Five years after U.S. representatives wrote to the USDA about the agency’s “unacceptable” response to Salmonella outbreaks traced to chicken, one of the lawmakers says déjà vu is not acceptable as a food safety policy.
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Four STEC infections; one person dead after exposure to raw pet food
Four people were infected with Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) O157 last year from exposure to raw pet food, according to a Public Health England report.
In August 2017, the cluster
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Catfish was on the menu for meetings with top USDA food safety officials
Carmen Rottenberg and Paul Kiecker, USDA’s top food safety executives, met last Sept. 4 with Corey Rosenbusch and Lowell Randel of the Global Cold Chain Alliance about export issues.
Rosenbusch and Randel’s
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EU agencies practice response to multi-country foodborne outbreak
Five European food safety agencies have met to practice response to an emergency food safety incident.
The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) of Germany, Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE) in
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Potentially contaminated corn prompts grocery chain to recall chicken salad
A regional grocery chain headquartered in St. Louis is recalling chicken salad from 32 of its stores because it contains corn from a third-party supplier that has been recalled because of possible Listeria contamination.
Schnuck
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Salad recall includes Whole Foods 365 brand; corn poses risk of infection
A California-based grocery chain is recalling almost half a ton of ready-to-eat salads, including the 365 brand sold by Whole Foods, because they contain corn from a third-party supplier that is under recall for potential
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Producer recalls Marketside brand salads for risk of contaminated corn
A Florida company is recalling ready-to-eat salads packaged under Walmart’s Marketside brand because they include recalled corn from a third-party supplier. The corn is suspected of being contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria bacteria.
GHSE LLC
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Trader Joe’s salads, Mary’s Harvest wraps recalled for risk from corn
Mary’s Harvest Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling its branded wrap sandwiches and Trader Joe’s brand salads because they include corn from a third-party supplier that might be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
Several
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Taylor Farms recalls pork carnitas bowls because of risk of Salmonella, Listeria
Taylor Farms Northwest is recalling ready-to-eat pork carnitas bowls because one of its suppliers reported tomatillos used in the product might be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.
The recalled entrees have plain white
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Raw chicken sickens 92 with antibiotic-resistant Salmonella
Federal official are investigating an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Salmonella that has sickened at least 92 people and had been traced to raw chicken from multiple sources and sold under various brands.
The people with confirmed
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Civil action asks judge to order FDA to name ‘high risk’ foods as mandated
Two San Francisco Bay area activist organizations that previously pressured the FDA about keeping the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rulemaking on a schedule are again pushing for the agency to meet the Act’s mandates.
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