This week on Chitra Ragavan’s podcast “When it Mattered,” food safety lawyer Bill Marler tells the story of how he went from a teenage runaway trying his hand at migrant work to became one of
Continue Reading ‘When it Mattered:’ Podcast features Bill Marler commenting on life experiences, COVID-19
Progress on food safety has brought benefits including greater food security and more stable livelihoods to South-East Asia, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) director of the region.
In a speech to mark World
Continue Reading WHO regional director highlights three focus areas for South-East Asia
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) plans to expand its routine verification testing to include six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (non-O157 STEC; O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, or O145) that are adulterants.
The action
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Illinois officials have issued a public alert regarding certain ground beef because product testing following a reported illnesses showed E. coli contamination.
Testing showed the non-O157 E. coli was present in beef prepared by a
Continue Reading Consumers urged to check homes for beef implicated in illness
The official beginning of summer is coming up, but the season is already here for many who are taking the opportunity to get outside and spend time in nature this Father’s Day weekend.
Warmer weather
Continue Reading Don’t let campfire cuisine provide pathogens for dad’s day
The mega-supermarket chain Tesco has reported 9 percent of chickens tested in the first quarter this year had the highest level of Campylobacter contamination while Asda recorded 9.2 percent.
This is above the Food Standards
Continue Reading Asda and Tesco’s chicken Campylobacter results above FSA target
New research underway seeks to determine how and where bacteria hide in food processing plants so that they can be eliminated, to the benefit of public health and the bottom line of food companies.
A variety of European countries have issued nearly 100 warnings about Salmonella in chilled and frozen poultry from Poland since the start of March this year.
Data from the Rapid Alert System for Food and
Continue Reading Poland’s Salmonella poultry problem continues
Two consumer groups want to see government and industry do something instead of nothing when it comes to keeping certain bacteria out of Americans’ diets via contaminated poultry.
The groups’ leaders say they don’t want
Continue Reading Watchdogs on patrol; seeking safer poultry through preventive controls
State officials are warning the public against consuming unpasteurized milk from a New York dairy because sample test results show it to be contaminated with Listeria.
Anyone who has any raw milk from Serenity Meadows
Continue Reading Raw milk dairy shut down in New York following positive Listeria test
