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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

FDA Warns Users of Magic Power Coffee

Posted on June 21, 2010
Magic Power Coffee, an instant coffee product marketed as a dietary supplement for sexual enhancement, contains an active drug ingredient that can dangerously lower blood pressure, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warns.Consumers who have Magic Power Coffee should stop using it immediately...

Creme Filling Recalled For Undeclarred Ingredients

Posted on June 21, 2010
Allen Bavarian Crème Filling was recalled June 18 by Buffalo, NY-based Rich Products Corporation because pecans, milk, and coconut ingredients were undeclared.The product code is 02881 and the production codes are 11870137F21, F-22, F-23, F-24, and F-25...

Food Poisoning for World Cup Volunteers

Posted on June 21, 2010
Ninety Fifa World Cup volunteers were treated for food poisoning after eating breakfast at the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga on Friday. Local organizing committee spokesman Rich Mkhondo said, "they got sick after eating food this morning...

On Cronobacter sakazakii

Posted on June 21, 2010
Cronobacter sakazakii is an environmental contaminant, which mostly affects only a small subset of the population, such as premature babies and infants under 1 year of age. It is most notable for being associated with the deaths of neonates fed infant formula via naso-gastric tubing...

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Man to Sue ConAgra over Salmonella Infection

Posted on June 21, 2010
An Oregon man who is part of the multistate outbreak of Salmonella Chester linked to Marie Callender's Cheesey Chicken and Rice frozen meals is planning to file a lawsuit today against Omaha-based ConAgra Foods.Dave Smith, a Clackamus County, Oregon resident, says he became infected with Salmonella Chester from eating one of the ConAgra-produced Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals...

UK Consumers Disappointed Over Food Hygiene Scores

Posted on June 21, 2010
In the wake of the 2005 South Wales E. coli outbreak that sickened 168 people, there is widespread disappointment among consumers that restaurant and takeout businesses will not be forced to display their food hygiene score to customers. According to WalesOnline, this finding came from a consumer survey commissioned by the Food Standards Agency which took the controversial decision to allow takeaways, cafes, shops, and restaurants to hide poor ratings from customers...

JBS to Pay $2 Milion in PA Water Pollution Case

Posted on June 21, 2010
JBS USA and the Department of Justice (DOJ) reached a settlement last week over one of the company's plants' alleged failure to comply with the Clean Water Act and the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law, which government officials say caused major fish kills in Pennsylvania waterways...

USDA Promotes Tighter Antitrust Rules

Posted on June 21, 2010
On Friday the Obama administration proposed new antitrust rules for meat companies that reflect willingness by the USDA to shift the balance of power between farmers and processors to regulate an industry long dominated by a handful of corporate giants...

Ceremonies Honor Meat Inspectors Killed in 2000

Posted on June 21, 2010
Late in 1999, state and federal meat inspectors found the Santos Linquisa Sausage Factory located in a simple one story gray building the Bay area residential community of San Leandro, CA had some real problems.Sausage was undercooked, meaning the public was at risk from deadly pathogens and consumers were being fooled by faulty expiration dates going on the product...

Letter From The Editor: NOAA/FDA

Posted on June 20, 2010
As early as last October, Food Safety News reported on cooperative efforts by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on seafood testing. That was six months before the BP oil spill...

Publisher's Platform

Posted on June 20, 2010
If I were a CEO of a food manufacturing company at the beginning of a food poisoning outbreak what would I do?Imagine that the phone call comes or an email pops into your inbox--"Sir, we have been contacted by (you pick: CDC, FDA, USDA, or a state or local health department), and they say your product (lettuce, raw milk, or a frozen dinner) has been linked to illnesses...

Dog Food Danger to Pets and Owners

Posted on June 19, 2010
Possible Salmonella contamination of dog food brought a recall Friday from a California company.Natural Balance Pet Foods Inc. recalled its Natural Balance Sweet Potato & Chicken Dry Dog Food with the "Best By" date of June 17, 2011, in 5-lb...

90 Confirmed with Salmonella in Subway Outbreak

Posted on June 19, 2010
There are now 90 confirmed cases of Salmonella associated with Subway restaurants according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. Those who have become ill with Salmonella serotype Hvittingfoss range in age from 2 to 79 and reported eating at Subway restaurants located in 28 counties: Bureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Dekalb, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Henry, Knox, LaSalle, Livingston, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Moultrie, Ogle, Peoria, Rock Island, Sangamon, Schuyler, Shelby, Tazewell, Vermilion, Warren, Will and Winnebago...

Salmonella Lawsuit Filed Against Casa Lopez

Posted on June 19, 2010
An Ohio State University student filed a Salmonella lawsuit against Casa Lopez restaurant in the Court of Common Pleas in Athens County, Ohio, yesterday. According to the lawsuit, 19-year-old Tyler Nay ate at Casa Lopez on April 30 and became ill with symptoms of Salmonella infection the following morning...

SpaghettiOs With Meatballs Recalled

Posted on June 18, 2010
Paris, TX-based Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC is recalling approximately 15 million pounds of "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" canned products due to possible under-processing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Thursday...

Ontario Olive Oil Importer on Probation

Posted on June 18, 2010
Toronto's LIF Foods Inc. cannot import or export the next two years, and will not be able to sell any olive oil during the period as well.The Ontario Court of Justice imposed those conditions when it put LIF Foods on probation for two years in addition to imposing fines on the company totaling $50,000...

UK: Report Suggests Rules for Open Farms

Posted on June 18, 2010
Another report into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 by an independent commission in the United Kingdom is complete. Several others preceded it.This one is known as the "Griffin Report" after Professor George Griffin from St. George's, University of London...

Ready-to-Eat-Meat Recall in Canada Expands

Posted on June 18, 2010
A rapidly expanding recall of ready-to-eat meats has "devastated" Winnipeg-based Smith's Quality Meats.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Smith's began warning the public not to consume certain ready to eat meats from "Establishment 294" on June 11 because of fear about contamination with Listeria monocytogenes...

Group Calls for Investigation of Brazilian Beef

Posted on June 18, 2010
Food & Water Watch, a Washington, DC-based consumer group, yesterday called on the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to investigate imported beef products from Brazil that could be adulterated with residues of the veterinary drug Ivermectin...

New Salmonella Outbreak Linked to ConAgra

Posted on June 18, 2010
A new multistate Salmonella outbreak has led to a recall by the food giant ConAgra.ConAgra Foods Packaged Foods, LLC, in Council Bluffs, IA recalled Marie Callender's brand Cheesy Chicken and Rice frozen meals late Thursday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced...

Summer Food Safety: Ice

Posted on June 18, 2010
Ice. While it's found nearly everywhere from Mars to the coils of a restaurant's refrigerator--that is, when it's not working properly--ice really doesn't come into its own until now, the height of the summer season between Memorial Day and Labor Day...

Study Shows Risks of Kids Riding in Shopping Carts

Posted on June 18, 2010
In the June issue of the Journal of Food Protection, a study conducted in Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) sites identified an association between riding in a shopping cart next to raw meat or poultry products and infection caused by Salmonella or Campylobacter in infants younger than 1 year...

Antibiotics Being Misused by Dairy Farms

Posted on June 17, 2010
Ohio and Indiana dairy farms were warned earlier this month about selling animals for slaughter that were adulterated by the misuse of antibiotics.Some experts blame the misuse of animal antibiotics for making some common antibiotics less effective in human medicine...

Subway Apologizes to Salmonella Outbreak Victims

Posted on June 17, 2010
The Illinois Department of Public Health has now identified 80 people between the ages of 2 and 79 who ate food purchased from various Illinois Subway restaurants and are confirmed Salmonella outbreak victims. Subway spokesman Kevin Kane issued an apology to Salmonella outbreak victims yesterday: "We sincerely apologize to all Subway customers, those who have fallen ill, and those who now may hesitate to come back for a while...

DOT Considers Peanut Ban on Flights

Posted on June 17, 2010
The U.S. Department of Transportation built on its rule banning airline carriers from subjecting passengers to long tarmac delays this month by introducing additional consumer protections.The Department is asking for comment on several alternatives under consideration to provide greater access to air transportation for people with severe peanut allergies...

On Bears and Food Security Part IV

Posted on June 17, 2010
Because of what I do and where I live, I am often talking with people about the human-wildlife conflict, and am continually surprised by what I hear. There is a lot of talk in the media these days about local eating: the 100 Mile Diet, re-localization, Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and so on...

Oil Gushes, NOAA Expands Fishing Closure

Posted on June 17, 2010
On the tail of new estimates that oil is gushing in the Gulf of Mexico at a much faster rate than previously thought, the federal government expanded the area closed to fishing to encompass 80,806 square miles, approximately 33.4 percent of the Gulf's federal waters...

New York Restaurant Grades Official

Posted on June 17, 2010
This week the New York City Department of Health rolled out its final rules for a system that will require restaurants to post letter grades based on inspection scores beginning in late July. For the first time, signs bearing A, B or C ratings will be issued to the city's more than 24,000 restaurants to publicly announce their cleanliness...

Sniffing for Oil in Gulf Seafood

Posted on June 17, 2010
The International Food Protection Training Institute recently announced that it has partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's (NOAA's) National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to train food protection officials to determine the safety and acceptability of seafood from the oil-contaminated Gulf area...

Legislators Ask USDA to Up Antibiotics Monitoring

Posted on June 17, 2010
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) sent a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand efforts to gather data on antibiotic use in agriculture and take steps to reduce usage...

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