Sandra Eskin

Policy advocate with consumer protection focus on food safet5y. Award-winning children’s playwright. Tweets are my own.

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

How can @US_FDA help track foodborne illnesses?

📄1. Update list of foods subject to tracing
🖥️2. Use electronic records to help trace outbreaks
🪜3. Give smaller companies additional support

Read more from @pewhealth: https://t.co/ZNnX20BA5P

[Sue Urahn @SueUrahn]

I’m excited to now be part of the Twitter community, joining many of my @PewTrusts colleagues on the platform. I look forward to sharing thoughts about public policy, data on key global issues, science, and maybe the occasional post about dogs.

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

As I wrote last summer, solving this complex problem requires FDA leadership and coordinated actions by:
🥬 produce growers
🤠ranchers
🏛️state & local authorities w/ jurisdiction over land use
https://t.co/fSMMDktruV

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

"This finding draws our attention once again to the role that cattle grazing on agricultural lands near leafy greens fields could have on increasing the risk of produce contamination" - @FrankYiannasFDA

[Frank Yiannas @FrankYiannasFDA]

FDA has completed our investigation of the 2020 leafy greens E.coli outbreak and found the presence of a recurring outbreak strain on adjacent land. https://t.co/Zape7Fo07L

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

.@USDAFoodSafety should do more to reduce Salmonella infections linked to poultry. This petition helps start the conversation about ways the Biden administration can improve #foodsafety.👇

[Center for Science in the Public Interest @CSPI]

Today @CSPI, @ConsumerFed, @ConsumerReports, @Stopfoodillness and partners submitted a petition to @USDAFoodSafety to establish enforceable standards for #Salmonella and #Campylobacter in poultry and require supply chain standards. Learn more: https://t.co/HI1JaXF5O5

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

You may take probiotics or prebiotics to improve your own health. Did you know that they could also help reduce the risk of Salmonella in chicken products? Read more here: https://t.co/M1mCTDPmzv @pewhealth

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

#FSMA was a big victory for public health. Thanks to FDA and food producers for making it work.

[Frank Yiannas @FrankYiannasFDA]

Ten years ago today, on Jan 4, 2011, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law. Over the past decade, we have finalized seven foundational rules outlining risk-based preventive measures to further protect consumers. https://t.co/PyHYyfRLU9

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

📈transparency for public health👍

[Frank Yiannas @FrankYiannasFDA]

Today, we are releasing a new tool to communicate foodborne illness outbreak information frequently and as soon as the FDA begins an outbreak investigation – prior to a public health advisory or recall of a certain food product being issued. https://t.co/C98vW9BQwR

[Pew Health @pewhealth]

Each year, Salmonella in food infects 1 million Americans.

Evidence-based practices, like those Wayne Farms has adopted, can help reduce Salmonella contamination in poultry products. https://t.co/99DoFdZ2JU

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

Practices that reduce #Salmonella in poultry flocks are “well worth it,” explains the food safety chief for one the largest U.S. chicken producers. https://t.co/bNTogA0kjp #foodsafety

[Frank Yiannas @FrankYiannasFDA]

FDA, @CDCgov, state/local partners are investigating two outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses. We don’t know what food is getting people sick or if it involves an FDA-regulated food. However, we’ve seen similar E. coli strains in recent outbreaks. https://t.co/rBaNqo8GGr

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

Improved coordination and communication of surveillance data on contamination and illnesses would help poultry companies and other food producers continuously calibrate their food safety practices from farm to fork. https://t.co/3xmYz5pJD3

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

The U.S. needs a more aggressive & effective strategy to fight #Salmonella in food—particularly poultry—so Pew was eager to comment on @USDAFoodSafety’s new “Roadmap to Reducing Salmonella.” [thread]
https://t.co/Sqkio8I5a2

[Sandra Eskin @safefoodsandy]

3. FSIS should work with other agencies and industry to expand pathogen surveillance and explore new strategies to maximize data collection through #FoodNet, #NARMS, inspection activities, and proprietary and private laboratory data.

[The Pew Trusts @pewtrusts]

Vaccines for chickens and turkeys have helped reduce human Salmonella infections.

We can build on these gains if:
👩‍🌾 More farms use them
💉 @USDA & industry support vaccine development
🐔 Retailers require that poultry suppliers vaccinate birds
https://t.co/hRRmI1uCBn