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Poisoned: A memorial and a call for courage in food safety

By Darin Detwiler on September 18, 2023

— OPINION —

Today, September 18, would be my son, Riley Detwiler’s 32nd birthday.  

Earlier this year, I had the privilege and heartache of being part of the recently released Netflix documentary, “Poisoned: The Dirty…

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Netflix documentary ‘Poisoned’ shows tragic truth about food safety in America

By Guest Opinion on August 21, 2023

— OPINION —

Editor’s note: This column was originally published by MEDPAGETODAY and is reposted here with permission.

In August 2006, Ruby Trautz of Omaha, Nebraska was the first person of several to die in…

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Misidentification increases the risk of poisoning as mushroom hunters head out to forage

By Jonan Pilet on October 28, 2022

It’s prime mushroom hunting time in much of the United States, but foragers need to have a keen eye or an expert opinion to avoid serious consequences.

A recent mushroom poisoning case in Massachusetts has…

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Remembering Kevin: There was no accountability

By Guest Contributor on August 12, 2022

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by The Ohio State University and is republished here with permission. The author is Barbara Kowalcyk, Kevin’s mother.

Kevin came into our lives early in the morning on…

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Consumer who fell ill after eating Daily Harvest tells her story

By Jonan Pilet on June 23, 2022

Sarah Schacht is part of a select group of people with the distinction of falling ill with E. coli in two separate outbreaks. First a victim in Seattle’s Jack in the Box E. coli outbreak…

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Salmonella potentially changed my granddaughter’s life

By Guest Contributor on May 13, 2022

Editor’s note: This essay was written as a Final Assignment for the Food Safety Litigation course at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville and was selected by the professors as one of the top essays in the …
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Publisher’s Platform: Your child should not get E. coli and kidney failure or die from eating a pizza

By Bill Marler on April 25, 2022

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Santé publique France reports that as of 13/04/2022, 53 confirmed cases have been identified, of which 51 are linked to O26 strains, and 2 to O103 strains. For 26 other cases of HUS and…
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Mother describes daughter’s near death from 2017 Tiger Brands Listeria outbreak

By Jonan Pilet on April 18, 2022

Five years ago, three-year-old Jordin Du Preez was fed a polony sandwich at her preschool. The Tiger Brand’s polony in the sandwich was contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and nearly killed Jordin and her classmates and …
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South African mother loses newborn to listeriosis in 2018 Tiger brand polony outbreak

By Jonan Pilet on January 10, 2022

“They took away something that I was waiting for almost eight years of my life.”

Over the course of their first eight years of marriage, South African Thenjiwe Dodo and her husband tried to have …
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Spanish poisoning survivors stage museum protest

By News Desk on October 22, 2021

A group of people affected by a large poisoning outbreak in Spain from adulterated olive oil several decades ago have tried to raise awareness of the incident, according to media reports.

Reuters reported the survivors…
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