With economic pressures, more food safety stuff gets farmed out to others. Whether enough food safety expertise remains in the company selling the product is questionable. Canwest News Service reported of the DeGroot children, Johnny, now 9, and sister Jessica, 6, of Waterford, Ontario, who are still battling parasites the family believes are linked to juice they consumed.

Bobby Krishna reports from Khartoum, Suda, where he is attending the first Sudan international food safety conference.

Some form of direct observation is the only way to do meaningful food safety behavior research, and the phrase, consumer food safety education, should be banned.

Or at least try something new – the stuff that is out there just doesn’t work.

A majority of consumers read food labels and are increasingly aware of the link between good nutrition and reducing the risk of disease, according to the latest survey of dietary habits released today by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.