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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

Legislation is Opportunity for Third Party Auditors

Posted on June 26, 2010
The landscape for food safety is going through some of the most significant changes ever in the context of legislative action, regulatory enforcement, consumer wariness, and industry accountability. With these changes comes greater expectations and greater risks of damaged brands and significant legal consequences when something goes wrong that results in illness or death...

Drug Levels in Edible Tissues too High

Posted on June 25, 2010
A bull calf sold for slaughter as food by an Ohio dairy farm was found to have higher than allowed levels of an animal drug in its edible tissues.In a June 17 warning letter, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said a dairy operation owned by Atlee W...

Brazilian Beef Products Recalled for Drug Residues

Posted on June 25, 2010
Sampco, Inc., in Chicago, Illinois is recalling approximately 61,000 pounds of cooked canned and frozen beef products that may contain the animal drug Ivermectin, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced yesterday...

Unicorn, Not the Other White Meat?

Posted on June 25, 2010
ThinkGeek, an online shopping Website devoted to the "global geek community" comes up with an April Fool's Day product each year. The product for 2010 was Radiant Farms Canned Unicorn Meat, or as ThinkGeek dubbed it, "Unicorn--the new white meat...

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Questioning the Search for More Strains of E. coli

Posted on June 25, 2010
Here is an easy case to make: The pursuit of E. coli O157:H7 and its total eradication has been the holy grail of the meat industry since at least the infamous 1993 Jack in the Box case. The industry has acknowledged millions have been spent in research and the in-plant installation of multiple, science-based 'hurdles' to prevent the bug from entering the food supply...

Breast Milk Benefits Unmatched in Formula

Posted on June 25, 2010
The journal Pediatrics recently released a new study highlighting breast milk's ability to protect infants from infectious diseases. The authors concluded, "Exclusive breastfeeding until the age of 4 months and partially thereafter was associated with a significant reduction of respiratory and gastrointestinal morbidity in infants...

2nd Oregon Salmonella Victim to Sue ConAgra

Posted on June 25, 2010
Today a Clackmas County man will become the second Oregon victim of a Salmonella outbreak linked to Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen dinners to file a lawsuit against ConAgra.Kevin Taylor, Jr., who is represented by Marler Clark, the Seattle law firm that represents victims of foodborne illness nationwide, fell ill with a Salmonella infection on May 13, two days after consuming a Marie Callendar's frozen dinner...

Russia Agrees to Lift Ban on U.S. Poultry Imports

Posted on June 25, 2010
Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev Come to Poultry Trade CompromiseRussia has agreed to end its ban on U.S. poultry imports, presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev announced in a joint press conference yesterday. The announcement resolves a five-month trade dispute over poultry that began when Russia announced it would no longer accept poultry processed with chlorine, a chemical widely used in the U...

Bacterial Contamination Caused Blue Mozzarella

Posted on June 24, 2010
Italian health officials announced Tuesday that over 70,000 mozzarella balls turned blue because of bacterial contamination during production at the German plant owned by cheese producer Milchwerke Jaeger Gmbh.Prosecutors from Turin announced that they were looking into what type of bacteria caused the cheese to turn blue and would have results within 48 hours...

Meat Packer Employee Falls Into Grinder

Posted on June 24, 2010
Last Saturday morning a worker's legs were severed at the Vernon, California-based Jobbers Meat Packing Corporation in an accident. He was taken to the hospital in critical condition and as of Tuesday the worker was undergoing continued treatment at the local hospital...

CSPI Threatens Suit over Happy Meal Toys

Posted on June 24, 2010
Do inexpensive plastic toys lure children--or their parents--into making unhealthy food choices? A leading consumer advocacy group believes they do and is threatening to sue fast food giant McDonald's if the company doesn't end its practice of using toys to promote its products...

Summer Brings First Big Ground Beef Recall

Posted on June 24, 2010
Summer was only a day old when E. coli O157:H7 contamination brought the first large ground beef recall of the season.Routine microbiological sampling by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) returned test results that were positive for E...

56 Lawmakers Ask USDA to Deny GMO Alfalfa

Posted on June 24, 2010
Fifty-six lawmakers, including 50 representatives and six senators, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack yesterday asking that the agency retain the regulated status of genetically modified (GMO) alfalfa. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT...

Oyster Restoration, Supply, Falls Behind Demand

Posted on June 24, 2010
Oyster restoration projects, such as the effort to bring back the native Olympia oyster to some of the inland waters of Southern California, might someday replace Gulf oysters that go missing from the BP oil spill.But, as promising as those restoration projects are, they will won't be making a meaningful contribution to fulfilling demand for oysters in the near future...

Scientists, NGOs Call for European BPA Regulation

Posted on June 24, 2010
Forty-one non-profits and 19 scientists from 15 countries sent an open letter to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) this week calling for action to reduce bisphenol-A (BPA) exposure, especially in infants and pregnant mothers who are "at highest risk...

FSIS Sampling Finds E. coli in NY Beef

Posted on June 23, 2010
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has found E. coli O157 contamination in the beef at a Bay Shore, NY processing company.As a result, Crown I Enterprises Inc. has opted to recall approximately 3,700 pounds of ground beef products because of contamination with the potentially deadly pathogen...

Canada Expands Smoked Meat Recall

Posted on June 23, 2010
The public warning issued on June 15, 2010 in Canada regarding packaged meat products has been expanded to include additional distribution information.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Lesters Foods Limited are warning the public not to consume the Lesters brand Montr�al Smoked Meat pouches described below because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes...

Salmonella Confirmed In Kentucky

Posted on June 23, 2010
At least 6 cases of Salmonella have been reported in people living in or near Berea, Kentucky. The illness, which has been reported in 3 counties, is being investigated by county and state health officials. While it's not unusual to see this many cases of Salmonella in a year, it's unusual to see them at once, said Christie Green, spokeswoman for the Madison County Health Department...

Alcohol-Free Hand Sanitizers Gain Market Share

Posted on June 23, 2010
The combination of a continuous stream of academic and research studies pointing to the "downside" of alcohol-based hand sanitizers, coupled with heightened awareness on equally-effective, yet safer, environmentally friendlier, and arguably, more cost-efficient hand sanitizer products has resulted in a major shift away from flammable, alcohol-based products, and towards alcohol-free products...

Q&A With Temple Grandin Part II

Posted on June 23, 2010
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with world-renowned livestock expert Temple Grandin on humane handling, small vs. big, transparency, and the future of agricultureTemple Grandin has been a thought leader in both the animal agriculture and autism realms for decades...

Raw Milk: Think Before You Drink

Posted on June 23, 2010
June is National Dairy Month and the perfect time to celebrate the nutritious properties of dairy products. Besides the wonderful taste of a cold chocolate milkshake, the creamy texture of yogurt or the added tang of sharp cheddar on a salad, dairy products provide vital nutrients like calcium, vitamin D and protein...

Senators Ask Obama to Talk Poultry With Russia

Posted on June 23, 2010
A bipartisan group of Senators is urging President Obama to make Russia's current "blockade" of U.S. poultry products a topic of discussion during his meeting with Russian President Medvedev this week ahead of the G-8 summit in Canada.In January, Russia banned the import of chicken from countries that use chlorine in poultry processing, a technique deemed safe by U...

European Mozzarella Has the Blues

Posted on June 22, 2010
This week, Italian police recalled and confiscated 70,000 balls of mozzarella cheese after consumers reported that the cheese quickly developed a blue tint when the packaging was opened.Ministry laboratories were ordered by Agriculture Minister Giancarlo Galan to investigate the incident...

MONIQA Tracks Food Safety

Posted on June 22, 2010
The European Union-funded 'Monitoring and quality assurance in the total food supply chain' (MONIQA) project has developed a set of reliable tools and methods to assess the safety and quality of foods EU customers consume. The project was backed with over 12 million euros...

Supreme Court Rules on GMO Alfalfa

Posted on June 22, 2010
Yesterday the Supreme Court released its first-ever decision on genetically modified crops, overturning a lower court's ban on Monsanto's herbicide-resistant, or "Roundup Ready" alfalfa.In 2005, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) deregulated Roundup Ready alfalfa--otherwise known as a Finding of No Significant Impact--the agency did not prepare an Environmental Impact Statement, which environmental groups maintain is a violation of federal law...

Gulf Area Closed to Fishing Expands

Posted on June 22, 2010
As of 5 p.m. local time yesterday, the area of the Gulf of Mexico closed to fishing because of the BP oil spill grew by 7 percent to 86,985 square miles. The area closed is now as large as the entire State of Minnesota.The closed area represents 36 percent of the U...

More Foreign Seafood Presents Safety Challenge

Posted on June 22, 2010
Americans have an appetite for imported seafood. The U.S. consumed 2.395 billion pounds of foreign seafood last year. That was about 85 percent of the market.Eating more fish is supposed to be more healthy, but some question how safe foreign seafood can be when only about 1 percent of those imports are inspected at the border...

Salmonella Lawsuit Filed Against Subway

Posted on June 22, 2010
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced yesterday that 97 cases of Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss had been confirmed among Subway restaurant customers in 28 counties in the state. At least 25 people were hospitalized due to the severity of their illnesses...

Q&A With Temple Grandin

Posted on June 22, 2010
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with world-renowned livestock expert Temple Grandin on humane handling, small vs. big, transparency, and the future of agricultureDr. Temple Grandin has been a thought leader in both the animal agriculture and autism realms for decades...

Nation's Cities Debate Backyard Chickens

Posted on June 22, 2010
In cities and towns across America, there is one common topic being debated. That subject is backyard chickens.Oklahoma City is considering allowing people to raise chickens in residential areas, but it first wanted to know how its action might line up with its "peer cities...

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