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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

Food Safety Resolutions for the New Year

Posted on January 01, 2011
While we're busy making our own resolutions for the new year, we are humbly recommending a few resolutions for others to consider:-- President Obama should resolve to sign the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.-- First Lady Michelle Obama should resolve to pay attention as USDA sets nutritional standards for the nation's schools...

Vilsack Calls for a Truce in GE Crops Fight

Posted on December 31, 2010
In an open letter to stakeholders Thursday, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack called for "a new paradigm of coexistence and cooperation" for both genetically engineered and non-GE agricultural approaches.The letter comes just two weeks after the U.S. Department of Agriculture completed its Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on Monsanto's Roundup Ready alfalfa, that status of which has been caught in litigation since 2005...

Attorneys Pledge $10,000 to Make Sprouts Safer

Posted on December 31, 2010
Days after Tiny Greens Organic Farm Food Co. sprouts were identified as the likely source of a nationwide Salmonella outbreak that has resulted in at least 94 illnesses, mostly among Jimmy John's restaurant customers from 16 states, Marler Clark, publisher of Food Safety News, pledged $10,000 to make sprouts safer...

Rice Farmers in Haiti Fear Cholera Contamination

Posted on December 31, 2010
The rice harvest in northwestern Haiti is likely to suffer over widespread fear among farmers about cholera contamination, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization announced this week.Haiti's cholera outbreak, which has sickened almost 150,000 and killed almost 3,000, was magnified by the November floods caused by hurricane Tomas, which damaged up to 200,000 acres of crops, causing the disease to spread via water and cause a sanitary crisis for over 50,000 rural families...

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17 Tons of Organic Ground Beef Recalled

Posted on December 31, 2010
A California company has recalled approximately 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef after microbiological sampling revealed positive results for E. coli O157:H7.First Class Foods, Inc. of Hawthorne, CA, said the ground beef was processed on Dec. 7 and Dec...

J&D Recall Expands to 18 Other Vegetables, Greens

Posted on December 30, 2010
A Texas produce company that has already recalled some 7,000 cases of Salmonella-tainted cilantro and curly parsley has now recalled 18 other vegetables and leafy greens, all processed on the same packing lines.J&D Produce Inc. announced Wednesday that the possibility of cross contamination prompted it to also recall arugula, beets, collards, mustard, daikon, dill, kohlrabi, chard, kale, mint, turnips and leeks shipped to 16 states and two Canadian provinces...

Dubai: High Levels of E. coli Found on Greens

Posted on December 30, 2010
Though Dubai has been cracking down on food safety across the board, it appears the country is struggling to ensure the cleanliness and safety of salad greens.Every sample of arugula salad leaves tested from 64 different stores in Dubai and nearby Sharjah was found to be contaminated with high levels of potentially disease-causing E...

Tiny Greens Recalls Its Alfalfa Sprouts

Posted on December 30, 2010
Two days after the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers not to eat Tiny Greens sprouts because they might be contaminated with Salmonella, the Urbana, IL. grower agreed to recall some of its product.The recall announcement Wednesday said, "the mutual goal of both the FDA and Tiny Greens is to pinpoint the source of the contamination and stop the spread of Salmonella...

Relating Refrigeration to Climate Change

Posted on December 30, 2010
Along with the many environmental problems posed by global climate change, an increase in ambient temperature could have negative effects on food safety everywhere, but particularly in developing countries.That's the message of a 2010 study in "Food Research International," which investigates the varied effects of climate change on the "cold-chain"--a term that refers to the uninterrupted steps in refrigerated storage and distribution necessary to keep perishable food fresh and safe...

West Virginia Hepatitis A Outbreak Sickens 11

Posted on December 30, 2010
The Cabell-Huntington County Health Department in West Virginia has vaccinated 236 people in two free community clinics after 11 individuals were infected with hepatitis A in the Milton area. No source for the outbreak has been identified.The health department is currently working to identify all potential contacts...

USDA Wants Nutrition Labels on Raw Meat, Poultry

Posted on December 30, 2010
Packages of ground and chopped meat and poultry will soon bear a nutrition facts label--just like nearly everything else in the grocery store--as the U.S. Department of Agriculture gears up to implement a new labeling rule.The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Wednesday morning that 40 of the most popular cuts of meat and poultry, including ground or chopped products, will soon feature nutrition facts on their labels or provide the information at the point-of-purchase, beginning Jan...

Salmonella Sprouts Outbreak Cases at 94

Posted on December 29, 2010
The number of people now believed ill from an outbreak strain of Salmonella associated with alfalfa sprouts is 94, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday.The CDC and the Food and Drug Administration have said preliminary results of the investigation indicate a link to eating Tiny Greens brand alfalfa sprouts at Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwich restaurant outlets...

Website Aims to Give Parents Recall Information

Posted on December 29, 2010
This month, the newly formed National School Safety Coalition convened by Consumer Reports, the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), and the National School Boards Association (NSBA) launched "Click, Check and Protect," a website that distributes safety alerts and recall notices on children's products including toys, food, medicines, and furniture...

Farm Workshops Teach Food Safety Practices

Posted on December 29, 2010
Andy Bary is a soil scientist who manages the organic farm at Washington State University's Puyallup research station south of Seattle.Although the farm is primarily used for research, its crops are sold or donated to a local food bank. So when Bary decided to identify areas in which he and his staff could improve or update their food handling operations, he put his farm through an audit and Good Agricultural Practices--commonly called GAP--workshop this past summer...

Sprouts May Have Sickened 88 in 15 States

Posted on December 22, 2010
In a letter received Tuesday by Jimmy John's restaurant franchisees in Illinois, sandwich chain exec Jimmy John Liautaud asked that alfalfa sprouts be removed from menus as a precautionary measure because they may be the cause of an outbreak of Salmonella...

Chemicals in Soup China's Latest Food Scare

Posted on December 22, 2010
Chinese media let another food scandal out of the bag last week. This time the health culprit is popular hotpot dishes that are often tainted with harmful chemical additives, according to China's Global Times. "Eighty percent of hotpots served at (restaurants) contain such chemical additives," Wang, a chef who recently quit from a hotpot restaurant over his guilt, told the Anhui Business Daily last week...

Evidence of Listeria Leads to Crab Dip Recall

Posted on December 22, 2010
Bright Water Seafood, Tucker, GA, is recalling its seven-ounce packages of Buffalo Krab Dip and Southwest Krab Dip after Listeria monocytogenes contamination was found in the products.The recalled dips were distributed in retail stores in North Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia...

Frozen Fish Recalled

Posted on December 22, 2010
JFC International Inc. in Brooklyn, NY is recalling frozen capelin fish because it was not properly eviscerated prior to processing. The problem was discovered by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors during a routine inspection and subsequent lab analysis, the U...

Salmonella Detected in California Cantaloupe

Posted on December 22, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a Class 1 recall for HDC-brand whole cantaloupe after tests detected Salmonella in cantaloupe at a California distribution center for Raley's Family of Fine Foods Stores.Raley's has recalled all HDC whole cantaloupe sold at its stores in Bel Air, Nob Hill and Food Source stores from Dec...

Book Review: The Local Ag Rebellion

Posted on December 22, 2010
"Today, people are persuaded more than ever that they have perfect freedom, yet they have brought their freedom to us and laid it humbly at our feet ... And we alone shall feed them ... Oh, never, never can they feed themselves without us! No science will give them bread so long as they remain free...

China Considers Tougher Food Safety Penalties

Posted on December 22, 2010
In the wake of several high-profile food safety scandals, China's top legislature is considering amending its criminal code to stiffen the penalties for food safety crimes. The amendment would allow public servants "responsible for supervising and managing food safety" to face up to 10 years in jail for "dereliction of duty or abuse of power" in a severe foods safety breach, according to official Chinese media Xinhua...

CBS Reports Terrorists Might Target Food

Posted on December 22, 2010
CBS News reported it first on Monday night--that U.S. officials had gotten wind of a terrorist plot to slip poisons into hotel and restaurant salad bars and buffets in multiple locations during a single weekend.Tuesday other news organizations chimed in, repeating the CBS assertion that intelligence reports indicated ricin or cyanide would be used to mimic food poisoning but also to create maximum uncertainty and fear about the safety of the U...

Food Safety Bill Heads to President's Desk

Posted on December 22, 2010
Ending a dramatic months-long legislative limbo, the House approved major food safety legislation 215-144 Tuesday. The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, the first significant reform since 1938 of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's oversight of the food supply, is expected to be signed by President Obama before Christmas...

Massive Recall of Pet Food by Kroger

Posted on December 21, 2010
The Kroger Co. Monday recalled particular lots of 4 cat food and 2 dog food varieties sold in some of its retail stores because the products may contain aflatoxin, a fungus-produced toxin that can occur in corn and other grains.The specific lots are under the Pet Pride, Old Yeller and Kroger Value brands...

UK Edges Toward BPA Ban

Posted on December 21, 2010
The European Union's directive banning infant feeding bottles containing bisphenol A (BPA) for infants up to 12 months is getting serious consideration in the United Kingdom.The UK's Food Standards Agency is soliciting views on draft national regulations to implement the ban...

New Plan for Cutting Campylobacter In UK

Posted on December 21, 2010
The poultry industry, major retailers, and the Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom are mounting an attack on Campylobacter in chickens, making it their top food safety priority.Almost two thirds of the raw chickens sold in the UK are contaminated with Campylobacter, which causes an estimated 300,000 illnesses and 80 deaths a year...

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