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Food Safety News

Daily online newspaper dedicated to reporting on issues surrounding food safety.
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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 06:59:07

Listeria Found In Chick Pea Salad

Posted on April 06, 2010
Brooklyn-based NY Gourmet Salads Inc. is trying to get back about a dozen five pound tubs of Chick Pea Salad because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.NY Gourmet Salads issued the recall for 60 pounds of the bad Chick Pea Salad going into the weekend when it already had retrieved 40 pounds of product...

FDA Inspection Brings Shrimp Snack Recall

Posted on April 06, 2010
Chino, CA-based Golden Pacific Foods, Inc. has recalled its Marco Polo Brand Shrimp Snacks sold as Original, Onion & Garlic Flavored, and Bar-B-Que Flavored, because they may contain undeclared milk and soy.People who have allergies to milk and soy run the risk of serious or life-threatening reaction if they consume these products...

Celebrate National Public Health Week, Pass S. 510

Posted on April 06, 2010
The American Public Health Association celebrates National Public Health Week this week. The association wants to create "a place where everyone has access to health care and services, where we're celebrated for embracing healthy lifestyles, and our communities and neighborhoods make it easy for us to make healthy choices...

UK Paper Finds BPA in Canned Food Products

Posted on April 06, 2010
The Independent recently found that the vast majority of popular canned foods in the UK use the increasingly controversial chemical Bisphenol-A, otherwise known as BPA, in their packaging.BPA is an industrial chemical used to manufacture a range of plastic products, including water bottles and the lining of food and beverage cans...

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Q&A With Mark Jarvis, CEO of Steritech

Posted on April 06, 2010
As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Mark Jarvis, CEO of Steritech Group, on auditing challenges, food safety incentives, and supply chain woes Mark Jarvis knows food safety from the bottom of the supply chain to the top...

1st Quarter Recalls Top 9.1 Million Pounds

Posted on April 06, 2010
About 4,595 tons of meat and meat products were recalled during the first quarter of 2010, according to data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).Twenty-one recalls were recorded during the quarter. The largest recall for over 5...

Easter Hams Recalled In Minnesota

Posted on April 05, 2010
Hams produced for Easter-buying season have been recalled by a Minnesota company.Lorentz Meats, based in Cannon Falls, MN, recalled about 100 pounds of ham for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)...

UN to Focus on Traceability in Philippines

Posted on April 05, 2010
The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has plans to launch a $2-5 million Traceability Center for Agro-Industrial Exports (TRACE) in the Philippines, the Manila Bulletin reported Friday. As the Bulletin put it, "the Philippines is eyed to become a food safety hub in South East Asia...

Hawaiian E. coli Outbreak Linked to Peppa's BBQ

Posted on April 05, 2010
Peppa's on King Street in Honolulu is one of the places Koreans go for real Korean food. In March, many people who ate at Peppa's came down with E. coli O157:H7.When Koreans and those with a taste for Korean foods get a hankering for fish jun or meat jun, Peppa's Korean BBQ is the place to go...

NC Farmers Take S. 510 Concerns to Consumers

Posted on April 05, 2010
Small, sustainable, and organic farmers in North Carolina are taking their fight against the pending food safety bill to the farmers market. In an action alert last week, the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association (CFSA) urged farmers to share their concerns about the legislation, which they believe is a threat to the burgeoning local food movement, to farmers market shoppers across the state...

Undeclared Egg Brings Bread Recall

Posted on April 04, 2010
The Lawrence, MA-based Glutino Food Group is recalling Glutino Raisin Bread because it may contain undeclared egg product as one of the ingredients.Consumers who have an allergy or sensitivity to eggs run the risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume these productsThe U...

FDA Enlists DOJ to Shut Down Chung's

Posted on April 04, 2010
A Houston egg roll manufacturing company should be closed down, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) says.DOJ is seeking a permanent injunction against Chung's Products LP, Charlie A. Kujawa, Chung's president, and Gregory S. Birdsell, the company's director of quality assurance...

Potential Dangers of Dietary Supplements

Posted on April 04, 2010
As the physical fitness and health craze hits the nation, more and more consumers are looking towards dietary supplements to help shed the extra pounds, get the extra energy, and try the new hottest supplement. Young athletes are looking for supplements to give them an edge over the competition...

Letter From The Editor: CSPI's Chief

Posted on April 04, 2010
Some of us will admit we are insomniacs. Others will deny it, saying it only appears that they responded to your last email at 3 a.m.If you truly cannot sleep, silence is often the worst enemy. When you've been doing brain-work all day, it is not easy to shut it off and head to dreamland...

New Rules for Virginia Oysters Considered

Posted on April 04, 2010
Virginia is considering new rules to ensure contaminated oysters from the Chesapeake Bay are not shipped out of the state in response to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) crackdown on oysters. Under the new rules, if contaminated oysters are shipped out of the state, the entire oyster industry could face closure...

EPA Cracks Down on Coal Mining Pollution

Posted on April 04, 2010
One day after spurning environmentalists by expanding U.S. offshore oil and gas drilling, President Obama delighted activists by taking tough new steps to restrict the pollution of mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining in Appalachian states. On Thursday, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announced new guidelines to ensure that state and federal regulators enforce existing environmental standards...

Canada Issues Warnings Over Allergies

Posted on April 03, 2010
Dual warnings were issued to Canadians on April 1 about products that could cause trouble for people who have allergies to milk, and wheat and gluten.The first warning from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Garlic King was for people with allergies to milk...

Food Samples Tested by EFSA Contain Dioxins

Posted on April 03, 2010
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its analysis of feed and food samples this week. The analysis found that eight percent of the samples contained excessive levels of dioxins. According to the EFSA, these results were found in targeted, not random tests...

Silani Recalls Mozzarella Cheese

Posted on April 03, 2010
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Silani Sweet Cheese Ltd. are warning the public not to consume Silani brand Mozzarella Cheese because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The affected product, Silani brand Mozzarella Cheese Product, is sold in 340 g packages bearing UPC 0 650525 7 and a Best Before date of 2011 MR 01...

New Orleans Company Recalls Rice

Posted on April 03, 2010
Zatarain's, the maker of New Orleans-style foods, has recalled its Original Dirty Rice Mix, 8 oz. package with UPC Code 7142909535 and a "BEST BY" date of JAN 19 12H.Zatarain's Original Dirty Rice Mix packages with this date code contain undeclared wheat and barley ingredients...

Dingell Calls for Action on Food Fraud

Posted on April 03, 2010
"At US dinner tables, the food may be a fraud," read the Seattle Times' headline, "Federal regulators not doing enough to curb 'food fraud'," said The Dallas Morning News. This week, newspapers in several cities carried a Washington Post article illustrating the "rising" food fraud in the U...

Veal Plant Set to Reopen Under New Name

Posted on April 03, 2010
Bushway Packing Inc., a veal operation that was forced to close last October after a Humane Society video showed veal calves being treated in a manner that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack called, "deplorable" and "unequivocally unacceptable," is set to reopen under a new name...

Hong Kong Finds Dye, Pathogen, AOZ in Food

Posted on April 02, 2010
In 3,000 tests of food samples during February, Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety found only three problems. A sample of Chinese preserved pork sausage was found to contain "Red 2G," which is not permitted in food. Red 2G is a food dye.A curry crab sample tested positive for the pathogen Clostridium perfringens...

Canada Adds to HVP Recall List

Posted on April 02, 2010
The hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) recall in Canada is not over.The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued another warning March 31 to the public not to consume foods on its list of products that may be contaminated with Salmonella.CFIA said these foods contain dry powder and paste hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP) ingredients that have been recalled in the U...

Vets Argue Against Antibiotics Ban

Posted on April 02, 2010
The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) held briefings on Capitol Hill Monday to educate lawmakers and their staff about antibiotics in agriculture and to push back against proposed federal legislation that would ban the routine use of the drugs in animal feed...

Court Rules Against Meat Industry

Posted on April 02, 2010
On Wednesday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated a law allowing the state of California to ban the sale, transport, or purchase of cows and pigs unable to stand or walk on their own. The law was first passed in 2008 after the Humane Society released a video depicting images of "downer" cows--cows that are unable to stand or walk without assistance--being kicked, electrocuted, dragged with chains, and rammed with forklifts at California's Westland/Hallmark slaughterhouse...

Ideas for Easter Brunch

Posted on April 02, 2010
With spring comes Easter which, counter-intuitively to some perhaps, draws my attention to the flavors of the Mediterranean and Middle East. But while others are craving hams and deviled eggs, I find myself hungering for the spicy, bright flavors of the eastern Mediterranean which, of course, is where the whole show got started...

Mande: A 'Watershed Moment' for Food Safety

Posted on April 02, 2010
Citing "extraordinary commitment" from the White House to improve the food safety system, 400 experts met in Washington, DC Wednesday to discuss the best tools for measuring progress on food safety. The meeting was hosted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the U...

Bobo's Oat Bars 'Adulterated'

Posted on April 01, 2010
Boulder, Colorado is often called "25 square miles surrounded by reality".It's a place where you'd expect to find a woman-owned organic business like Simplydelicious LLC, maker of Bobo's Oat Cakes, getting positive reviews for being a "natural start-up...

How Sulfa-Loaded Beef Gets To Market

Posted on April 01, 2010
One dairy cow in Kentucky is an example of how antibacterial drugs could be getting into the food supply.Sulfamethazine is a sulfa drug used to treat bacterial diseases in humans and animals, and to promote growth in cattle, sheep, pigs, and poultry.The U...

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