Opinion
USDA’s Mindy Brashears submitted this column to Food Safety News this week.
In the world of food safety, 1993 was a watershed moment. Early that year, hundreds of people became ill and four children
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U.S in top three for origin of RASFF notifications
The United States was in the top three countries of origin for notifications in the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) portal last year.
The U.S. is behind only Turkey and China,
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Hepatitis A outbreak linked to imported clams
Authorities in an Australian state have linked eight Hepatitis A patients to imported clams.
The New South Wales (NSW) Food Authority advised consumers who bought salted or pickled clams from Koryo Food Co. or Byul
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Consumers complain of undeclared wheat in chicken; Perdue Foods initiates recall
Consumer complaints spurred the recall of about 495 pounds of frozen ready-to-eat chicken products that contain wheat, a known allergen that was not declared on the finished product label, according to the U.S. Department of
Publisher’s Platform: Minnesota State Fair reports E. coli cases linked to animal contact – what a surprise?
Opinion
The best way to keep the lawyers out of it is to keep the children safe.
Yesterday the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) reported that it is investigation an outbreak of E. coli O157
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Final hog rule sent off to the Federal Register, ending the HIMP pilot era after 22 years
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s new regulatory system for market hogs is a direct descendant of the food safety reforms first put in place after the Jack-in-the-Box tragedy 25 years ago.
FSIS made
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Another state fair with E. coli O157 infections and one HUS case
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157 infections associated with the Minnesota State Fair.
Disease investigators recently identified 11 cases among Minnesota residents who visited the Minnesota State
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Food safety report gives picture of issues in Austria
The number of food businesses found to be violating the law during audits last year was around the same as the year before, according to Austria’s annual food safety report.
The report covers official inspections
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First illness in French Listeria outbreak from February last year
The seven people in France part of a Listeria outbreak linked to organic dairy products fell ill over a period of 18 months, according to public health authorities.
Those infected with the same strain of
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Three dead and 200 ill in Spanish Listeria outbreak
More than 220 people are sick and three have died as part of a listeriosis outbreak in Spain, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
From July 7 to September 13, 222 confirmed cases have
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French child dies 8 years after E. coli infection
A French child who developed severe complications after being infected by E. coli in 2011 has died.
Nolan Moittie was two years old when he was one of a number of people infected by an
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