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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

Experts Focus on Small Farm Food Safety in FL

Posted on August 20, 2010
Experts at the University of Florida are on a mission to help small farmers develop and implement on-farm food safety plans. The University's Small Farms Academy, part of the North Florida Research and Education Center, is hosting two workshops next week to work with farmers on food safety and record keeping practices meant to enhance both public health and sales, according to Bob Hochmuth, an extension agent based at the center...

Winnipeg E. coli Outbreak Linked to Folklorama

Posted on August 20, 2010
An outbreak of E. coli O157 in Winnipeg is being blamed on food eaten at a popular event known as Folklorama.Up to 16 Canadians were treated at Winnipeg area emergency rooms between Aug. 1 and 16 for E. coli symptoms. One case was confirmed.The investigation centers on potential exposure at the Russian pavilion during the now ended Folklorama...

Would You Like a Statin with That?

Posted on August 20, 2010
Authors of a study published in The American Journal of Cardiology last week concluded that consuming statins with a cheeseburger could neutralize the effects of fast food.The researchers from Imperial College London, led by Dr. Darrel Francis, stress they are not encouraging people to consume fast food regularly, but because many people fail to lead a healthy lifestyle, offering statins along with fast food could protect people from heart disease...

Oregon Dairy's Problem Might be in the Packaging

Posted on August 20, 2010
Product packaging--not its pasteurized dairy or juice products--appears to be to blame for the Salmonella Braenderup problem at Oregon's Umpqua Dairy.Umpqua Dairy of Roseburg began a mid-week recall of its milk, half and half, cream, and buttermilk and suspended its operations after the facility was linked to an Oregon Salmonella outbreak...

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Colbert Grills AMI on Meat Safety (Video)

Posted on August 20, 2010
American Meat Institute President J. Patrick Boyle brought meat regulatory issues into the spotlight on Comedy Central's Emmy-award winning Colbert Report Tuesday night. Boyle appeared on the show for part 12 of Stephen Colbert's "35,000-part series," dubbed "Know Your Lobby," which grills Washington lobbyists...

Tracing Your Food From Farm to Fork, Part V

Posted on August 20, 2010
Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?For years, the term "food traceability" has permeated the media, and there has been a greater emphasis on consumers' right to know where their food comes from. With the high profile of foodborne illness outbreaks that caused the infamous case of Stephanie Smith, a 22-year-old girl who was left paralyzed after eating an E...

Obama to Recess Appoint Dr. Hagen to USDA Post

Posted on August 20, 2010
President Obama announced yesterday his intent to circumvent the Senate and recess appoint Dr. Elisabeth Hagen to be Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a post charged with overseeing the safety of approximately 20 percent of the food supply...

1,300 Sick From Bad Eggs, CDC Says

Posted on August 20, 2010
The nationwide Salmonella outbreak associated with the recall of 380 million eggs from a single Iowa producer got bigger yesterday.And one of the nation's top food safety advocates predicted the outbreak "will likely grow over the coming weeks."In a media conference call, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta disclosed that between May and June about 1,300 people were infected with the acute bacterial infection known as Salmonellosis from the bad eggs...

Juice Maker Must Reduce Microorganism Count

Posted on August 19, 2010
A Bowling Green, KY juice maker is having trouble understanding how it can achieve a "5-log reduction in the pertinent microorganisms."In an Aug. 13 warning letter to Juice Pac Inc., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the juice processing facility must achieve the 5-log reduction in microorganisms in its juice concentrates...

USDA to Hold Public Meeting on Codex Standards

Posted on August 19, 2010
USDA to Hold Public Meeting on Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and VegetablesThe U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Food Safety yesterday announced a public meeting to receive comments on a draft U.S. position for the 25th session of the Codex Committee on Processed Fruits and Vegetables, the group responsible for setting worldwide standards for a variety of processed fruits and vegetables...

On Bears and Food Security Part V: The Solution

Posted on August 19, 2010
The solution:"Lasting success requires both HUMANS and BEARS to change their behaviors otherwise bears will continually get into trouble." --Southwest Alberta Bear Management ProgramI began this series because of a discussion the British Columbia Food Security Network was having about how to make bears and fruit trees get along...

Mexican Tariffs to Affect U.S. Pork Producers

Posted on August 19, 2010
U.S. pork exporters are criticizing an expected move by the Mexican government to include pork with many other products from the U.S. on which it will be imposing tariffs. According to Meatingplace, the tariffs are in retaliation for a cross-border trucking dispute...

Tracing Your Food From Farm to Fork, Part IV

Posted on August 19, 2010
Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?For years, the term "food traceability" has permeated the media, and there has been a greater emphasis on consumers' right to know where their food comes from. With the high profile of foodborne illness outbreaks that caused the infamous case of Stephanie Smith, a 22-year-old girl who was left paralyzed after eating an E...

USDA Encourages Americans to Know Their Farmers

Posted on August 19, 2010
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a new video this week in an effort to create economic opportunities in rural communities by promoting local and regional food systems.The video provides commentary from USDA Under Secretary Kathleen Merrigan encouraging the American public to research where their food comes from...

Bayer Agrees to Phase Out Harmful Pesticide

Posted on August 19, 2010
German pesticide producer Bayer AG has agreed to phase out production of the chemical aldicarb and discontinue its sale in the United States. This decision follows the release of a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which found that the chemical does not meet U...

152 Million More Eggs Recalled, Egg Co. Sued

Posted on August 19, 2010
Three hundred eighty million bad eggs will end up as the prime suspects in many a court case before this all over.That's the new number--380 million--after Iowa's Wright County Egg late Wednesday expanded its original Aug. 13 recall of 228 million eggs for possible Salmonella enteritidis contamination...

Allergy to Milk Brings Kroger Product Recall

Posted on August 18, 2010
Kroger and Contessa Premium Foods Inc. Tuesday recalled 24-ounce bags of Kroger brand Meals Made Simple Shrimp Linguini, because it contains undeclared milk product. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk products run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the product...

War Era Food & Ag Posters Exhibit Extended

Posted on August 18, 2010
Update: Exhibit at National Agriculture Library in Maryland Extended Into September, Set to Move to Washington, DC When Beans Were Bullets, an exhibit of food and agriculture posters from World Wars I and II on display at the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Library in Beltsville, Maryland is being extended...

China Clears Infant Formula in Early Puberty Scare

Posted on August 18, 2010
In response to another public relations crisis surrounding Chinese dairy products, Chinese health officials released a report claiming that locally made milk formula was not to blame for early puberty in baby girls.The Chinese Ministry of Health's report stated that no link was found between the use of infant formula and reports by families claiming that after using the product their infant daughters had grown breasts...

Second Salmonella Lawsuit Filed Against Taco Bell

Posted on August 18, 2010
A second victim of the widespread Salmonella outbreak linked to Taco Bell restaurants filed a lawsuit against the restaurant chain Monday. The plaintiff in the lawsuit is Tammy Hale, a Scioto County, Ohio resident who became ill with a Salmonella Hartford infection after eating at a Taco Bell in Wheelersburg, Ohio in early June...

Tracing Your Food From Farm to Fork, Part III

Posted on August 18, 2010
Do You Know Where Your Food Comes From?For years, the term "food traceability" has permeated the media, and there has been a greater emphasis on consumers' right to know where their food comes from. With the high profile of foodborne illness outbreaks that caused the infamous case of Stephanie Smith, a 22-year-old girl who was left paralyzed after eating an E...

Egg Salmonella Outbreak Grows; Recall Expands

Posted on August 18, 2010
Many more illnesses are being blamed on a nationwide Salmonella outbreak and California's NuCal Foods is expanding a shell egg recall to include five additional brand names not named by Iowa's Wright County Egg, which recalled over a dozen brands of eggs late last week...

Safety Issues Hang Over Gulf Shrimp Season

Posted on August 18, 2010
Slow starts are nothing new for Louisiana's white shrimp season. Most of fall season harvest always comes later in September and October once colder north winds help bring up shrimp from the sea floor.Weak demand, closed areas, and many boats still doing oil spill clean up duty for BP, are this year redefining what a slow shrimp season start looks like...

Small Farms Gain From Compromise on S. 510

Posted on August 18, 2010
Though the recently-released Senate food safety bill didn't include a controversial bisphenol-A ban or an amendment by Jon Tester (D-MT) to exempt small producers from certain measures, the package did include several amendments aimed at easing the regulatory burden on small-scale farms and food facilities...

Restaurant Fined After Chef Caught Kissing Toad

Posted on August 17, 2010
Are Iowa chefs having trouble landing dates these days? If so, it may explain why one head chef was caught kissing toads by the Scott County Health Department. The restaurant has been fined $355 for the dangerous (and desperate) act, which was caught on video...

Food Policy Conference Set for September

Posted on August 17, 2010
The annual National Food Policy Conference will be held September 22 and 23 in Washington, DC this year. Hosted and coordinated by the Consumer Federation of America and the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the conference will focus on child nutrition and health...

Study: Grass-Fed not Safer than Conventional Beef

Posted on August 17, 2010
According to a recent study done by investigators from Purdue University in Indiana and Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, there is no safety advantage to consuming grass-fed beef over conventionally raised beef. Researchers investigated a modest sample of U...

White House Holds Video Chat on Seafood Safety

Posted on August 17, 2010
In yet another move to boost consumer confidence in seafood harvested in the Gulf of Mexico, the White House held a live video chat yesterday, taking seafood safety questions from the public.The 30-minute chat, hosted via whitehouse.gov/live and Facebook, featured a discussion with Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Jane Lubchenco, and largely rehashed the usual talking points on extensive testing...

GM Sugar Beets Put Back Under USDA Regulation

Posted on August 17, 2010
If you've been feeling out of sync from trying to follow the ball on genetically modified (GM) sugar beets, the ten-page order last Friday from U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White probably is not going to set your world right.It is like GM sugar beets hit a home run, but if they want to remain in the game they have to go back to first base...

Tracing Your Food From Farm to Fork, Part II

Posted on August 17, 2010
For years, the term "food traceability" has permeated the media, and there has been a greater emphasis on consumers' right to know where their food comes from. With the high profile of foodborne illness outbreaks that caused the infamous case of Stephanie Smith, a 22-year-old girl who was left paralyzed after eating an E...

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