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CDC shares lessons from the papaya recalls during Food Safety Summit

Matthew Wise, of the CDC, says figuring out what to tell the public can be difficult.

September 7, 2018

"This is a big moving target," says Matthew Wise of the CDC. "It's tough to do the right thing when the right thing is sort of moving around — when you’re finding out new information on Wednesday that you didn’t know on Tuesday."

When should the public find out about recalls?

Experts from the CDC, USDA and others debate how much information should be shared with public during recalls and outbreaks during a recent IAFP panel.

Crystal Lindell

July 13, 2018

Experts from the CDC, USDA and others debate how much information should be shared with public during recalls and outbreaks during a recent IAFP panel.

Food Safety Summit

Top 7 moments from the Food Safety Summit!

An Amazon keynote, the CDC and the hand washing Olympics!

Crystal Lindell

May 9, 2018

The Food Safety Summit is well underway in Rosemont, Il! Take a look at the top 7 moments from the show so far!

Romaine Lettuce

FDA links farm to romaine lettuce E.Coli outbreak

Most of the illnesses in this outbreak are not linked to romaine lettuce from this farm though

Crystal Lindell

April 29, 2018

FDA has not determined where in the supply chain the contamination occurred, and it is not the cause of the whole E.coli outbreak.

Recall

CDC warns against all romaine lettuce due to E. coli

Multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections leads to 31 people being hospitalized.

Crystal Lindell

April 22, 2018

The expanded warning is based on information from newly reported illnesses in Alaska and it now includes whole heads and hearts of romaine lettuce, in addition to chopped romaine and salads and salad mixes containing romaine.