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Listeria Fear Behind Recall

Posted on May 11, 2010
No illnesses have been associated with a new recall of ready-to-eat meats for Listeria contamination that is certain to get a lot of attention in Canada.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Zadi Foods Ltd. are warning the public not to consume various processed meat products made by the Ontario company because these products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes...

Poultry Industry Gets New Performance Standards

Posted on May 11, 2010
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack Monday announced new performance standards for the poultry industry to use in knocking down Salmonella and Campylobacter contamination levels.Vilsack said after two years under the new standards, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) estimates that 39,000 illnesses will be avoided each year under the new Campylobacter standard, and there will be 26,000 fewer illnesses with the revised Salmonella standard...

More Lettuce Recalled for E. coli

Posted on May 11, 2010
On May 6, Freshway Foods voluntarily recalled all of its products containing romaine lettuce with a use by date of May 12 or earlier due to potential E. coli O145 contamination. As of May 10, the E. coli O145 outbreak had spread to 23 states and hospitalized 12 people, including three who were treated for Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS)...

'Team Diarrhea' Funding Jeopardized

Posted on May 11, 2010
Last week, in the wake of the State Supreme Court's ruling in Brayton et al. v. Pawlenty et al., Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty issued Executive Order 10-07, which seeks to prioritize core government functions in anticipation of shutting down non-core government functions to save money for the state's significant budget deficits...

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U.S. Urged to Back GM Labeling Agreement

Posted on May 11, 2010
Consumers Union is asking the Obama Administration to get behind a compromise on genetically modified (GM)/genetically engineered (GE) food labeling that is widely supported in the international community.Last week, the Codex Committee on Food Labeling, an arm of Codex Alimentarius--the United Nations food standards agency--met to discuss GM labeling...

NOAA Testing Gulf Shellfish Areas for Oil

Posted on May 11, 2010
Gulf watermen, be they out for shell or fin fish, did not get the news they wanted over the weekend as the colossal BP could not fill the hole spilling oil off the Louisiana coast. And while BP could not "get it done," as they say in the South, golf ball-sized tar balls were washing up on Alabama's Dauphin Island, just 3 miles from the mouth of Mobile Bay...

Mini Pretzel Dogs Recalled for Lack of Inspection

Posted on May 10, 2010
Chicago's Vienna Beef Ltd. of Chicago recalled approximately 49,600 pounds of fully cooked mini pretzel dog products over the weekend, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).FSIS said the products were previously recalled in Notification Report # RC-015-2010...

'Artist' Sentenced in Gatorade Labeling Case

Posted on May 10, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Criminal Investigations and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announced last week that Jason Eric Kay of Longmont, Colo., had been sentenced for removing and replacing labels on Gatorade bottles earlier this year...

Publisher's Platform

Posted on May 10, 2010
Oops, I missed my self-imposed deadline to get to Suzanne this week's version of the "Publisher's Platform." Well, now it is 4:00 am on Mother's Day. No great excuse for being tardy with this piece except to say it was a very busy week. But, I did not forget Mother's Day gifts, and yesterday I helped shop (well, just paid for) a prom dress...

'Super Weeds' Concern for Farmers

Posted on May 10, 2010
The widespread use of the Roundup weed killer by American Farmers has led to the rapid growth of new super weeds. This is forcing farmers to spray the fields with more toxic herbicides. Eddie Anderson, a farmer from Tennessee who has used environmentally friendly farming practices recently told the New York Times, "We're back to where we were 20 years ago...

Food 'Safety' Reform and the Enclosure Movement

Posted on May 10, 2010
"Healing ourselves is the essence of democratic development." --Michael Parenti, final remarks, California State University, Channel Islands, March 11, 2004.IntroductionOur nation is awakening to the fact that convenience-oriented industrial food products, which have substantially displaced our traditional diet, have altered our collective health for the worse...

AgriBeef Pays for Clean Water Act Violations

Posted on May 10, 2010
Washington Beef, a slaughterhouse in central Washington, agreed last week to pay $750,000 in civil penalties for violating the Clean Water Act between 2003 and 2009. In addition to the monetary penalty, Washington Beef will install several pieces of new wastewater treatment equipment which are expected to cost the beef company up to $3 million...

Future of Gulf Shrimp Uncertain As Oil Spills

Posted on May 10, 2010
CHALMETTE, LA -- As Ray Brandhurst puts the final touches on his shrimp boat to bring it back to its pre-Katrina condition, an oil spill the size of Delaware threatens the seafood upon which he depends. "It's one thing to rebuild buildings, boats. We're capable of that...

Letter From The Editor: Gulf Currents

Posted on May 09, 2010
With the safety of Gulf seafood at risk, we mounted our own response last week to the oil spill that is threatening the Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama coastlines. It was a unique experience, one that we won't soon forget.It remains to be seen how much damage oil in the Gulf does to the $6...

Top Career Job Filled At FSIS

Posted on May 08, 2010
Career service appointments in the federal government must go on even if the U.S. Senate has become a black hole for political appointments.At the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)--second only to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in importance as food safety regulatory agencies--that means making Alfred V...

Dairies Cited for Antibiotic Misuse

Posted on May 07, 2010
Late last week, two Upstate New York dairies received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over their misuse of animal antibiotics. Both dairies were found to be in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act during investigations of their operations...

Residents React to Turtle, Baitfish Deaths

Posted on May 07, 2010
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO--At the Waffle House restaurant across the street from the Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, locals at the breakfast counter were reacting to articles in the morning Sun Herald newspaper.Two stories were getting most of the attention--a new report that over in Pascagoula thousands of dead baitfish were found on the surface of tributaries of Bayou Creek and one on 35 dead sea turtles that have washed to shore since April 30...

White House Farmers Market Opens

Posted on May 07, 2010
At the sound of a herd of cow bells, the farmers market by the White House kicked off yesterday. Surrounded by Washington, DC-area sustainable and local food advocates, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan helped ring in the 2010 season of the FRESHFARM Market...

CSPI Threatens Safeway with Shopper Card Lawsuit

Posted on May 07, 2010
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a Washington, DC non-profit focused on nutrition and food safety, told Safeway Tuesday it will sue the grocery chain unless it agrees to start using shopper card data to relay critical food recall information to consumers...

House Hearing Focuses on FDA Oversight

Posted on May 07, 2010
Yesterday, the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to discuss the role and performance of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in ensuring food safety. The hearing was the twelfth of its kind since a nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak linked to spinach sickened 205 and killed five...

E. coli O145 Outbreak Linked to Lettuce

Posted on May 07, 2010
Dozens of people in Michigan, Ohio, and New York are part of an E. coli O145 outbreak traced to the consumption of contaminated lettuce sold by Freshway Foods.Students from Ohio State University, the University of Michigan, and Daemen College in Buffalo, New York, have fallen ill as part of the E...

Famous Fudge Kits Recalled for Allergens

Posted on May 06, 2010
The Nestle USA Baking Division recalled Nestle Carnation Famous Fudge Kits Tuesday after the company discovered the kits were distributed without a complete allergen precautionary statement indicating peanuts are an ingredient in the kits. Consumers who have allergies to peanuts run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume products containing peanuts...

California Finds Lead in Candy

Posted on May 06, 2010
The California Department of Public Health announced this week that liquorice and corn cob candies are being recalled for lead contamination. Darrell Lea Chocolate Shops Pty. Ltd. of Australia and Richin Trading, Inc. of Alhambra, Calif., both initiated candy recalls after lead was found in their products...

More Prosciutto Recalled for Listeria

Posted on May 06, 2010
International Gourmet of Springfield, Va., recalled approximately 70 pounds of prosciutto products for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination yesterday after a sample of prosciutto tested positive for Listeria during routine testing. U.S...

Salmonella Found In Chocolate Chips

Posted on May 06, 2010
Nestle briefly stopped production of chocolate chips at its Burlington, Wisc. plant two weeks ago after company testing revealed Salmonella contamination in a batch produced April 22. The company shut down the production line for thorough cleaning...

Local Health Departments Hit Hard by Budget Woes

Posted on May 06, 2010
Despite their vital role in the nation's public health system, state and local health departments have been hit hard by the recession and related budget cuts. Three recent studies provide evidence that the public health system is under severe and increasing pressure, as state and local health departments are asked to take on more responsibilities with fewer resources...

Dr. Ed Cake: Oysters' Only Hope

Posted on May 06, 2010
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO --- Make a mistake about Gulf Coast oyster facts--say by running a picture showing Crassostrea gigas or Pacific oysters instead of Crassostrea virginica or Eastern oysters---and you are going to hear from Ed Cake.Cake is practicing marine biologist with a Ph...

'People's Gardens' Springing Up Nationwide

Posted on May 06, 2010
Last week, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced that more than 300 'People's Gardens' have been planted throughout the country and urged employees of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to continue making plans to plant additional gardens...

Oil Spill Science: Carcinogens in the Food Chain

Posted on May 06, 2010
A look at how petroleum impacts the seafood chain--and, what would happen to you if you ate an oil-tainted oyster?"Crude oil has many, many chemicals in it. Most of the chemicals are considered organic, they come from the earth, they are not made by man," according to Dr...

Audit Benchmarking Matrix Released

Posted on May 05, 2010
The development of the Audits Benchmarking Matrix, which enables side-by-side comparisons of the third-party audit organizations and standards most commonly used by the U.S. produce industry, was completed last week by a working group of the United Fresh Produce Association's Food Safety & Technology Council...

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