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Food Safety News

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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 06:59:07

Group Breaks Ranks on Small Farm Exemptions

Posted on September 10, 2010
Food & Water Watch, a Washington, DC-based advocacy group and active proponent of the pending food safety legislation announced its support for an amendment to exempt certain farmers and processors from elements of the bill this week, breaking ranks with the wider coalition of groups pushing for the measure...

United Kingdom Nursery Reopens after Outbreak

Posted on September 09, 2010
Holly House nursery in Dollingstown near Lurgan is getting ready to reopen after 12 British children were infected there with E. coli O157:H7.The source of the sometimes-deadly pathogen remains unknown. The County Down nursery closed because of the outbreak, and followed other recommendations from the United Kingdom's Public Health Agency...

Groups: Incomplete Data on GM Salmon

Posted on September 09, 2010
As the Food and Drug Administration announced that a genetically engineered salmon is safe to eat and will not harm the environment, a coalition of advocacy groups issued a joint press statement criticizing the FDA's anaylsis as inadequate. "For the millions of consumers, fishermen, and stakeholders who will be affected by the FDA's decision, FDA's release of incomplete information ...

PCA Exec Back to Work Despite Investigation

Posted on September 09, 2010
Stewart Parnell, former president of Peanut Corporation of America, the now-bankrupt firm responsible for a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that sickened hundreds and killed 9 last year, is back in the peanut business.Multiple news outlets reported yesterday that Parnell is now working as a consultant to peanut companies as the federal government's criminal investigation against him has made little or no progress...

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A Salmonella Victim's Statement to the Senate

Posted on September 09, 2010
First, let me make it clear that I have no authority or expertise in the field of foodborne illnesses, however; I am a survivor of Salmonella poisoning and can speak from experience. I speak for ALL that have experienced, could experience, or have died from food poisoning...

Food Safety Advocates Decry a Year of Recalls

Posted on September 09, 2010
In an effort to ramp up the pressure on the Senate to move on the pending food safety bill, food safety advocates and foodborne illness victims yesterday unveiled a report outlining the 85 recalls that have occurred since the House passed its version of the legislation in July 2009...

Attorneys Seek Entrance to Wright County Egg

Posted on September 09, 2010
Food safety litigation firm Marler Clark LLP filed a petition with the U.S. District Court in Iowa this week to gain access to Wright County Egg, one of the farms responsible for the recent widespread egg recall and nationwide Salmonella outbreak...

Swiss Heifer Beat UK Mad Cow Defenses

Posted on September 09, 2010
A heifer imported from Switzerland managed to jump England's barriers to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), but that isolated incident does not mean the United Kingdom's Mad Cow defenses aren't in place.A routine Aug. 23 crosscheck of slaughter and BSE test data found the system missed the Swiss heifer...

Supersalmon: Our First Engineered Entree?

Posted on September 09, 2010
In a nation that loves big stuff--from cars and certain body parts--you'd think people would be pretty excited about a new line of fast-growing farmed fish.And especially when the genetically modified (GM) fish pronounced safe last week by the Food and Drug Administration is being billed as cheaper to produce, therefore cheaper for the consumer...

Dog Treats Recalled for Salmonella

Posted on September 08, 2010
Hartz Mountain Corp. recently announced that it is recalling one lot of Hartz Naturals Real Beef Treats for Dogs because of potential Salmonella contamination. The dog treats were imported by Hartz, which purchased the dog treats from Bertin S.A...

Egg Noodles Recalled for Salmonella Contamination

Posted on September 08, 2010
Real Taste Noodle Manufacture of Chicago, IL announced that the company is recalling its "Egg Noodle" product for possible Salmonella contamination because the egg noodles were made with recalled eggs. The egg noodles subject to recall were distributed to restaurants and grocery wholesalers by pick up or delivery between June 12 and Aug...

Tuna & Hummus Makers Get Warnings from FDA

Posted on September 08, 2010
An Oregon seafood processing facility and a California food manufacturing company recently received warning letters from FDA.Napoleon Deli, located in Gladstone, OR, was warned about its tuna fish sandwiches not being under a viable seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan...

Whole Foods to Introduce Animal Welfare Ratings

Posted on September 08, 2010
By Jan. 1, 2011, Whole Foods plans to implement an animal welfare rating program at all its stores, company co-founder John Mackey said in an interview."Signs will tell customers exactly how meat animals were raised," said Mackey. "We're rolling out initiatives to help shoppers (and staff) make healthier, more educated choices about food...

FSIS Releases Spanish Language Food Safety Info

Posted on September 08, 2010
September is Food Safety Month. Accordingly, the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced that it has launched Spanish language versions of its Ask Karen (Preg�ntele a Karen) service and the FSIS Twitter feed. According to a USDA press release, "These new features are meant to further prevent foodborne illnesses and promote food safety by reaching out to a broader audience of consumers...

Effort to Get Salad Bars in Schools Gains Momentum

Posted on September 08, 2010
The produce industry, Whole Foods, and Chef Anne Cooper, the "renegade lunch lady," are all working feverishly to get salad bars into schools, and their effort is picking up steam.Whole Foods and Cooper's Food, Family, Farming Foundation (F3) have teamed up to raise funds for "The Great American Salad Bar Project...

FDA Raises the Bar for Gulf Seafood Safety

Posted on September 08, 2010
State standards for measuring the safety of seafood after oil spills were lowered by FDA for the Gulf of Mexico, the Press-Register in Mobile, AL reports.The FDA measure in question for cancer-causing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) allows 132 parts per billion (PPB) in shrimp and crab, and 143 PPB for oysters harvested from the Gulf in the aftermath of the April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil platform...

California Seafood Processors Get Warning Letters

Posted on September 07, 2010
Two California seafood processing facilities, one making corn clam chowder in Irvine, and the other preparing tuna and mahi-mahi in Bell, recently received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Village Green Foods Inc...

UK: Excess Aluminum Found in Infant Formula

Posted on September 07, 2010
A study led by a British team at Keele University, published in BMC Pediatrics Journal, emphasizes the vulnerability of infants to early exposure to aluminum and highlights the need to reduce levels of aluminum in infant formulas. The researchers, led by Dr...

Estrella Raw Milk Cheese Recalled Again

Posted on September 07, 2010
For the third time this year, a Montesano, Wash. creamery is recalling all of its cheese after samples tested positive for Listeria.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Saturday warned consumers that 18 varieties of Estrella Family Creamery cheese, including soft, semi-soft and hard cheese, may pose health risks...

The Food Safety Shell Game

Posted on September 07, 2010
What isn't being discussed in Congress, during the ongoing debate on the broken federal food safety system, is the root cause of the most serious pathogenic outbreaks in our food--the elephant (poop) in the room. The relatively new phenomena of nationwide pathogenic outbreaks, be they from Salmonella or E...

Is the R-CALF Gang Eating Grilled Avocado?

Posted on September 07, 2010
The "Meatless Monday" campaign that urges Americans to cut their beef consumption by 15 percent suggests grilled avocado with salsa as the meat substitute of the week. Pays Caf� in Billings, MT, where the leadership of the Ranchers Cattlemen Acton Legal Fund (R-CALF), is said to hang out, probably is not going to rustle up grilled avocado any time soon...

Feinstein: 'I am not holding up food safety bill'

Posted on September 07, 2010
Former Congressman Bob Barr and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) are butting heads over bisphenol-A politics and the pending food safety bill.Late last week Bob Barr penned an Op-Ed for Politico in which he placed the blame for the delay on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act squarely on Feinstein...

One Iowa Egg Farm Takes a Free-Range Approach

Posted on September 07, 2010
This isn't your typical egg farm. In Elkhart, Iowa, about 70 miles south of Wright County Egg--the mega-farm at the center of a 550 million egg recall tied to almost 1,500 Salmonella illnesses--colorful hens are milling around Foxhollow Farm. Lyric-less rock music is playing in the hen house, and it's for the hens...

Labor Day Picnic: Favorite Pork Chops

Posted on September 06, 2010
Our one year anniversary is quickly approaching here at Food Safety News, and despite the fact that we've only met in person twice during the last year we've held 2 successful virtual picnics--one on Memorial Day and one on the 4th of July. As summer comes to a close, we're hosting another virtual picnic...

Denis's Deviled Eggs Two Ways

Posted on September 06, 2010
According to the entry on deviled eggs at Wikipedia, the deviled egg originated in ancient Rome, and they are still quite popular in Europe.[1] "In France they are called ?uf mimosa; in Hungary, t�lt�tt toj�s vagy kaszin� toj�s; in Romania, ou? umplute ("stuffed eggs"); in Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany, where they are usually filled with caviar and served in r�moulade sauce, they are known as "Russian Eggs" (a title that comes from the presence of the caviar)...

Labor Day Picnic: The Best Whiskey on Earth!

Posted on September 06, 2010
Our one year anniversary is quickly approaching here at Food Safety News, and despite the fact that we've only met in person twice during the last year we've held two successful virtual picnics--one on Memorial Day and one on the Fourth of July...

Labor Day Picnic: Roasted Beet & Goat Cheese Salad

Labor Day Picnic: Apple Peach Crumble

Labor Day Picnic: Baked Crab Cakes

Letter from the Editor: Mary Rothschild

Posted on September 05, 2010
Several times in the past year, we've used this space to inform readers on the approach we were taking to this news site. For the most part, the course we set has not changed. Food Safety News is now coming up on its first anniversary on Sept...

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