Bacteriophages: An Old Antibiotic Alternative Becomes New Again By Lydia Zuraw  The increasing global attention to the threat of antibiotic resistance has spurred research and development of antimicrobial alternatives. Once such alternative is bacteriophages. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect and kill bacteria. There are thousands of different types and they are so abundant in the environment – an estimated 1030 live on the planet – that... Continue Reading
Lydia's 10 Favorite Food Safety News Articles By Lydia Zuraw  Editor’s Note: Food Safety News Washington D.C. correspondent Lydia Zuraw for the past two and one half years will after today be found reporting for nonprofit Kaiser Health News. She was kind enough to leave us some departing thoughts on the work she did for our readers. —– During my time with Food Safety... Continue Reading
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So, when to prosecute and when to not? What are the criteria, if any, that the Justice Department now uses to decide to prosecute? For those that are prosecuted, does the punishment fit the crime? And, what happens when similar "crimes" are not prosecuted at all? We have just learned that Blue Bell is now... 
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) last 2015 warning letter for a food manufacturer went out Dec. 22nd to a seafood processor in the Bronx. The company, Uoya Inc, was warned about “serious violations” of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations. Uoya’s "Big Eye Tuna Loins," vacuum-packed farmed raw Yellowtail... 
