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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

South Korea, Bulgaria Fight Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Posted on January 12, 2011
Health officials are working to contain outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in both Bulgaria and South Korea this week.The World Organization for Animal Health reported that one cow, eight pigs, 14 sheep and 12 goats tested positive for the disease in the Burgas region in Bulgaria...

Petting Farm Accepts Liability in E. coli Outbreak

Posted on January 12, 2011
A petting farm in Surrey, England, will not contest claims for damages involving an outbreak in which 93 people became infected with E. coli, the BBC reported Tuesday.Among those sickened were 76 children younger than 10 who became ill after visiting Godstone Farm near Redhill, Surrey in August 2009...

Webinar Thursday on New Food Safety Law

Posted on January 12, 2011
A webinar is being offered at 1 p.m. EST tomorrow (Thursday, Jan. 13) on the new Food Safety Modernization Act and how companies can meet the new requirements for food safety plans, certification standards and mandatory recalls.Offered by the law firm Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, the webinar will be presented by Edgar Asebey-Birkholm, who specializes in technical FDA matters; Edward Steiner, director of Trade and Legislative Affairs for the firm; and James O'Reilly, chairman of the FDA committee of the American Bar Association...

Over-Regulating Farms Won't Make Food Safer

Posted on January 12, 2011
With foodborne illnesses affecting 48 million people per year, causing almost 3,000 deaths and costing approximately $9 billion in health care costs, you can bet that, as the CEO of a food service company with 400 cafés in 31 states, I worry about the safety of our food supply...

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Seafood Companies Get First Warning Letters

Posted on January 12, 2011
The first warning letters of 2011 from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have gone to a Brooklyn seafood processing facility and a California seafood importer.A Jan. 4 FDA warning letter to Benz's Food Products Inc. in Brooklyn over ready-to-eat herring and a Jan...

Jimmy John's Switches to Clover Sprouts

Posted on January 12, 2011
The founder of Jimmy John's says the restaurant chain will use clover sprouts on sandwiches, a response to the multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to alfalfa sprouts that has sickened as many as 112 people. "We are making the switch immediately in our corporate-owned stores and recommending all franchisees make the switch too because we believe it may decrease the chance for contamination," Jimmy John Liautaud said this week in a news release...

States Appoint New Top Food Safety Officials

Posted on January 12, 2011
Another half dozen new governors are taking office this week as the changeover in the nation's executive mansions plays out. A majority of the statehouses are not only getting a new executive, but those new governors are naming the people they want to lead food safety in their states...

Complaints Bring Recall of Spoiled Ground Beef

Posted on January 11, 2011
Customer complaints about discolored hamburger with an off odor prompted a recall of about 226,400 pounds of ground beef, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced late Monday.Frozen products from One Great Burger, an Elizabeth, NJ-based company, are subject to the Class II, Low Health Risk recall...

String Cheese Recalled in California

Posted on January 11, 2011
A Los Angeles company recalled its string cheese Monday because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and Staphylococcus aureus.Surtex Foods Co. says it has ceased production and distribution of its "La Original" brand Oaxaca string cheese, which is sold in a 17...

Australia, New Zealand Consider Food Code Changes

Posted on January 11, 2011
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is accepting comments on proposed changes to the Food Standards Code until Feb. 9. Among the changes announced in late 2010 are the approval of genetically modified corn, steviol as a high intensity sweetener, and food for special medical purposes...

Canada Gives Aquatic Resources Stronger Protection

Posted on January 11, 2011
The Government of Canada says it has further strengthened its ability to protect aquatic animal health and ensure that the aquatic animal industry remains strong.New regulations require all suspected or confirmed cases of serious aquatic animal diseases to be reported to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)...

Bison Ranchers Bullish; E. coli Question Remains

Posted on January 11, 2011
America's bison ranchers are bullish about 2011.They are coming off their best year ever, with prices in the range of $3.25 per pound for slaughter bulls being about 35 percent higher than a year earlier.Consumer demand drove 92,000 bison to slaughter in 2010, up about 77 percent over the number processed in 2009...

US Fish & Wildlife Drops GM Crops in 12 States

Posted on January 11, 2011
In the ongoing, confusing court battles over process involving genetically engineered (GE) or genetically modified (GM) crops, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has run up one white flag.A unit of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish & Wildlife has agreed to stop planting GE crops on its refuges in a dozen northeastern states...

Hagen Outlines Food Safety Vision for USDA

Posted on January 11, 2011
The nation's highest-ranking food safety official laid out the U.S. Department of Agriculture's vision for strengthening the food safety system to better "meet the demands of the 21st century" before the annual American Farm Bureau meeting. "No one ....

Salmonella Fear Leads to Snack Food Recall

Posted on January 10, 2011
A California company has recalled three kinds of snack foods because they may be contaminated with Salmonella.La Placita Botanas Mexicanas, Inc. of South El Monte, California announced it was recalling its Wheat Snacks with Chile, Potato Chips with Chile, and Corn Churritos with Chile after samples of bulk ingredients revealed evidence of contamination...

Meat Tamales Recalled Due to Labeling Mistake

Posted on January 10, 2011
Homestead Pasta Company, based in San Francisco, has issued a recall of 144,633 pounds of frozen beef, turkey, and chicken tamale products. The recall was announced after the Food Safety and Inspection Service of USDA, during a routine label review, found that the products contained an allergen, namely whey, which was not noted on the package label...

'Downer' Cows Must Be Condemned and Euthanized

Posted on January 10, 2011
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) last Monday (Jan. 3) put new rules into effect for so-called "downer" cows that are identified at slaughterhouses.Under notice 74-10, the new rule involves the disposition of non-ambulatory cattle. It specifically applies to downers that are steers and heifers, bulls and cows, including dairy and beef, and heavy calves weighing more than 400 pounds...

A Magic Wand for Food Safety?

Posted on January 10, 2011
Editor's note: If you had a magic wand, how would you conjure up sustainable and safe ways to feed the world? We asked several people to consider the possibilities. Here is the first response, from contributor Jill Richardson of "La Vida Locavore":What would I do if I were the magic Food Safety Fairy? I believe that this answer requires taking a rather long view of U...

First Lady to Make 'Let's Move!' Announcement

Posted on January 10, 2011
First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to make a major announcement regarding her campaign to combat childhood obesity on Tuesday. Mrs. Obama will be joined by business leaders to make the announcement, which will impact "food formulation, availability and affordability," White House food policy blog Obama Foodorama reported...

Germany Trying to Contain Dioxin Scare

Posted on January 10, 2011
About 3,000 German farms were given the go-ahead to resume making food deliveries as an investigation continues into how dioxin got into animal feed and eggs, the BBC reported Sunday.But although health experts say the dioxin found in German eggs was at levels too low to pose a threat to human health, the levels nevertheless exceeded government-set limits and have touched off a scare that Germany is still trying to contain...

USDA's Hagen to Speak Out on Food Safety

Posted on January 10, 2011
Dr. Elisabeth Hagen, Under Secretary for Food Safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is slated to give a handful of public remarks in the coming months, likely outlining the future direction of food safety policy at the agency, which oversees the safety of approximately 20 percent of the food supply...

Letter From The Editor: Ramifications

Posted on January 09, 2011
Any time something big happens, there are ramifications. With the President's signature this week, the biggest shake up in food safety in 70 years became reality.But that reality includes the fact that the country's debt just went over the $14 trillion mark and the trajectory continues skyward...

Publisher's Platform: Where's the Cash?

Posted on January 09, 2011
The Food Safety Act of 2010 (an amalgam of S. 510, with the Tester/Hagen Amendment, and H.B. 2749) was quietly signed into law, along with a few dozen other bills, by President Obama upon his return from his Christmas and New Year holiday in Hawaii...

Pfizer-Owned E. coli Vaccine Gets Big Push

Posted on January 08, 2011
After acquiring worldwide rights to the promising E. coli O157:H7 vaccine, Pfizer Animal Health is putting its considerable marketing clout behind the only product known for reducing E. coli O157 shedding and prevalence at the source, inside the cattle...

Tiny Greens, Jimmy John's Sued in Illinois

Posted on January 07, 2011
A lawsuit has been filed against an Illinois sprouts grower and a restaurant chain on behalf of a young athlete and honors student who became ill after eating a sandwich garnished with Salmonella-contaminated alfalfa sprouts.The Seattle food safety law firm Marler Clark filed the suit in Cook County, IL against Tiny Greens Organic Farm and a Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches outlet...

Sprouts Outbreak Toll Now at 112 in 18 States

Posted on January 07, 2011
The outbreak of Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:- linked to Tiny Greens alfalfa sprouts at Jimmy John's restaurants may have sickened as many as 112 people in 18 states and the District of Columbia, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday...

Another Illinois Recall: Ground Beef Patties

Posted on January 07, 2011
A Chicago food company has recalled approximately 200 pounds of ground beef patties that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) announced Thursday.The ground beef patties were produced by Columbus Meat Market Inc...

Canadian Company Recalls Cilantro, Parsley

Posted on January 07, 2011
In a move related to the J&D Produce recall, a Canadian herb distribution company has issued a warning about several batches of products sold in New York and Pennsylvania because of possible Salmonella contamination.Boncheff Greenhouses, Inc. of Toronto, Ontario has recalled the cilantro, curly parsley, and Italian parsley it distributed to various retailers in New York state and Pennsylvania and sold between Dec...

Report Says Food Safety is Good Business

Posted on January 07, 2011
Why should companies that sell food step up to the new food safety law?Because making people sick can kill a business, say Leavitt Partners and PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) in a report issued Thursday.Leavitt Partners is the consulting firm founded by former U...

State Food Safety Rides a Political Sea Change

Posted on January 07, 2011
Anyone looking for a trend in new state food safety laws taking effective this week had better remember one thing. The state legislative chambers that put the latest round of new food safety laws on the books were blown up by last November's elections...

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