Articles by Andrew Lorenz

2020 Food Safety Report E-Coli
2020 Food Safety Report | Consultants Corner

Many small victories = 1 safe supply chain

The food-safety system in the U.S. works, if companies use the tools and innovations properly to protect consumers … and themselves.
Andrew Lorenz, We R Food Safety!
Andrew Lorenz
March 11, 2020

Another recall just came across the news feed. A few minutes before that, there was a news flash about a foodborne outbreak. It got me to thinking: What is the correlation, if any, between the foodborne outbreaks and recalls?


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Pig Carcasses

Realities of new swine inspection rule

Andrew Lorenz, We R Food Safety!
Andrew Lorenz
October 4, 2019
The hot topic of the day is the new swine inspection rule. There appears to be a lot of fake news being tossed around, at the very least a lot of information about how this is going to affect industry and how the consumer is being left out.
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Hands Tied Together with Rope
2019 Food Safety Report | Consultants Corner

2019 Food Safety Report: Outbreak of incompetence

How the nation's foodborne-illness investigations system is broken, jeopardizing the health and safety of consumers and the industry.
Andrew Lorenz, We R Food Safety!
Andrew Lorenz
April 16, 2019
The variability in capabilities at the state and local levels often results in botched investigations and turf battles, and sometimes there isn't any prevention of illness or reduction in the number of people who become ill or die.
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