of International Aff airs one proposed by San Francisco Chronicle columnist Art Hoppe Food Chemicals Codex at USP and Seafood Inspection LEARN MORE AND APPLY AT: in his April 1989 piece entitled “Safe at Last.” In the column, he tells the story of an overly cautious man named Harold who gave Printed in the United States by Dartmouth Printing, Hanover, NH.
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