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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

Berry Lovers Benefit from Food Safety Scrutiny

Posted on July 22, 2010
It's berry season. for some chlorine. No, we're not talking about chlorine as in sunglasses and swimming pools but rather chlorine as in berry farmers and irrigation water. And while the juxtaposition of swimming and irrigation water may at first seem far-fetched, the generally accepted food safety standard for irrigation water for crops such as berries that are eaten raw is based on the federal Environmental Protection Agency's water-quality standard for recreational swimming water...

More Animal Drug Tales from FDA

Posted on July 21, 2010
With the nation's dairy herd standing at about nine million head, any postmortem sampling of the edible tissues of single animals are anecdotal at best.But every week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issues a report or two suggesting that abuse of animal drugs, especially antibiotics, is responsible for contaminating edible tissues with drug residues at higher than allowable levels...

Canada Issues Tahini Salmonella Warning

Posted on July 21, 2010
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Produits Phoenicia Inc. are warning the public not to consume the Cedar brand Tahini described below because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella.Tahini is a sesame paste.The affected product, Cedar brand Tahini, is sold in 450 mL jars, bearing UPC 0 62356 50178 5...

Deli Meats Recalled in Quebec and Ontario

Posted on July 21, 2010
There is another recall underway for deli meats in Canada. Montreal's Dats Déli Européen has recalled some of its sliced meat products because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The following ready-to-eat sliced meats, bearing Establishment number 155, are affected by this alert:-Dats Deli Black Forest Ham, best before July 23-Dats Deli Cooked Turkey Breast, best before July 23-Dats Deli Old Fashioned Smoked Meat, best before July 10-Dats Deli Old Fashioned Smoked Meat, best before July 23-Dats Deli Old-Fashioned Smoked Meat, best before Aug...

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China Calls for Crackdown on Unsafe Cooking Oil

Posted on July 21, 2010
China's State Council has ordered central and local public health authorities to intensify their crackdown on illegal cooking oil, citing a "serious food safety risk," Xinhua, Chinese official media reported yesterday. In March, The China Daily and The Taipei Times reported that almost one-tenth of the country's cooking oil contains cancer-causing agents and was illegally gathered from drainages and reused in restaurants...

EU Places Warning Labels on Foods Containing Dyes

Posted on July 21, 2010
As of Tuesday in the European Union, most foods containing artificial food dyes are required to sport a warning label. These labels declare that the labeled food, "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." Food Safety News reported on a study released by the Center For Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) earlier this month that detailed the risks associated with popular food dyes...

Wisconsin Woman Sues Baker Street Restaurant

Posted on July 21, 2010
Tanja Dzinovic, who ordered a California Cobb Salad and ate some other offerings from the Baker Street Restaurant and Pub in Kenosha, WS, and was infected with the Salmonella pathogen, sued for damages Tuesday.Dzinovic, represented by the food safety law firm of Marler Clark, filed against L & K Tricoli, which owns the Baker Street Restaurant and Pub, in the Kenosha County Branch of Wisconsin District Court...

Louisiana Calls on FDA to Expedite Seafood Testing

Posted on July 21, 2010
Just days after BP stopped the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expedite the reopening of Louisiana's waters to commercial fishing. "We met here today with commercial fishermen and processors because we need our commercial fishing industry to reopen as quickly and safely as possible," said Gov...

Purdue Chicken Nuggets Recalled for Plastic

Posted on July 20, 2010
Georgia-based Perdue Farms Inc is recalling 91,872 pounds of frozen chicken nugget products because they may contain bits of plastic.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said in a release Monday that company officials discovered small pieces of blue plastic after receiving complaints from consumers...

USDA Awards 22 Research Grants

Posted on July 20, 2010
Last week the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a statement announcing the recipients of 22 matching grants for an array of research topics.In a press release the USDA explained, "These grants focus on developing agricultural marketing strategies for an array of projects including eight local/regional food projects, two bio-energy projects, a farm-to-school project, and a food safety for direct marketers project...

UK Food Standards Agency Falls Short of Goals

Posted on July 20, 2010
The United Kingdom's independent Food Standards Agency failed to reduce the incidence of Campylobacter in chickens by 50 percent, did not get the consumers to cut their salt in take by as much as it wanted, but saw the agency grow by its take-over of the Meat Hygiene Service...

Egg Whites Source of NC Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on July 20, 2010
The Durham County Health Department recently announced that it had concluded the investigation into a Salmonella enteritidis outbreak among customers of the Bullock's Bar-B-Que Restaurant located at 3330 Quebec Drive in Durham. Among the investigation's findings was that the cause of the Salmonella outbreak was most likely commercially manufactured egg whites that were used to make meringue used by the restaurant...

Texas Goes After Unlicensed Food Manufacturers

Posted on July 20, 2010
Texas has a whole bunch of unlicensed food manufacturing businesses in it.Since early 2009 when it was disclosed that the Peanut Corporation of America processing plant in Plainview, TX was operating without the benefit of a license, many have wondered how many others might be going without in the Lone Star State...

Buffets and Cross-Contamination

Posted on July 20, 2010
Buffets. The word alone causes a smile to appear on my face. I can still recall with vivid clarity the new buffet restaurant that opened in my hometown when I was a young boy, and the bizarre obsession to experience it that overtook me and my friends...

Lawmakers Spar Over Senate Food Safety Bill Holdup

Posted on July 20, 2010
In response to media reports that Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) insistence on a controversial bisphenol-A (BPA) ban is holding up the pending food safety bill, Congressman John Dingell (D-MI), a force behind the lower chamber's version of the bill, sent a public letter yesterday to Feinstein, urging her to reconsider her "obstruction" on the issue...

OSHA Fines American Seafoods $279,000

Posted on July 19, 2010
American Seafoods International LLC, based in New Bedford, MA has 15 days to pay or appeal fines totaling $279,000 imposed by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).OSHA is fining the seafood company for health and safety violations relating to "process management safety (PMS)...

FDA Says Memphis Bottler/Roaster Not Telling The Truth

Posted on July 19, 2010
Its "Glacier Mountain" bottled water does not come from "Artesian Wells" and is not "deionized." Its Ugly Mug Coffee does not come from either Peru or Costa Rica as listed on the label.Yet for its brands, Memphis-based Lambert's Inc. claims "Glacier Mountain" bottled water is "Pure Artesian Well Water" and that it is "From the Memphis, TN Artesian Wells...

Farmers Market Suspected Food Poisoning Source

Posted on July 19, 2010
The Iowa Department of Public Health recently announced that the agency is investigating more than 10 illnesses that may be related to a freshly prepared fruit and vegetable product sold at a farmers market in east-central Iowa. The health department issued the following advice to consumers who buy fresh produce from farmers markets:* Be aware that any freshly prepared fruit or vegetable product, such as hummus, salsa, cut fruit salad, and guacamole can be a potential health risk if not handled correctly...

China Sends Mixed Messages on Food Safety

Posted on July 19, 2010
The recent seizure of 76 tons of melamine-tainted dairy products in China has again sparked concern over the country's food safety system. While it remains unclear whether the recently-seized dairy was left over from previous incidents, or a new batch, or whether any illnesses have been connected to the dairy, Chinese government officials sought to assuage worries last week, again pledging to improve enforcement of newly revamped food safety laws...

UC Davis Lab to Test Gulf Seafood

Posted on July 19, 2010
The University of California's Davis Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory has been been chosen as one of eight labs to test gulf seafood for toxic chemicals, university officials announced last week. Researchers there will be testing crab, shrimp and oysters...

Debate Over Antibiotics in Ag Rolls On

Posted on July 19, 2010
The debate over the subtherapeutic use of antibiotics in animal agriculture brought veterinarians, public health officials, scientists, and industry representatives to Congress last week for a hearing, the third in a series held by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health on growing antibiotic resistance...

Letter From The Editor: Hallelujah!

Posted on July 18, 2010
Reasons to like being in the news business are usually led by the fact that one never knows what is coming and no two days are the same.At the time when the Deepwater Horizon exploded on April 20 killing 11 men, it certainly did not cross my mind that it would also turn into a major food safety story...

FDA Warns Two Spanish Canned Food Facilities

Posted on July 17, 2010
Two low-acid canned food facilities in Spain, inspected in February by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), have recently received warning letters about their operations.Industrias Alimentarias De Navarra, S.A.U., based in Villafranco Navarra northeast of Madrid, received a warning letter from FDA on May 27 about its canned black olives...

Salmonella Fears Extend Cat Food Recall

Posted on July 17, 2010
The July 1 Feline's Pride cat food recall has been expanded.Feline's Pride raw food with ground bone for cats and kittens may be contaminated with Salmonella.No illnesses have been associated with the cat food recall.The recall has been extended to include all of the Natural Chicken Formula in 2...

Meat & Poultry Inspection Panel Members Named

Posted on July 16, 2010
A reestablished charter and 2010-2012 membership for the National Committee on Meat and Poultry Inspection was announced Thursday by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.The food safety advisory group is attached to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety & Inspection Service (FSIS)...

NOAA Expands Closed Fishing Area in Gulf

Posted on July 16, 2010
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico again this week. The new area includes portions of Louisiana's federal-state waterline which is located in the northwestern boundary where the oil slick is slowly creeping...

Comment Period on Produce Standards Ends Next Week

Posted on July 16, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comment period for produce safety standards comes to a close next week.The FDA established a docket in February to receive information from growers and other stakeholders on improving food safety in the produce industry...

Latest Fresh Express Recall a Lot Like One in May

Posted on July 16, 2010
The latest recall of selected romaine lettuce by Fresh Express is almost an exact duplicate of a recall the company went through in May.There is one major exception, however. May's recall of Fresh Express Romaine-based ready to eat salads occurred because the U...

Don't Let Food Allergies Stand in the Way of Fun!

Posted on July 16, 2010
Summer vacation is upon us, and kids will start enjoying the long days by playing outside, going to sleepovers and pool parties, and seeking air conditioning and independence at the mall or the movie theater. For parents of food-allergic children the lack of structure and supervision is certainly a cause for concern: how can I keep my child safe? Fortunately, summer fun doesn't have to stop on account of food allergies...

Researchers Develop Speedy Test for Gulf Seafood

Posted on July 16, 2010
Researchers at Mississippi State University State Chemical Lab have developed new method for testing Gulf of Mexico seafood for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the main oil contaminants that affect seafood.The lab is working on a package to send to the Food and Drug Administration for approval of the new test, and expects to have it ready by the end of July...

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