A public comment period has been opened regarding Jersey’s new food safety law.
The revised legislation aims to ensure greater health and safety in the preparation, service, and distribution of food.
The draft Food Safety
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Retailer customer’s complaint about allergen labeling spurs sausage recall
An Oregon company is recalling almost 200 pounds of pork sausage because it contains pistachios, which are tree nuts, that are not declared on the label as required by federal law.
Olympia Meats of Portland,
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More chicken recalled in relation to Listeria outbreak as Canada, U.S. continue investigations
Public health officials have announced another recall of diced chicken as outbreak investigators in Canada and the U.S. continue to look for the source of Listeria monocytogenes behind an outbreak.
This time it is
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Listeria outbreak in U.S. could be related to Canadian illnesses
Outbreak investigators are looking for the source of Listeria monocytogenes that has sickened two dozen people across 13 states, killing two. The outbreak could be related to illnesses in Canada that have been linked to
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Former public health official says numerous government failures were behind hospitals’ Listeria outbreak
The deaths of six people from Listeria infections linked to hospital food earlier this year resulted from serious failures in England’s public health system, according to a report published in the Journal of the Royal
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More grained salmon caviar recalled in U.S. for Clostridium botulinum risk
More Grained Salmon Caviar in 95-gram cans and made from sockeye salmon is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum, a bacterium which can cause life-threatening illness or death.
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Researchers link outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella to beef, cheese
Serious problems with Salmonella Newport strains that have decreased susceptibility to azithromycin have been documented by scientists in a review of an outbreak involving beef from the United States and some raw milk cheeses made
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Whole Foods Market recalls cookies; consumer reports allergic reaction
A consumer has reported an allergic reaction to “apple” cookies sold in certain Southern Pacific Whole Foods Market stores. The chain has recalled the product in four states.
Whole Foods is recalling the frosted “Decorated
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E. coli at new high; Campylobacter top cause of illness in Switzerland
Campylobacter was the top cause of illness while E. coli numbers reached a record high last year, according to foodborne illness figures from Switzerland.
The 2018 surveillance report of zoonoses and outbreaks of food poisoning
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Executive could get five years in federal prison for faking E. coli test documents
Federal prison is likely in the future for another food industry executive.
Memet Beqiri, the owner of Connecticutt’s New England Meat Packing LLC in Staford Springs, will be sentenced on November 12, 2019, after pleading
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Australian agencies investigate Hepatitis A outbreak
Two health agencies in Australia are investigating a cluster of hepatitis A infections in the South Korean community.
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Health Directorate and New South Wales (NSW) Health reported eight adults of
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