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Food Safety News

Daily online newspaper dedicated to reporting on issues surrounding food safety.
By Dan Flynn and Suzanna Schreck

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 06:59:07

Hong Kong Studies Cuisines Popular With Visitors

Posted on August 31, 2010
Hong Kong gets 30 million visitors a year, and they remain in the city for an average of 3.2 nights. Most of those visitors try Chinese regional cuisines sometime during their visit.Because the food is so popular, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) opted to turn its surveillance on the regional cuisines...

$300 Fine for Abusing Slaughterhouse Animals

Posted on August 31, 2010
Judge E.W. Coward of Canada's Lethbridge Provincial Court in southern Alberta has given local resident Andrew McMillan until Oct. 14 to pay a $300 fine.McMillan pleaded guilty on July 28 to one count of violating section 62(1) of the Meat Inspection Regulations, meaning he committed an offense under Section 21(3) of Canada's Meat Inspection Act...

Product Traceability Key to Protecting Public

Posted on August 31, 2010
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) said the recent recall of over a half-million eggs highlights the crucial need for effective product tracing systems. The IFT said a product tracing system would make it possible to identify foodborne illness outbreaks earlier as well as contain the outbreak faster...

Area off Louisiana Open to Fishing

Posted on August 31, 2010
Going into last weekend federal waters off the coast of Louisiana were re-opened to commercial and recreational fishing.NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service removed 4,281 square miles of federal waters from the fish closure area of the Gulf of Mexico...

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FDA Finds 'Objectionable Conditions' at Egg Farms

Posted on August 31, 2010
Flies "too numerous to count," rodents, wild birds, maggots, and open piles of manure four to eight feet high were among the observations released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration yesterday, illustrating "significant objectionable conditions" at two Iowa egg farms responsible for the recent recall of over half a billion eggs...

Umpqua Dairy Products Back on Shelves

Posted on August 30, 2010
Umpqua Dairy President Doug Feldkamp said workers inside the Roseburg dairy milk processing plant have finished cleaning equipment for dairy product packaging that has been linked to a Salmonella outbreak. Before production can resume at the plant, Oregon health officials are waiting on test results to ensure the plant is safe...

Seafood HACCP Snags Malaysian Fish Importer

Posted on August 30, 2010
To import fish to the United States, a Malaysian company recently shared all of its seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan and supporting documents with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.When FDA got through grading those papers, GroPoint Fisheries failed...

Philadelphia Cupcake Truck Confiscated

Posted on August 30, 2010
According to the Department of Licenses and Inspections in Philadelphia, a woman known as "the cupcake lady" had her converted mail truck seized last week after not having a proper permit to be running her small vending operation in the University City neighborhood...

Publisher's Platform: Magic Wand

Posted on August 30, 2010
What if I had a food safety magic wand?The other morning when I was prepping in another studio to talk with another cable channel about yet another food crisis--this time the recall of a half of a billion Salmonella-tainted eggs that had already sickened at least 1,400--I was asked by a young producer, "Attorney Marler, if you had a magic wand, what would you do to make food safer?"My first thought (to myself) was, "How the hell do I know, I'm just an ambulance chasing barracuda looking to destroy some poor helpless food manufacturing corporation that just poisoned a bunch of people, cost retail chains hundreds of millions of dollars in recall costs, and damaged its entire sector's image and sales?"But then I thought some more...

European Agency Assesses Allergens in GMOs

Posted on August 30, 2010
The European Food Safety Authority's Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) Panel has adopted a scientific opinion to determine the potential for an allergic reaction by genetically modified plants and microorganisms and derived food and feed. EFSA wants to ensure that its risk assessment reflects the most current scientific data and addresses the widest range of concerns from various groups...

USDA E. coli Policy Questioned After Beef Recall

Posted on August 30, 2010
Late Friday night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Cargill Inc. was recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination.According to the USDA, two E. coli illnesses in Maine and one in New York prompted the recall...

Monopoly Practices Divide Rural America

Posted on August 30, 2010
FORT COLLINS, CO--The joint Department of Justice/USDA workshop that was held here was a day-long demonstration of how rural America's views are widely differing when it comes to whether there is too much private contracting going on in the marketing and production of livestock and poultry...

GM Salmon Up For Debate

Posted on August 30, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently announced that the agency will hold two public meetings on AquAdvantage Salmon, a genetically modified (GM) Atlantic salmon intended to be used for food, on September 19-21, 2010. According to an announcement, the FDA Veterinary Medicine Advisory Committee will address science-based issues associated with AquaBounty Technologies' application for approval of AquAdvantage Salmon during these meetings...

E. coli O26 Illnesses Spark Ground Beef Recall

Posted on August 29, 2010
Late Friday night, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Cargill Inc. is recalling about 8,500 pounds of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination.According to the USDA, two E. coli illnesses in Maine and one in New York prompted the recall...

Letter from the Editor: Antitrust

Posted on August 29, 2010
As the joint DOJ/USDA workshop on antitrust issues in the meat industry got underway in Fort Collins, CO Friday morning, Attorney General Eric Holder said something that caught my attention.These hearings are about concentration in the beef and pork industries, and about whether the four ownership groups that control more than 80 percent or so of the meatpacking business are being fair to farmers and ranchers in rural America...

Mamey Fruiti Pops Recalled for Salmonella

Posted on August 28, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced yesterday that Santa Fe Springs, CA-based Fruiti Pops, Inc. was recalling its Fruiti Pops 4 oz. Mmaey frozen fruit bars due to potential contamination with Salmonella Typhi. No illnesses have been reported in connection with the Fruiti Pops Mamey fruit bars, but the products are being recalled because they were made with frozen mamey pulp produced by Goya Foods, Inc...

Cheese Recalled for Listeria, Staph Contamination

Posted on August 28, 2010
The Morningland Dairy in Mountain View, Missouri, recalled cheese products after tests conducted on cheese distributed to a California retailer tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. According to a press release from the Missouri Agriculture Department, production and distribution from the Morningland Dairy has been suspended until the source of contamination can be determined and further contamination can be prevented...

Ten Most Germy Places In The Home

Posted on August 28, 2010
The average human hand harbors around 150 species of bacteria, most of which are healthy and natural. Germs are all around us, and homes are an ideal nesting ground for different types of germs, both the good and the bad. Scientists agree that there are a number of places in your home that hold significantly more bacteria than others, and these places deserve extra attention...

Kowalcyk Awarded LennonOno Grant For Peace

Posted on August 27, 2010
Yoko Ono announced yesterday that the Center for Foodborne Illness Research and Prevention's Barbara Kowalcyk, who was featured in the 2009 documentary Food Inc., will be awarded the LennonOno Grant for Peace at an awards ceremony to be held in Iceland in October...

UK Updates Food Hygiene Rating Scheme

Posted on August 27, 2010
The United Kingdom's Food Standards Agency has written to all local authorities in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland to inform them of an update to the Food Hygiene Rating System.The Food Hygiene Rating System helps consumers choose which eateries to go to and which grocery stores to shop at by providing information about the hygiene standards in restaurants, pubs, cafes, takeaways, hotels, supermarkets, and other food establishments...

Michigan Sandwich Maker Gets FDA Warning Letter

Posted on August 27, 2010
A Michigan food processing facility is manufacturing tuna salad sandwiches without having a seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.In a recently released June 2 warning letter sent to Fiesta Gourmet, located in Dearborn, FDA said the failure by a processor of fish or fishery products to have and implement a HACCP plan renders the fish or fishery products produced in the facility to be considered "adulterated" under provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act...

Food Colors: A Spectrum of Thoughts

Posted on August 27, 2010
When I think of food colors, I instantly think of baking cookies with my mom and sisters during the holidays as a kid. My sisters and I would always get into fights over who got to squeeze the brightly colored tubes of food coloring into the batter...

$12 Million Settlement Recommended in Peanut Case

Posted on August 27, 2010
A federal judge is recommending the approval of a $12 million settlement to compensate those sickened and the families of people killed in the 2009 nationwide Salmonella outbreak linked to peanuts and peanut products sold by Peanut Corporation of America...

Massive Egg Recall Prompts Hearing on Food Safety

Posted on August 27, 2010
Massive Egg Recall Prompts Hearing on Federal Food Safety SystemHouse Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Subcommittee Chairman Bart Stupak (D-MI) yesterday announced that the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing on Sept...

FDA Salmonella Tests Link 2 Iowa Farms to Outbreak

Posted on August 27, 2010
FDA Investigators Find Salmonella Linking Iowa Farms to Outbreak, CDC Reports Jump in Illnesses Food and Drug Administration officials said yesterday their preliminary investigation has identified Salmonella-positive samples, linking two Iowa farms to a multi-state Salmonella outbreak and half-billion egg recall...

Nevada Assemblyman Proposes Food Tax

Posted on August 26, 2010
Most Americans have suffered in one way or another from the recent economic downturn, but money problems don't just apply to citizens. An overwhelming number of state governments are facing record budget deficits this year. Nevada is projected to be about $3 billion short for the state's 2-year budget cycle that begins July 1, 2011...

Amish Butter Products Risk Deadly Pathogen Growth

Posted on August 26, 2010
An Ohio food manufacturing facility making low-acid Sweet Potato Butter and Pumpkin Butter is risking the growth of pathogenic microorganisms that could lead to deadly botulism, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in an Aug. 13 warning letter to the company...

High Antibiotic Levels Found in NY Veal Calves

Posted on August 26, 2010
An upstate New York dairy farm is selling bob veal calves with levels of the antibiotics Tetracycline and Penicillin in their edible tissues at levels that are higher than allowed for human consumption.Corscadden Family Farm, located on River Road near Richville, received an Aug...

Produce Traceability Initiative Seeks Input

Posted on August 26, 2010
The Produce Traceability Initiative is currently in the process of forming industry-led working groups to guide its future activities. The initiative was designed in order to help the produce industry maximize and improve traceback procedures and standardize industry-wide traceability practices...

USDA Encourages Schools to Improve Nutrition

Posted on August 26, 2010
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack encouraged schools throughout the country to participate in the Healthier US School Challenge this week. USDA created this initiative to recognize schools that that maintain a healthy school environment by improving meals, increasing physical activity and educating children on nutrition...

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