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Hummus Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Posted on July 27, 2010
The California Department of Public Health is warning consumers not to eat Raquel's brand hummus salads, wraps, sandwiches, and other food items (pdf) since the products could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is especially dangerous for pregnant women, young children, and the elderly...

Turkish Food Safety Control Results Released

Posted on July 27, 2010
Food safety controls testing Conducted last year by the Turkish Agriculture Ministry in line with EU food regulations showed that 5.28 percent of the analyzed products yielded "negative" results, and 4.42 percent turned out to contain pesticide residue...

Measuring Pathogens in Poultry

Posted on July 27, 2010
Shouldn't we test for pathogens closer to where the public actually buys their meat and poultry?In one of his periodic Meatingplace.com blogs (subscription required). Dr. Richard Raymond made a statement about testing poultry parts for pathogens that is stunning in its simplicity...

Hepatitis A Settlement May be Near in Quad Cities

Posted on July 27, 2010
When you are exposed to a virus like Hepatitis A, you are going to lose some time and maybe experience some pain in getting a shot to inoculate yourself against the virus. More than 5,300 people took such preventive steps last year after they ate at a Milan, IL McDonald's where employees were found exposing customers to Hepatitis A...

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Schlosser Urges Senate to Act on S. 510

Posted on July 27, 2010
Eric Schlosser, author of best-selling Fast Food Nation and co-producer of Oscar-nominated Food, Inc., penned an op-ed in last Sunday's New York Times urging the Senate to move on pending food safety legislation.Schlosser describes the public health impact of contaminated food...

Food Posters on Display at National Ag Library

Posted on July 27, 2010
When Beans Were Bullets, an exhibit of food and agriculture posters from World Wars I and II is on display at USDA's National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland through August 30. The featured posters--which delve into a wide variety of issues, ranging from food rationing to food safety--examine the evolution of poster styles, propaganda messages, and advertising history during the two time periods...

Singapore Suspends Sales by Major Egg Supplier

Posted on July 26, 2010
The Singapore Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority suspended sales from the N&N Agriculture Farm after a routine July 17 inspection found residue of the antibiotic doxycycline in the eggs.All eggs produced by N&N are currently being detained, and will be destroyed under the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority's supervision...

New Zealand Food Bill Moves Forward

Posted on July 26, 2010
A new Food Bill introduced in New Zealand to update the Food Act 1981, which has not been updated for 30 years, passed its first reading with unanimous support and will go to select committee, according to New Zealand Minister for Food Safety, Kate Wilkinson...

Changes for Mobile Food Vendors in Austin

Posted on July 26, 2010
Late Thursday afternoon, Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services subcommittee members approved new regulations to regulate an industry that has doubled in popularity during the past four years. Mobile food vendors are now facing tougher regulations in the city of Austin, Texas...

First Lady: Gulf Seafood 'Safe to Eat'

Posted on July 26, 2010
In an effort to bolster an embattled Gulf coast economy, First Lady Michelle Obama joined the chorus of Administration officials assuring the safety of Gulf seafood in a speech Friday."We're all relieved that the leak appears to have been stopped for now," said Mrs...

Publisher's Platform

Posted on July 26, 2010
Has the nail been driven into the coffin of the conventional wisdom that grass-fed beef is safer than grain-fed beef?In 2008 I posted "Grass-Fed vs Grain-Fed Beef and the Holy Grail: A Literature Review," in which I raised the question if grass-fed beef is safer that grain-fed, on my blog...

How Goes Peak E. coli Season?

Posted on July 26, 2010
Four years ago, there were almost no recalls of beef for E. coli O157:H7 contamination and later the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta reported on a big drop in illnesses from the pathogen.Just a year later, in 2007, the number of E...

Hospitals Take Meat with Antibiotics off Menus

Posted on July 26, 2010
The Northwest Side hospital in Chicago is one of 300 across the nation that have pledged to improve the quality and sustainability of the food served for the health of patients and the health of the environment and the U.S. population, reported the Chicago Tribune...

One-Third of Closed Gulf Fishing Area Reopened

Posted on July 26, 2010
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association announced last week that it was reopening one-third of previously closed Gulf of Mexico fishing waters since no oil had been observed in the area for over 30 days. The 26,388 square miles of the Gulf was reopened to both commercial and recreational fishing on Thursday under a re-opening protocol agreed to by NOAA, the U...

Letter From The Editor: Your Comments

Posted on July 25, 2010
A couple weeks ago in this space, Food Safety News recognized the contribution being made by our summer interns.This week we'd like to recognize another group of contributors--those of you who choose to share your comments with our readers. We know that comments create their own readers, and we are not just talking about when there is a verbal duel underway between Harry Hamil and "Doc Mudd"...

Liquid Mercury Found in Greatwall Lunchmeat

Posted on July 24, 2010
A consumer complaint led to the July 20 discovery of liquid mercury in a can of Greatwall brand Chopped Pork and Ham by the Center for Food Safety in Hong Kong.The Hong Kong distributor of the canned luncheon meat recalled 1,000 cartons of the product (48,000 cans)...

The Five-Second Rule: Fact or Fiction?

Posted on July 24, 2010
Whether you abide by the five-second rule, seven-second rule or five hour rule you may want to consider new research completed by Clemson University scientist Paul Dawson. He and his students recently published a study (pdf) in the Applied Journal of Microbiology delving into the science behind the infamous five-second rule...

Elton John Postpones Concert Due To Illness

Posted on July 23, 2010
Elton John, suffering from a bout of food poisoning, postponed Wednesday night's concert at the Tucson Arena. The Arizona Daily Star reported the show, which was nearly sold out, was rescheduled for Thursday night. According to a spokeswoman for the Tucson Convention Center, all of the 8,800 tickets purchased for Wednesday were honored on Thursday...

Canada's Listeria Scare Over Deli Meat Expands

Posted on July 23, 2010
The original July 20 public warning has now been expanded in Canada to include additional recalled products, best before codes, and distribution for the affected products.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Dats D�li Europ�en are warning the public not to consume the meat products described below because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes...

Second Brand of Headcheese Recalled in Canada

Posted on July 23, 2010
A second brand of headcheese is being recalled in Canada for possible Salmonella contamination. It follows an outbreak of rare Salmonella Chester in British Columbia that was associated with another brand of headcheese.Headcheese is a deli product made from meat from the head of a pig with a mix of gelatin and spices...

A Summer with Less E. coli?

Posted on July 23, 2010
At the risk of jinxing the apparent success, it is worthy of note that, excluding the recent problem with bison meat, ground beef and other beef products have been conspicuously absent from the news this summer. This is a significant step for an industry that collectively recalled millions of pounds of meat products in 2007, 2008, and 2009 due to E...

Survey Shows Consumer Attitudes Toward Food

Posted on July 23, 2010
In early July the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation released its 2010 Food & Health Survey: Consumer Attitudes Toward Food Safety, Nutrition and Health (pdf). This is the foundation's fifth annual study gaining additional insight into the attitudes, opinions, and beliefs of American consumers...

Report: Imported Catfish Human Health Risk

Posted on July 23, 2010
A new report from Exponent Inc.'s Center for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety is adding new fuel to the debate over catfish import safety. According to the report, eating contaminated catfish imported from Vietnam and China could have "serious long-term human health consequences...

South Dakota Law to Ensure Farmers Market Safety

Posted on July 23, 2010
Beginning July 1, local South Dakota food vendors that work out of their home kitchens and not commercial kitchens are now required to label their products with ingredients, contact information, and submit their recipes for testing to help ensure better safety...

"Pickled Eggs" Problem For Knott's

Posted on July 22, 2010
Knott's Wholesale Foods Inc. has been making "pickled eggs" for the past 63 years, but now they've got only until the end of the month to do some explaining to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).Then Paris, TN-based business that was started by Cedric and Mildred Knox in a small home kitchen in 1947, making sandwiches and salads, received a July 15 warning letter for its "pickled eggs"...

More Safe to Eat off Toilet Seat than Office Desk

Posted on July 22, 2010
According to the germ-busting microbiologist, Charles Gerba of the University of Arizona, you're safer to eat your lunch off a toilet seat than the average office desk. He advises not to eat in either place and to regularly sanitize hands and disinfect surfaces...

Study: Feedlot Beef 'Greener' than Grass-Fed

Posted on July 22, 2010
According to a University of New South Wales study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, Beef produced in feedlots has a smaller carbon footprint than meat raised exclusively on pastures. The study also found that the greenhouse gas impact of Australian beef and sheep meat production is equal to or lower than that of livestock raised in many countries...

FDA Joins Effort to Improve Chemical Screening

Posted on July 22, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) joined a multiagency effort this week to improve the federal government's ability to predict how chemicals will affect human health and the environment.Earlier this week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Toxicology Program (NTP), and the National Institute of Health Chemical Genomics Center welcomed the FDA to the so-called Tox21 collaboration...

U.S. Poultry Given OK for Russian Export

Posted on July 22, 2010
U.S. poultry processors have been given the green light from federal officials to begin shipping poultry to Russia, after a six month ban, but conversion to antimicrobial treatments that are acceptable to the country may take some time, Meatingplace reported yesterday...

UK Food Standards Agency Loses Duties, Survives

Posted on July 22, 2010
David Cameron, the United Kingdom's new Premier was making his first official visit to the White House, when a "written Prime Ministerial Statement" was released back in London.In the July 20 statement, the UK's new coalition government announced it would retain the independent Food Safety Agency with "a renewed focus on food safety...

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