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Thanksgiving Potluck: Cranberry Waldorf Salad

Posted on November 25, 2010
To celebrate Thanksgiving here at Food Safety News we're hosting our fourth virtual potluck (we've also held virtual picnics on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day).We'll be having turkey, of course, and for tips on how to cook a turkey, you can't beat the Food and Drug Administration's Keep Food Safe Blog...

Thanksgiving Potluck: Corn Pudding

Thanksgiving Potluck: Brussels Sprouts

Thanksgiving Potluck: Roasted Squash and Veggies

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Organic Dark Chocolate Squares Recalled

Posted on November 25, 2010
An Ashland, OR organic chocolate maker owned by The Hershey Co. announced a recall Wednesday after Salmonella was found in its product.Artisan Confections Co. said the recall involves 33 cases of small, 0.32 oz tasting squares of its 74 percent cacao Dagoba "New Moon" Organic Chocolate because they may contain Salmonella...

Thanksgiving Potluck: Parmesan-Rosemary Potatoes

Posted on November 25, 2010
In honor of Thanksgiving here at Food Safety News we're hosting our fourth virtual potluck (we've also held virtual picnics on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day).We'll be having turkey, of course, and for tips on how to cook a turkey, you can't beat the Food and Drug Administration's Keep Food Safe Blog...

Whole Foods Recalls Bravo Farms Cheese

Posted on November 25, 2010
Whole Foods Market announced Wednesday that it has carried many of the products involved in the recall of Bravo Farms cheese.Earlier this week Bravo Farms recalled its entire inventory due to evidence of Listeria and E. coli contamination at their Traver, CA plant...

Thanksgiving Potluck: Butternut Squash Dessert

Thanksgiving Potluck: Blueberry Crisp

With Presidential Pardon, Two Turkeys Are Safe

Posted on November 25, 2010
"It feels pretty good to stop at least one shellacking this November," said President Barack Obama Wednesday in the Rose Garden, as he granted a presidential pardon to "Apple," the 21-week-old 45-pound national turkey, and his gobbler understudy "Cider...

Listeria Prompts Appetizer Recall

Posted on November 24, 2010
Cheese is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration but a "meat and cheese roll appetizer product" is under the purview of USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).So it was FSIS doing microbiological sampling that discovered Listeria contamination at New Haven's Calabro Cheese, causing the Connecticut company to recall 57 pounds of its meat and cheese roll called Rotolini...

Survey Finds More Families Dining Together

Posted on November 24, 2010
As preparations begin for Thanksgiving feasts around the country, there's good news on the dinner front: Families are eating more home-cooked meals together every day, not just on special occasions. That's one of the encouraging trends revealed in a recent American Dietetic Association survey, which found that nearly 73 percent of children sit down with their families for dinner on school nights today, compared with 52 percent six years ago...

Food Processing Facility Found In Filthy Condition

Posted on November 24, 2010
The Indiana State Department of Health placed flour under embargo from a food processing and storage facility in Indianapolis that Food and Drug Administration inspectors depicted as "contaminated with filth."The company, DW Trading Inc., subsequently destroyed the flour along with some noodles and other food items...

Why the Crackdown on Four Loko is Justified

Posted on November 24, 2010
As of last week, the popular alcoholic energy drink Four Loko has met its demise. The Food and Drug Administration sent a letter on Nov. 17 to manufacturers of alcoholic energy drinks stating that they found the combination of caffeine and alcohol in these drinks to be "unsafe...

Bravo Farms Recalls All Its Cheese

Posted on November 24, 2010
A California company whose raw milk Gouda-style cheese was the source of an E. coli outbreak that sickened at least 37 people in five states has now recalled its entire inventory.The expanded recall of all Bravo Farms cheese was announced Tuesday by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)...

Cholera Spreading Faster Than Anticipated

Posted on November 24, 2010
The cholera epidemic in Haiti is spreading faster than public health agencies originally estimated, the senior United Nations official said on Tuesday.In a few short weeks since the outbreak began, 1,344 people have lost their lives to the disease, which has rocked an already struggling, earthquaked-ravaged Haiti, trying to rebuild...

USA Today, Coburn Debate Food Safety Bill Merits

Posted on November 24, 2010
USA Today, Coburn weigh in on food safety debate; Coburn to offer alternative bill:USA Today, one of America's most widely circulated newspapers, featured opposing sides of the debate over pending food safety legislation Tuesday. Citing a slew of recent high-profile outbreaks, recent USA Today food safety exposes, and foodborne illness stats, the paper's editorial staff penned an Op-Ed in support of the bill, which would be the first major overhaul of the U...

Scholarship Donated on Behalf of E. coli Victim

Posted on November 23, 2010
A new science scholarship will help students at West Broward High School in Pembroke Pines, FL who hope to pursue higher education.Marler Clark, the Seattle-based food safety law firm, announced a donation Monday of $10,000 to the newly established Marler Clark--Samantha Safranek Scholarship Fund...

New Trade Group Center to Focus on Food Safety

Posted on November 23, 2010
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI), the 1,500-member trade association for retailers and wholesalers of food and consumer products, has announced the creation of a Center of Excellence for Food Safety and Protection. FMI says the intent of the center is to bring together food safety experts and professionals from government relations, asset protection, food defense, supply chain management, health and wellness, sustainability and industry relations to address food safety...

Food Safety Leadership Award Nominations Sought

Posted on November 23, 2010
NSF International, a non-governmental health and safety non-profit, is seeking nominations for its 2011 Food Safety Leadership Awards Program.The awards program, now in its eighth year, recognizes individuals who have been instrumental in improving the safety of the food industry...

UK Advisory Body for Novel Food Meets Thursday

Posted on November 23, 2010
The Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) is to hold an open workshop during the afternoon session of its Thursday (Nov. 25) meeting in London.During the Thursday morning business session, the committee will consider a hypothetical novel food application for the approval of meat and milk from cloned cattle and their progeny...

Cargill Likes O157:H7 Vaccine Trial Performance

Posted on November 23, 2010
Vaccines administered by Cargill Meat Solutions to 85,000 head of cattle in the Fort Morgan, CO area this past May through August are showing potential promise for reducing E. coli O157:H7 in beef.Cargill's large-scale tests of E coli O157:H7 vaccines, announced last January, were successful enough that the meat giant rolled out some of the results at a recent meeting of the food and feed safety committee of the U...

Georgia Extension Fights Foodborne Illness

Posted on November 23, 2010
"Wash your paws, Georgia!" This directive jumps out in bold orange writing at the top of a poster designed by the University of Georgia's Cooperative Extension program.None other than a friendly graphic bulldog then demonstrates proper hand washing protocol, all part of a UGA Extension campaign to reduce the spread of infectious diseases and foodborne illnesses at Georgia schools...

Q&A: Why the Produce Industry Opposes Tester

Posted on November 23, 2010
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Bob Whitaker, the Produce Marketing Association's Chief Science Officer: After working with Congress to get comprehensive food safety legislation in the pipeline, the Produce Marketing Association joined 19 other big produce interest groups last week to oppose S...

Colorado Restaurants Recognized for Doing It Right

Posted on November 22, 2010
A local Colorado health department has just completed its 10th year of trying to improve food safety by handing out some carrots.The Jefferson County Health Department, serving the rolling Front Range suburbs located west of Denver, makes 3,500 food safety inspections a year and posts the results on its website...

Undercooked Pork Recalled in Quebec

Posted on November 22, 2010
Charcuterie La Tour Eiffel Saturday recalled its sliced and shaved La Belle Bretagne Cooked Garlic Roasted Pork and Tour Eiffel Roasted Pork Old Style.The public was warned not to eat the roast pork products because they may be undercooked.Undercooked pork can contain parasites or harmful bacteria and consumption could result in illness...

Meet the Four Categories of Nanofoods

Posted on November 22, 2010
Are you eating nanofoods? While it might sound like the latest diet trend among anorexics, the term refers to the use of nanotechnology - particles as small as a billionth of a meter - in food. And there's a chance that you're already eating them.Nanofoods fall into four categories...

Ag Industry Trade Groups Forge New Alliance

Posted on November 22, 2010
More than 20 of the nation's biggest produce and agriculture industry's trade groups have formed the U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Alliance (USFRA). The organization's newly elected USFRA Chairman Bob Stallman, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, said in a press release on the USFRA website that the alliance will work together "to maintain and enhance the freedom of American farmers and ranchers to operate in an economical, sustainable and responsible manner...

Extension Programs Extend a Food Safety Hand

Posted on November 22, 2010
Last year alone, the Family Food Education Volunteers at Oregon State University Extension Service spent more than 23,000 hours teaching 29,000 Oregonians how to avoid foodborne illness by using safe food-handling practices. Part of this volunteer work includes maintaining a hotline that receives as many as 6,000 callers during its season of operation (July-October)...

USDA Whistleblower Loses Battle with Cancer

Posted on November 22, 2010
Dr. Dean Wyatt, the Food Safety and Inspection Service veterinarian who blew the whistle on the U.S. Department of Agriculture for ignoring humane treatment and food safety violations, succumbed to brain cancer and complications earlier this month...

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