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Food Safety Matters

Ep. 62. 2019: Shutdown, Swine, Romaine – Oh My!

Food Safety Matters
December 10, 2019

As we wrap up 2019, the Food Safety Matters team, along with Bob Ferguson of Strategic Consulting Inc., sat down once again to discuss the biggest moments in food safety this year, and what we have to look forward to in 2020 and beyond.

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News Mentioned in This Episode
Partial government shutdown and how it affected food safety [3:49] 
Frank Yiannas joins FDA [7:49] 
New swine modernization regulations [10:40]
FSMA key dates [12:04] 
Theo Morille-Hinds wins FSM's Distinguished Food Safety Award [13:27] 
Ask Karen becomes Ask USDA [14:35] 
Romaine lettuce, leafy greens, recalls, and never-ending foodborne outbreaks [16:48]

Bob Ferguson's Food Safety Insights [38:35]
Bob joins us to discuss his article featured in our December 2019/January 2020 issue

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