Comments on: Can food products be traced? Not easily. http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/04/can-food-products-be-traced-not-easily/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:20:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anton Xavier http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/04/can-food-products-be-traced-not-easily/comment-page-1/#comment-15050 Anton Xavier Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:29:41 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1261#comment-15050 I have posted a response at the link below. It was too long for this comment. In summary: I believe that FDA statuatory authority may take time and that presssure of public opinion fueled by social media may be a more effective way to get manufacturers practicing better food safety. http://blog.foodessentials.com/other-information/general/can-food-products-be-traced-a-response/ Anton Xavier CEO foodessentials.com I have posted a response at the link below. It was too long for this comment. In summary:

I believe that FDA statuatory authority may take time and that presssure of public opinion fueled by social media may be a more effective way to get manufacturers practicing better food safety.

http://blog.foodessentials.com/other-information/general/can-food-products-be-traced-a-response/

Anton Xavier
CEO foodessentials.com

]]> By: Marion http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/04/can-food-products-be-traced-not-easily/comment-page-1/#comment-15010 Marion Thu, 09 Apr 2009 20:15:59 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1261#comment-15010 @ Chelsea--I wrote Pet Food Politics as a cautionary tale that if we didn't clean up the food safety system, these things would affect human food and would continue to happen. It's awful to be right all the time, but there you have it. I see the peanut butter recall as identical to the pet food recalls and proving my case. It's too early to see how the Obama administration will deal with such things and I will leave that book for someone else to write. I've got two books in the works as it is and that's all I can manage for now. But thanks for suggesting! @ Chelsea–I wrote Pet Food Politics as a cautionary tale that if we didn’t clean up the food safety system, these things would affect human food and would continue to happen. It’s awful to be right all the time, but there you have it. I see the peanut butter recall as identical to the pet food recalls and proving my case. It’s too early to see how the Obama administration will deal with such things and I will leave that book for someone else to write. I’ve got two books in the works as it is and that’s all I can manage for now. But thanks for suggesting!

]]> By: Chelsea http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/04/can-food-products-be-traced-not-easily/comment-page-1/#comment-15005 Chelsea Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:54:06 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1261#comment-15005 Would you consider doing a book about the peanut butter recalls? I know that Pet Food Politics underscored a lot about the recall system and the FDA's ineffectiveness, but I would be interested in reading a PB recall -based book concerning the Obama administration's outlook on food policy and the ways we could start tracing supply chains (such as the editorial in NY Times suggesting more technologically advanced methods). Would you consider doing a book about the peanut butter recalls? I know that Pet Food Politics underscored a lot about the recall system and the FDA’s ineffectiveness, but I would be interested in reading a PB recall -based book concerning the Obama administration’s outlook on food policy and the ways we could start tracing supply chains (such as the editorial in NY Times suggesting more technologically advanced methods).

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