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Letter to OIRA re USDA proposal to 'modernize' the poultry inspection system
Type: Letters to Agencies (April 9, 2013)
PDF: Letter to OIRA re USDA proposal to 'modernize' the poultry inspection system.
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor, Michael Patoka
Tags: food safety poultry
Categories: Consumer Protection Consumer Protection

Comments to the FDA on preventive controls for human food production

Comments from several CPR Members Scholars and staff to the FDA on preventive controls for human food production, November 15, 2013
Type: Letters to Agencies (Nov. 15, 2013)
PDF: Comments to the FDA on preventive controls for human food production, November 15, 2013
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Author(s): Lisa Heinzerling, Thomas McGarity, Sidney Shapiro, Rena Steinzor, Michael Patoka
Tags: food safety cost-benefit
Categories: Consumer Protection Consumer Protection Regulatory Policy Regulatory Policy

Mad Cow 'Firewalls' Just a Smokescreen

Writing on the Center for American Progress website, Tom McGarity observes that seven months into the discovery of Mad Cow disease in a Washington state cattle herd, it's time for the Bush Department of Agriculture to have a comprehensive plan. But the so-called "firewalls" it touts are more about public relations than food safety.
Type: Op-Eds (July 22, 2004)
PDF: Mad Cow Firewalls Just a Smokescreen
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Author(s): Thomas McGarity
Tags: mad cow food safety
Categories: Consumer Protection Consumer Protection

Food Safety’s Criminal State of Mind

Writing for Food Safety News, Rena Steinzor describes an effort by corporate heavyweights to scuttle the "responsible corporate officer" doctrine established by the Supreme Court, which seeks to hold to hold executives accountable for harm done by dangerous food or products, if the executives failed to take sufficient care to ensure safety.
Type: Op-Eds (Jan. 6, 2016)
PDF: Food Safety’s Criminal State of Mind
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Author(s): Rena Steinzor
Tags: food safety
Categories: Consumer Protection Consumer Protection