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How the food safety transition went, according to the public calendars

April 22, 2021

Mindy Brashears, the fifth in history confirmed USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety, said goodbye to her consumer, government and industry stakeholders January 14. Her political appointment as the federal government’s top food safety official expired a week later on Inauguration Day, ending her two-year tenure, including 303 days as the Senate-confirmed under secretary for food safety. While waiting for the Senate to confirm her on March 23, 2020, she served from January 2019 as…

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New study highlights Listeria risk in ready-to-eat fish products

By Joe Whitworth

April 22, 2021

The risk of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat (RTE) fish products requires further attention, according to a long-awaited EFSA and ECDC study. The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and European Union Reference Laboratory (EURL) for Listeria monocytogenes, at the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES), began the European Listeria Typing Exercise (ELiTE) in 2010 to describe listeriosis in humans and Listeria monocytogenes in food. Researchers found a…

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Spanish officials seize tons of food meant for vulnerable people

By News Desk

April 22, 2021

guardia civil food aid Phyllos — Picture: Courtesy of Guardia Civil

Spanish authorities have seized more than 170 tons of food at a non-profit organization for violations of quality and food safety rules. The Guardia Civil confiscated 176 tons of product including canned vegetables, fruit and fish from the group Amigos de Galicia with a base in the Spanish city of A Coruña. The value of the confiscated food has been put at more than €285,000 ($342,000) although some of it was later allowed to be…

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Dynamic education program set for virtual Food Safety Summit

By Guest Contributor

April 22, 2021

contributed The 2021 virtual Food Safety Summit will offer three full days of education sessions, access to vendors who will be showcasing the newest and most innovative food safety solutions and several online networking opportunities. This online event will take place Tuesday, May 11 through Thursday, May 13, and will feature an opening keynote by Craig Wilson, Vice President and GMM for Costco, who will talk about The New Role and Responsibilities of the Food…

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Nationwide recall of Guan’s Enoki Mushrooms because of potential Listeria

By News Desk

April 21, 2021

Guan’s Mushroom Co. of Commerce, CA, is recalling all cases of its 200g/7.05-ounce packages of Enoki Mushroom because of potential contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes The recalled products were distributed to retail stores nationwide from California, New York and Pennsylvania through produce distributors or wholesalers. The recall was initiated after routine testing by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development revealed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes in a 200g package of Enoki. Recalled product: The…

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FAO highlights possible food safety issues with edible insects

By Joe Whitworth

April 21, 2021

The benefits of edible insects as an emerging food source must be weighed against potential food safety issues, according to the United Nations’ FAO. While insects have been part of the diets of many cultures in various regions through the centuries, farming of them for human food and animal feed is relatively recent and not widespread in the Western world. A recent Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) publication gives an overview of various food safety…

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Norwegian Salmonella outbreak traced to dried fruit from multiple countries

By News Desk

April 21, 2021

A dried fruit mix linked to an outbreak of Salmonella in Norway contained products from South East Asia and Africa, according to researchers. From the end of 2018 to mid-March 2019, 56 people fell ill and 21 were hospitalized but no deaths were recorded. “The outbreak was characterized by an unusual, severe clinical presentation with systemic infections seen in seven, urinary tract infections in 10 and hospitalization in 21 of the 56 cases,” said researchers…

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Cheese, seafood, certain canned goods face tougher import enforcement

By News Desk

April 21, 2021

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with links for specific details about various alert modifications. (To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here.)…

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Three ways COVID is changing food safety and how restaurants can help

By Guest Contributor

April 21, 2021

Opinion By Greg Staley We’re now more than a year past the time when COVID-19 led to restaurants shutting down, moving outdoors, leaning heavily on delivery and restricting dining capacity. Virtually every restaurant had to adapt their operations in some way. While the more common things such as takeout, online ordering and mask wearing have understandably gotten a lot of attention, the pandemic has shifted operations in more subtle ways. One thing many people may…

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Lawyer’s ‘severe health crisis’ could complicate Stewart Parnell’s hearing

By Dan Flynn

April 20, 2021

The attorney who led the defense of Stewart Parnell in his 2014 criminal trial is set to testify next month about “claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.” Thomas J. Bondurant Jr. is a former federal prosecutor and now a partner at Roanoke, VA-based Gentry Locke. He’s among the “Best Lawyers in America” for Corporate Compliance Law and White Collar Criminal Defense. Defense attorneys don’t usually agree to testify that they provided a former client with ineffective…

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How the food safety transition went, according to the public calendars

New study highlights Listeria risk in ready-to-eat fish products

Spanish officials seize tons of food meant for vulnerable people

Dynamic education program set for virtual Food Safety Summit

Nationwide recall of Guan’s Enoki Mushrooms because of potential Listeria

FAO highlights possible food safety issues with edible insects

Norwegian Salmonella outbreak traced to dried fruit from multiple countries

Cheese, seafood, certain canned goods face tougher import enforcement

Three ways COVID is changing food safety and how restaurants can help

Lawyer’s ‘severe health crisis’ could complicate Stewart Parnell’s hearing

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