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Food Safety News

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Ag Committee to Consider USDA Food Safety Nominee

Posted on May 27, 2010
Today the Senate Agriculture Committee will take the first step in the confirmation process for Under Secretary for Food Safety, a post at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that has been vacant for 19 months. The Committee is holding a nomination hearing this morning to consider President Obama's pick for the job, Dr...

Where's the (local) beef?

Posted on May 27, 2010
Feds find gap between small-scale ranchers and customers eager to buy locally raised meat Back in the 1990s when Bruce Dunlop, owner of Lopez Island Farm in northwest Washington, would drive around on his "home island," he couldn't help but notice that as beautiful a sight as the flocks of sheep grazing in green pastures might be, something was wrong--very wrong--with the picture...

Monsanto Gets FDA OK for New Soybeans

Posted on May 27, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent Monsanto a letter of no objection, indicating that the company's new product--nutritionally improved Vistive Gold soybeans--is generally recognized as safe (GRAS).Vistive Gold soybeans contain an oil that can be used to reduce the amount of saturated and trans fats in foods...

New Center to Focus on International Food Safety

Posted on May 26, 2010
A new public-private initiative aims to advance the U.S. strategy of defending against contaminated food imports at the source rather than at the border. In an effort to increase the foreign scientific capacity needed to uncover contamination prior to commodities shipping, the University of Maryland and the Waters Corporation plan to build and operate the first U...

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FDA Says Dairy Making Cross Border Sales

Posted on May 26, 2010
South Carolina's Milky Way Farm, which produces raw milk, cream, buttermilk, and butter under a license from the state Department of Health and Environmental Control, is now in trouble with the federal government.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has charged dairy farmer L...

Recreational Food Safety: Hiking, Camping, Boating

Posted on May 26, 2010
Summer provides wonderful opportunities to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. Whether you're heading out on a day hike or a multi-day backpack or kayak trip, proper planning and good trail practices will go a long way toward helping you stay healthy while you're out there...

Louisiana House Allows Year-Round Oyster Sales

Posted on May 26, 2010
Anticipating another rift with the powers that be in Washington D.C., Louisiana is taking steps to allow oysters to be sold year round in the state. Last year, the Gulf oyster industry held off U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which wanted to impose post-harvest restrictions on oysters during warm months...

USDA Hits the Road for Food Safety

Posted on May 26, 2010
Inside the USDA's new "food safety mobile," a group of third graders are wide-eyed and oohing and ahhing as digital bacteria magically appear before their eyes. "We're going to teach you how to keep you and your family safe," announces Lieutenant JG Cody Thornton, a public health officer with the agency's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)...

Oil Spill, Media Spill, Political Spill

Posted on May 26, 2010
When BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico last month, phones started ringing at the desks of federal scientists 2,200 miles away on the shores of Seattle's Lake Washington. Five weeks later, they're still ringing.The scientists at NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration, or OR&R, are the nation's experts on oil spills...

Fresh Express Recalls Romaine Salads

Posted on May 25, 2010
Fresh Express announced yesterday that the company was recalling romaine lettuce-based salads with use-by dates of May 13-16 and an "S" in the product code for potential Salmonella contamination. According to a company press release, a package of Fresh Express Hearts of Romaine Salad with a use-by date of May 15 was confirmed positive for Salmonella during a random test conducted by the U...

Eggs Source of BC Salmonella Outbreak

Posted on May 25, 2010
The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control announced last week that eggs were determined to be the source of a three-year increase in Salmonella cases in the lower mainland of the Canadian province. According to a press release issued by the agency, over 500 cases of a particular strain of Salmonella have been reported since 2008...

Tracking System Would Combat Food Fraud

Posted on May 25, 2010
A professor at the University of Saskatchewan has developed an internal tracking system that would combat food fraud. "Adulteration of food products, either through mislabeling, ingredient substitution or dilution with a less expensive ingredient is a growing concern for Canadian consumers," said Nicholas Low, who is leading the project with Robert Hanner, a professor at the University of Guelph...

Registry to Include Animal Drugs, Pet Food

Posted on May 25, 2010
Since early September, federal law has required any facility that manufactures, packs, or holds human or animal food to issue an electronic report to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) if the company realizes it shipped potentially harmful food into commerce...

EFSA Delays Decision on BPA Safety

Posted on May 25, 2010
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is pushing back its final decision on the safety of bisphenol-A (BPA), an increasingly controversial chemical widely used in food and beverage containers. The agency announced last week it will take an additional month to review existing research on the chemical before presenting its opinion to the European Commission...

Feds Declare Gulf Fisheries Disaster

Posted on May 25, 2010
Sample test results of oysters and water will be on the agenda today when the Louisiana Oyster Task Force meets in New Orleans. It comes a day after the federal government reportedly issued a fisheries disaster declaration for three Gulf states, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama...

Milk In Ginger Snaps Brings Warning

Posted on May 24, 2010
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) sent out a weekend warning to people with allergies to milk proteins after learning milk, an allergen, was not disclosed as an ingredient on the label of MRS. Dunster's Old Fashioned Ginger Snaps.CFIA said the affected product, MRS...

FSIS Video Highlights 'Food Safety Mobile'

Posted on May 24, 2010
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA's) Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) debuted its brand new, 40-foot-long Food Safety Discovery Zone, a food safety educational center on wheels that will travel across the country to teach the public about proper food handling...

EU Bans 'Meat Glue'

Posted on May 24, 2010
On Thursday, May 20, the European Parliament voted to ban bovine and porcine thrombin used as an additive to bind separate pieces of meat together into one piece. According to European Union lawmakers, the additives, which are commonly called "meat glue," have no proven benefits" and create products that "carry an unacceptably high risk of misleading consumers" instead...

CDC Issues Update on Lettuce E. coli Outbreak

Posted on May 24, 2010
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta on May 21 issued what it said will be its final report on the E. coli O145 five-state outbreak involving romaine lettuce.Among its top findings were:1) The latest case count is 26 confirmed and 7 probable cases related to this outbreak from MI, NY, OH, PA, and TN...

Stage Set for Food Safety Bill

Posted on May 24, 2010
Last Thursday, the Senate passed the Wall Street reform bill, handing President Obama his second major legislative victory of the year. The contentious bill, which narrowly passed though the Senate on a 59-39 vote, took over the Senate upon its introduction and halted the progress of most other legislation in the body, including S...

Where Do These Bugs Come From?

Posted on May 24, 2010
I am often asked what will be the next big pathogen of concern. And I respond that I have no idea, except that it is already here just waiting to be recognized. Indeed, it seems that some of our most noteworthy bugs appear abruptly out of nowhere...

Q&A With the Produce Safety Project's Jim O'Hara

Posted on May 24, 2010
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Jim O'Hara, director of the Produce Safety Project at Georgetown University, on food safety lessons from the EU, scale-appropriate produce safety regulations, and confidence in the U.S...

New Poultry Pathogen Reduction Standards Issued

Posted on May 24, 2010
While the country's poultry producers wonder aloud whether they're even necessary, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued new compliance guidelines to reduce the levels of Salmonella and Campylobacter in chicken and turkey. The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) published the new standards--an update to guidelines published in 2008--last week...

Letter From The Editor: Team BP/O

Posted on May 23, 2010
If the storm surge from Hurricane Katrina failed to top the barriers that were built to protect the City of New Orleans, chances are you would not even remember much about the Category 5 storm that actually missed making a direct hit on "NOLA".But the storm surge did take out New Orleans and with it went, fairly or unfairly, any remaining public confidence in the administration of George W...

Salmonella Outbreak in 10 States Tied to Raw Sprouts

Posted on May 23, 2010
U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Urgent Nationwide Alfalfa Sprout Recall - Raw Alfalfa Sprouts Linked to Salmonella Outbreak in 10 StatesSalmonella identified in raw alfalfa sprouts, linked to 22 illnesses in 10 states, prompted an 18 state recall Caldwell Fresh Foods sprouts on Friday...

Publisher's Platform

Posted on May 23, 2010
My Damn Day Job(s)You have to give a lot of credit to the folks at FSN - Dan, Helena, Suzanne and Zach (Zach is leaving soon - taking a job in Senator Patty Murray's office) - for making deadlines. Day in day out they, along with a team of freelancers and interns, have been producing a great product at Food Safety News...

Nescafe Espresso Recalled for Glass

Posted on May 22, 2010
Nescafe Espresso instant coffee sold in Canada is being recalled because the product may contain small fragments of glass.Canadians were warned not to consume the instant espresso when the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Nestl� Canada announced the product recall May 20...

Undeclared Milk In Cookies Brings Recall

Posted on May 22, 2010
Rise 'N Roll Bakery is recalling all varieties of its 20 ounce jars of Rise 'N Roll Specialties "Gourmet Cookie Mixes" because they may contain undeclared milk products.People who have allergies to milk run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products...

Mislabeled Ranch Dressing Called Back

Posted on May 22, 2010
California's VanLaw Food Productsm Inc. has recalled VALU TIME brand Ranch Dressing with code date of Use by APR 21 11.The back label was mislabeled with VALU TIME Light Ranch Dressing and in particular the label is missing an egg allergen declaration...

Researchers Find Pathogens in Compost

Posted on May 22, 2010
The practice of composting has proved to be an important alternative to landfills for recycling waste organic matter. At least 22 states in the U.S. now have restrictions or bans on the disposal of yard trimmings in landfills. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) drafted the findings of an evaluation of pathogen reduction in composting sewage sludge into a regulation known as the EPA 503 rule...

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