http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety RSS Feed for Food Safety en-us Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:37:01 GMT http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/Commentary-Food-safety-follies-199012501.html You’d think that by now, after decades of recalls and outbreaks, that mainstream media would have a grasp of basic microbiology and manufacturing processes, right? If so, you’d be wrong. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/Antimicrobial-resistance--a-polarizing-issue-179158031.html Antimicrobial resistance is never going to go away and we will never completely win. “But, there are key battles we should and must win,” says Lonnie King, DVM, MS, MPA, Dipl. ACVP, dean of the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/Food-production-on-right-path-but-misperceptions-remain-179549371.html U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA) released findings of a new survey about Americans' perceptions on food production. Released at The Food Dialogues in New York, the survey revealed Americans increasingly believe food production is heading in the right direction. However, it also found Americans still have widespread misperceptions about how food is grown and raised. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/Antibiotic-use-resistance-calls-for-One-Health-approach-179540021.html The message emerging from the “A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Use & Resistance: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose” symposium, Nov. 13-15, in Columbus, Ohio, is clear: Antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance are the responsibility of all communities—human health, animal health and environmental health—and solutions will require collaboration of these health communities. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/Voters-reject-Proposition-37-and-Measure-5-177637551.html Voters in California and North Dakota rejected two ballot initiatives that were opposed by agriculture groups. Both measures generated interest from far outside those states from food advocates and animal rights activists. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/Joint-effort-will-explore-alternative-to-antibiotics--176822421.html A unique two-year research project is being undertaken by Diamond V and the National Animal Disease Center (NADC) of USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) to identify alternatives to traditional antibiotics for use in farm animals; the study will focus on swine. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/Commentary-Separating-fact-from-fiction-on-biotechnology-176790711.html Much is said about biotechnology in our food supply, otherwise known as GMOs. It’s sometimes hard to tell fact from fiction. Vanessa Kummer, chair of the United Soybean Board (USB) wants to set the record straight. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/ISU-hires-food-safety-and-grain-quality-researcher--176786251.html Gretchen Mosher is Iowa State University’s newest assistant professor of agricultural and biosystems engineering. She will have food safety and grain quality teaching and research duties. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/If-the-election-were-today-would-the-food-system-win-175809311.html If consumers were voting on the way their food is produced, half the women would be undecided while 40 percent of men would favor the status quo. Overall, a recent survey showed a little more than one-third of people are undecided about today’s food system while the rest of the population is almost evenly split on whether it is on the wrong track or headed in the right direction. http://www.porknetwork.com/pork-resources/hot-topics/food-safety/ABC-News-wants-pink-slime-lawsuit-moved-to-federal-court-175794731.html ABC News on Wednesday sought to move to federal court a meat processor's defamation lawsuit over reports about lean finely textured beef, a product that critics have labeled "pink slime."