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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

CFSAN Leader Steps Down

Posted on May 05, 2010
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and Deputy Commissioner for Foods Michael Taylor issued a joint letter yesterday announcing that Stephen Sundlof was stepping down from his position of director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)...

Jumping from 'The Storm' into Oil Slick

Posted on May 05, 2010
When they talk among themselves they simply refer to Hurricane Katrina as "the storm."In the Mississippi town of D'Iberville, where seafood processing facilities fell under as much as 28 feet of Katrina storm surge, the last thing anybody wants to deal with is the BP oil spill now only a few mile from its coastline...

Lessons Learned, or not, from the Exxon Valdez

Posted on May 05, 2010
The Gulf of Mexico is a continent removed from Alaska's Prince William Sound. One is a warm sea enclosed by tropical islands and sandy beaches, the other a frigid arctic fiord surrounded by mountains and glaciers. And their oil spills are separated by 21 years of technology and human experience...

As Oil Spills, Locals Buy Up Seafood

Posted on May 05, 2010
NEW ORLEANS--As a massive, growing oil spill threatens to crush the Gulf seafood industry, Louisiana locals are snatching up fresh, locally-harvested shrimp in droves. The Crescent City Farmer's Market in uptown New Orleans was out of seafood by 11 a...

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Contaminated Shrimp Will Not Be Processed

Posted on May 05, 2010
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO--The Golden Gulf Seafood Company in Biloxi and C.F. Gollott & Son Seafood located on the Back Bay in D'Iberville are two Mississippi Gulf businesses that were damaged by Katrina and now face an uncertain future because of the BP oil spill...

NOAA to Sniff Out Oil-Tainted Seafood

Posted on May 05, 2010
NEW ORLEANS--Federal officials plan to keep petroleum-tainted fish off of our plates by using two proven methods: advanced chemical testing and their sense of smell. "The sensory tests tend to be more sensitive than the chemical," Steven Wilson, chief quality officer for the seafood inspection program at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), told Food Safety News in an interview yesterday...

Prosciutto Recalled for Listeria

Posted on May 05, 2010
Orlando Greco & Son Imports and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Tuesday that the company was recalling approximately 822 pounds of prosciutto products for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination...

Listeria Causes Pork Sausage Recall

Posted on May 04, 2010
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Custom Corned Beef, Inc., of Denver, Colorado, was recalling approximately 460 pounds of fully cooked crumbled pork sausage products Saturday. The recall was initiated after testing revealed the product to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes...

Vermont Approves Slaughterhouse Oversight

Posted on May 04, 2010
Just months after an undercover video revealed egregious abuse of veal calves in Vermont, the state Senate approved a bill Wednesday to crack down on abusive treatment at slaughterhouses. "You do not skin calves that are still alive. You do not cut the throats of animals that are conscious of what you're doing," Harold Giard, a Democrat in the state Senate said Wednesday in a speech during the chamber's deliberations, referring to the shocking undercover video released by the Humane Society last year...

National Drinking Water Week Kicks Off

Posted on May 04, 2010
National Drinking Water Week kicked off yesterday--a day when water quality and safety was top of mind for many Americans due to continued leakage of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.And while most news focused on ocean water, the American Water Works Association gave the annual weekly observance a theme of "Only Tap Water Delivers...

What's Wrong with the Tester Amendments

Posted on May 04, 2010
On April 14, 2010, Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) announced that he is introducing two amendments to the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, S. 510. The aim of the amendments is to ease the burden that small farmers believe the bill will impose on them if passed...

Gulf Seafood in Commerce Safe to Eat

Posted on May 04, 2010
NEW ORLEANS--As 200,000 gallons of crude oil continue to flow unabated into the Gulf of Mexico, government officials, seafood industry groups, and food safety experts are working to assure the public that seafood coming from the Gulf is safe for consumption...

No 'Safe Harbor' for Seafood Processors

Posted on May 04, 2010
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO--Chris Nelson is in charge of oyster procurement for his family's 114-year old company, Bon Secour Fisheries Inc. With the BP oil spill offshore, Nelson might well have been out scouring his many contacts for more oysters...

PA to Host Produce Safety Listening Session

Posted on May 03, 2010
Pennsylvania produce growers and food processors will have an opportunity to give their two cents on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) proposed produce handling rule. Next month, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture will host a listening session in Harrisburg to engage the local community in the process...

Lawsuits Filed Over 2008 Newborn Outbreak

Posted on May 03, 2010
An October 2008 outbreak of antibiotic-resistant ESBL strain of E. coli caused the infection of 13 newly born babies at the neonatal intensive care unit at Luton and Dunstable Hospital in the United Kingdom.Two babies died and others were left critically ill...

Tester Amendment Picks Up Cosponsor

Posted on May 03, 2010
Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has picked up a key supporter for his amendments intended to ease the impact of the pending food safety legislation on small farms. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) announced late last week she will cosponsor Tester's amendments to "protect small, local food producers from unnecessary and burdensome regulations that could harm their businesses...

Investigators Slow to Name E. coli Strain, Source

Posted on May 03, 2010
State and federal officials investigating a multistate non-O157 E. coli outbreak went into the weekend without naming either the exact strain or food source involved.On background, food safety experts say the likely strain involved is E. coli O145 and the investigation into the food source is said to be focused on a specific distribution company...

There's O'l in the Ocean...

Posted on May 03, 2010
As Americans watch that massive oil slick slosh toward gulf beaches, many are reminded of the huge Exxon Valdez Oil Spill in 1989.That spring, I spent months in Alaska for the Seattle Times, covering the spill and its consequences for people and wildlife...

NOAA Closes Gulf Spill Area To Fishing

Posted on May 03, 2010
FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO --Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal was first to start closing down the Gulf seafood industry when he put select fishing areas and oyster harvesting beds off limits to both recreational and commercial takings last Friday in response to the BP oil spill...

Unlisted Sulfites Cause Recalls

Posted on May 02, 2010
Routine sampling by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets food inspectors and subsequent analysis by state food laboratory personnel have led to two separate recalls.Northern Food I/E, based in Hicksville, NY, Friday recalled its 100 gram packages of Havista brand "white fungus...

Letter From The Editor: Change

Posted on May 02, 2010
Stop and think about what you are doing.We did that last weekend in Las Vegas. After publishing for 222 consecutive days, we took off last Saturday and Sunday so we could focus on what we are doing based on what we've learned.We decided to give our writers two days off in part to see if anyone would notice...

Publisher's Platform

Posted on May 02, 2010
Somehow Dan the editor and the several staff of Food Safety News convinced me while in Las Vegas (they may well have pictures) to write a few lines each week about my thoughts on what was going on at Food Safety News and/or my perspective on food safety over the week--forwards and backwards...

New Bill to Fix Clean Water Act

Posted on May 01, 2010
Last week, Congressman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) introduced new legislation into the House of Representatives that would fix the Clean Water Act after it was damaged by two Supreme Court rulings. The Supreme Court rulings, which were issued in 2001 and 2006, impair the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enforce the Clean Water Act on wetlands, streams, and ponds that are not part of a major "navigable" waterway...

Quebec: Undeclared Soy In Cabbage Rolls

Posted on April 30, 2010
Soy, one of the nine most common food allergens, was not listed on the label as an ingredient in Cuisine Bernart brand cabbage rolls being sold in retail markets in Quebec.That has brought a public warning for people with allergies to soy not to consume the Cuisine Bernart brand cabbage rolls and a recall from Cuisine Bern-Art Inc...

Front-of-Pack Labeling Comments Wanted at FDA

Posted on April 30, 2010
Nutrition labels on the front of food packages are coming to a grocery shelf near you. Before that happens, however, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants to know what consumers want to see on so-called "front-of-pack" labeling and on shelf tags in retail stores...

Cracker Meal Mistake Brings Recall

Posted on April 30, 2010
When you've got wheat and milk in your cracker meal, you need to say so on the label or face the consequences.The Murphy House in Louisburg, NC is going through just such an experience now with the recall of 414 pounds of Brunswick stew meat because they contain cracker meal with those undeclared allergens...

Salmonella Strikes Popular Restaurants

Posted on April 30, 2010
Two locally popular restaurants on opposite sides of the country are proving once again that when it comes to eating and drinking establishments, going with the crowd is no protection from foodborne illness.Popular restaurants--even those with good overall scores on restaurant inspections---can quickly spread a pathogen if they have unsanitary habits they cannot kick...

Combating E. coli (What? No traceback!)

Posted on April 30, 2010
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says illnesses from E. coli O157:H7 fell to a five-year low in the U.S. last year. CDC attributed the improvement to a combination of government and industry efforts to curb contamination. The CDC has been tracking E...

Supreme Court Hears GMO Alfalfa Case

Posted on April 30, 2010
Tuesday the Supreme Court heard its first oral argument involving genetically modified crops (GMOs). Though the case, Monsanto Co. v. Geertson Seed Farms, has reignited the discussion over GMOs, or genetically engineered crops, it is still unclear what kind of impact the decision, which is expected by June, will have on the future of U...

Walmart to Test for Non-O157 E. coli

Posted on April 30, 2010
Retail giant Walmart announced yesterday it will require additional food safety measures from its beef suppliers, including specialized testing for dangerous pathogens like E. coli O157:57 and Salmonella--as well as non-O157 strains of E. coli, strains that are not currently defined by the U...

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