Marler ClarkKraft to Reduce Sodium in Products by 2012
Kraft Foods announced last week that the company plans to eliminate 10 million pounds of salt from over 1,000 products in the next two years. The company will reduce the...
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Suzanne Schreck
Suzanne Schreck is the Food Safety News Web Producer and a contributing author. She joined Marler Clark LLP as Marketing and Communications Coordinator in 2002 after graduating from Washington State University with a major in Marketing. In this role, Suzanne focused on managing media relations, managing and contributing to the firm’s network of over 30 Websites and blogs, and organizing and promoting the firm’s speakers bureau. After taking some time off to travel, Suzanne rejoined Marler Clark in her present role in mid-2009.
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Safety, Traceability Addressed at Walnut Day
More than 200 people gathered in the Veterans Memorial Hall in Yuba City, California, to talk about walnuts last month. The annual Walnut Day run by the University of California...
EU Studies Pathogens on Broiler Chickens
The European Food Safety Authority released the results of a survey on the prevalence of Campylobacter in broiler batches and of Campylobacter and Salmonella on broiler carcasses yesterday. Campylobacter and...
3rd Shigella Lawsuit Filed Against Subway
In late February, at least 50 people became ill with shigellosis, a type of food poisoning caused by the ingestion of Shigella bacteria, after eating food made at a Subway...
Vilsack to Promote U.S. Ag in Japan
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday that Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will travel to Japan to promote U.S. exports next month. Secretary Vilsack will meet with Japanese...
Australia Lifts Ban on Beef Imports
On Monday, Australia lifted its nine-year ban on imported meat from countries where cows had tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or "Mad Cow" disease. While it will be...
Vietnam Focuses on Food Safety, Hygiene
Vietnam's Administration for Food Safety and Hygiene Department, part of the Ministry of Health, recently announced that 2,000 inspection teams nationwide detected 13,000 food hygiene violations in 47,000 businesses inspected...
WY Cottage Foods Bill Passes out of Committee
Food products produced in un-licensed kitchens that have not been inspected by public health inspectors or certified as meeting food safety standards may soon be available at farmers' markets, roadside...
Jimsonweed Source of Toxic Poisoning
Last week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes a report on anticholingeric poisoning from the consumption of jimsonweed in July of...
Baby Formula Recalled in Middle East
Hero baby formula has been recalled in the United Arab Emerites (UAE), Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait for potential contamination with Cronobacter sakazakii bacteria (formerly known as Enterobacter sakazakii). The recalls...
Vietnam: No Need for Food Safety Committee
The Vietnam National Assembly Standing Committee rejected Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu's proposal to set up a National Committee for Food Safety last week. The proposed committee would have...
Chicken Pot Pies Recalled
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Wednesday that Park 100 Foods, Inc. of Kokomo, Ind., was recalling approximately 19,200 pounds of frozen chicken pot pie products due to possible...
WY: Panel Concerned About Food Safety
Members of the Wyoming Governor's Council on Food Safety are planning to send letters to Gov. Dave Freudenthal and legislators cautioning against an expansion of the cottage food exemption during...
Honey Risk Factor for Infant Botulism, SIDS
In January 2009, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Task Force on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) issued a policy statement to endorse 2005 recommendations for preventing SIDS, update parents...
School Cafeteria Upgrade Grants Announced
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday that the agency will provide $25 million in grants to help schools participating in the National School Lunch Program replace outdated equipment....