I recall sitting in the office one day in the fall of 2018 when I received a call from a reporter who informed me that there had been a further outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 linked to romaine lettuce. After an initial response of “oh, no,” the reporter asked why do we continue to have outbreaks linked to lettuce?
While water is considered a renewable resource, it’s also a finite one, and food companies should strive to be good stewards of this increasingly valuable commodity.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it is proposing to revise the quality standard for bottled water to specify that bottled water to which fluoride is added by the manufacturer may not contain fluoride that exceeds 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L).
