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Food Safety News

Daily online newspaper dedicated to reporting on issues surrounding food safety.
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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 06:59:07

NSAC Outlines Approach for Amending S. 510

Posted on February 19, 2010
A key coalition in the sustainable agriculture community has announced a more specific, multifaceted approach for influencing the pending Senate food safety reform bill. Yesterday, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) issued a constituent update outlining top areas of concern and amendments to fix what the group calls "very glaring problems...

Cargill Admits Liability in E. coli Case

Posted on February 19, 2010
According to KARE 11 News in Minneapolis, MN, the Minnesota company accused of producing contaminated meat that left a former dance instructor paralyzed has admitted fault in the case. In documents filed earlier this month in a federal lawsuit, Cargill says it manufactured and sold a product that contained E...

Red Pepper Suspected in Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on February 18, 2010
Crushed red pepper may have been an accomplice to black pepper in the Salmonella outbreak that continues to befuddle food safety authorities in the United States.That concern has for the third time led Rhode Island-based Daniele Inc. to expand its ongoing recall of ready-to-eat meats...

Incident Highlights Shared Kitchen Concerns

Posted on February 18, 2010
In Chicago, food intended for public consumption must be prepared in a licensed kitchen. In this economy it is very difficult for entrepreneurs to make an investment in a commercial kitchen so shared incubators or kitchens are one creative, cost-effective answer...

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Canada Joins U.S. Action Against Pest

Posted on February 18, 2010
Starting next Wednesday, Canada will join the United States in imposing new import requirements for tomatoes so its distributors can continue to export to the U.S.At issue is a small moth that cut production, but generally speaking does not create a food safety problem...

Reaction: The Science Behind Salad Safety

Posted on February 18, 2010
Here, Trevor Suslow, Ph.D., shares his reaction to the recent Consumer Reports article Packaged Salad Can Contain High Levels of Bacteria. Suslow is a cooperative extension research specialist in postharvest quality and safety in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of California at Davis...

Survey: Consumers 'Highly Aware' of Food Safety

Posted on February 18, 2010
According to an ongoing study, food safety concern is influencing choices consumers make at the supermarket.The study--which is being conducted by Michigan State University (MSU) on behalf of DNV, a company that offers food safety solutions--found that consumers are highly aware of food safety issues and have "a high recognition of third party certification as an effective signal of food safety assurance...

China Says Most Melamine Milk Destroyed

Posted on February 17, 2010
According to Chinese food safety officials, most of the 170 tons of melamine-tainted milk products, which had been repackaged and put back into commerce, have now been removed and destroyed."Due to early discovery and timely check, as of now, most of the tainted milk products have been recalled and destroyed, and none has entered the market or been exported," said the National Food Safety Rectification Office in a statement...

CDC Adds To Outbreak Count

Posted on February 17, 2010
In its 11th update since the nationwide Salmonella outbreak went public on Jan. 22, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta Tuesday added five cases to its count, bringing the total infected to 230.That was up from 225 reported Feb...

BPI to Post Pathogen Test Results Online

Posted on February 17, 2010
Beef Products Inc. (BPI), the pioneer of ammonia-treated beef, announced on Friday it intends to begin posting all E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella test results online."We intend to put in place a system that will allow everyone to have access to BPI test data for E...

Kellogg's Warned Over Listeria in Eggo Plant

Posted on February 17, 2010
Sometimes you just want to put a problem behind you, but it just sticks around like duct tape.A new "Warning Letter" from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to the Kellogg's Company raises questions about whether the Listeria problem at its Atlanta Eggo plant is truly resolved...

Mass Makes Restaurant Food Safety Priority

Posted on February 17, 2010
This spring, health authorities in the state of Massachusetts will enact regulations that would require restaurant staff and their menus to address diner allergies to foods such as nuts, dairy products, and other ingredients that cause adverse reactions...

Colbert Discusses Illness, Factory Farms

Posted on February 16, 2010
Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Eating Animals, discussed the high incidence of foodborne illness and the state of American agriculture on The Colbert Report last week."Why should I become a vegetarian? What is wrong with the meat, sir?" satirical host, Stephen Colbert asked Foer...

Smoke-Flavored Foods May Be Toxic

Posted on February 16, 2010
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says one of the flavorings used to give a smoked flavor to meat and cheese may be toxic to humans.Smoke flavorings can be added to foods to give them a "smoked" flavor, as an alternative to traditional smoking...

Video Used as Food Safety Tool by SD Co.

Posted on February 16, 2010
Four years ago when Dakota Provisions built its $120 million meat-processing plant on a 114-acre site near Huron, South Dakota, its No. 1 objective was to lead the industry in food safety, according to the company's website.The plant, which harvests, debones and cooks turkeys, has the capacity for 8 million live turkeys per year and produces a complete line of fully cooked turkey, pork, beef, and chicken products...

Michigan Food Safety Center to Receive $8M

Posted on February 16, 2010
The President's 2011 federal budget was amended to include an $8 million request to fund the International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI), Congressman Mark Schauer (D-MI) announced yesterday.The request is significantly greater than the $1 million approved in the 2010 federal budget, and will allow IFPTI to greatly expand its current training initiatives...

Cargill Adds 'Set of Eyes' for Food Safety

Posted on February 16, 2010
Cargill's Feb. 9 announcement that it will be using a third-party remote video auditing program to monitor food safety practices at its beef processing plants in Fresno, Calif. and Milwaukee, Wisconsin comes as good news to food safety advocates, consumer watchdogs, and beef producers...

Who Benefits From Raw Milk?

Posted on February 15, 2010
April 2009, eleven Colorado residents develop Campylobacter infections after consuming raw milk sold through a cow share program. September 2009, thirty-five Wisconsin residents develop Campylobacter infections after consuming raw milk sold through a cow share program...

Jambalaya: A Fat Tuesday Treat

Posted on February 15, 2010
Just as there is no set standard list of ingredients that must be included in jambalaya, even the dish's origins are open to speculation. Some cookbooks--many, actually--suggest it has French roots. The French word for ham is jambon which sounds like...

EU To Hold BPA Summit

Posted on February 15, 2010
Food safety watch dog, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), is inviting a group of national experts from EU Member states to a top level summit on bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is an industrial chemical used to make polycarbonate plastic resins, epoxy resins, and other chemicals...

FSIS Curious, Not Too Curious

Posted on February 15, 2010
When tests for the deadly E. coli O157:H7 pathogen come back with positive results, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) makes sure the product does not reach consumers, but that's about it.Nobody tracks down the source of contamination or figures out if there might be additional meat that is contaminated and making its way to consumers...

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)

Posted on February 14, 2010
As part of the 2010 Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance, Symposium 5 brought together experts in the area of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). An MRSA bacterium can cause infections in the blood, heart and bones of people with reduced immunity or during the use of drips and catheters...

Anthrax Links Heroin Deaths In UK & Germany

Posted on February 14, 2010
The deaths of two heroin users, a recent one in England and another one last December in Germany, may be linked by anthrax.Tests carried out at the United Kingdom's Health Protection Agency (HPA) and Germany's Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and Friedrich-Loeffler Institute (FLI) on the strain of anthrax isolated from a heroin user who died in Germany in mid December have shown it is indistinguishable from strains isolated from as many as 19 anthrax cases in Scotland...

Letter From The Editor: Other E. coli Strains

Posted on February 14, 2010
S.T.O.P. stands for Safe Tables Our Priority, a food safety advocacy group led by parents of children who've died from foodborne illnesses.Parents who have lost children deliver a powerful impact. Last week, S.T.O.P. went public with a plea to the U...

A Safe and Sustainable Valentine's Day

Posted on February 14, 2010
A Valentine's Day Treat: Sustainable food advocate and accomplished chef, Nora Pouillon shares her thoughts on safe foodOn the tail of another troubling slew of food recalls we come upon everyone's favorite Hallmark holiday, Valentine's Day. In the Washington, DC area, no restaurant exemplifies safe food better than Restaurant Nora...

4.9 Million Pounds of Meat Added to E. coli Recall

Posted on February 14, 2010
In another weekend recall announcement, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reported yesterday that Southern California-based Huntington Meat Packing Inc. has dramatically expanded its January 18th recall over E. coli O157:H7 concerns.The Class I recall now includes approximately 4...

Red Darla Cheese Recall For Listeria

Posted on February 13, 2010
Red Darla cheese is one of those locavore products that has a unique distribution chain. It's made its way from the Estrella Family Creamery at Montesano, WA to Farmer's Markets in Seattle's U District and Ballard neighborhoods.The Montesano creamery also has its own retail store, which supplied Red Darla cheese to other retail stores in the Seattle-Tacoma...

Pet Food Recall Prompts Change

Posted on February 13, 2010
A customer complaint had led a pet food company to discover its product might be contaminated with Salmonella and prompted it to adopt a "test and hold" policy so it does not happen again.Chicken Formula Raw Frozen Diet for dogs and cats has been recalled by Nature's Variety for possible Salmonella contamination that was discovered by a customer...

Salmonella Problem At Ralcorp Bakery

Posted on February 13, 2010
The rapidly growing St. Louis-based Ralcorp Holdings Inc., which through acquisitions and sales growth is nearing the $4 billion annual revenue mark, has a problem.It appears that one of the Bloomfield Bakery operations Ralcorp now owns, either the 155,000 square foot bakery in Azusa, CA or the 80,000 square foot operation in Los Alamitos, CA, has turned out granola bars that are contaminated with Salmonella...

Another Suit Filed Against Fairbank Farms

Posted on February 13, 2010
Another lawsuit has been filed in the Fairbank Farms E. coli O157:H7 outbreak, this time on behalf of Alice Smith. The suit was filed by Marler Clark, the Seattle-based foodborne illness law firm. According to the lawsuit, Ms. Smith purchased beef produced by Fairbank Farms at Shaw's grocery store in Portland, Maine in mid-September 2009, and consumed the product in late October...

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