As reported  by Food Safety News, last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  released an Executive Incident Summary from a foodborne outbreak investigation. The report was likely intended to demonstrate the agency’s commitment to “radical transparency.” Unfortunately, the document was so heavily redacted (see here ) that it achieved the opposite: opacity rather than transparency. As released, it offers little practical value to the industry and does almost nothin

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Straight Talk. People Led. Science Based. Technology Enabled. The vision of this podcast is to elevate the global conversation on food safety by combining scientific rigor, real-world leadership experience, and forward-looking, creative thinking - sparking solutions that protect public health, strengthen systems, and inspire collective action. Why This Podcast - and Why Now Food safety awareness is at an all-time high, there's an almost daily drumbeat of outbreaks and recalls