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Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to the United States came in for review earlier this year in the form of an on-site equivalence verification audit by USDA’s

By Dan Flynn

/ 29 Jul 2020

Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

Outlets in poor areas less likely to meet food hygiene standards

Food outlets in the most deprived areas are less likely to meet hygiene standards than those in the least deprived regions of England and Wales, according to a study. Takeaways,

By News Desk

/ 29 Jul 2020

Norway records slight decline in foodborne outbreaks

The number of foodborne outbreaks in Norway declined slightly this past year from 2018, according to the country’s public health agency. In 2019, 223 outbreaks from all sources were

By Joe Whitworth

/ 29 Jul 2020

Norway records slight decline in foodborne outbreaks

Jamaican Tastee Patties recalls meat and poultry patties

A Miami, FL firm, Jamaican Tastee Patties, LLC, is recalling approximately 60,457 pounds of meat and poultry patty products that were repackaged, relabeled and redistributed without the benefit of

By News Desk

/ 28 Jul 2020

Jamaican Tastee Patties recalls meat and poultry patties

New York likely to become third state to ban PHAS in food packaging

A bill to ban the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS, that are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals

By Dan Flynn

/ 28 Jul 2020

New York likely to become third state to ban PHAS in food packaging

BfR addresses risk of E. coli in flour

A German risk assessment agency has issued an opinion after STEC was frequently found in flour samples. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) was detected in multiple flour samples (wheat, spelt

By News Desk

/ 28 Jul 2020

Hundreds from around the world already registered; spots still available

A COVID-19 & Food Safety Global Summit, organized by the International Association for Food Protection and sponsored by Marler Clark LLP PS, is a two-hour virtual international event set for

By News Desk

/ 28 Jul 2020

Hundreds from around the world already registered; spots still available

Hepatitis A increase in Chinese province linked to seafood

An increase in hepatitis A infections in a Chinese province earlier this year has been attributed to eating raw or undercooked seafood. In February 2020, there was a 138 percent

By Joe Whitworth

/ 28 Jul 2020

Hepatitis A increase in Chinese province linked to seafood

USDA hosts webinar on USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing

Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. EDT, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is offering a free webinar, “USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing — An Overview of Rural

By News Desk

/ 27 Jul 2020

USDA hosts webinar on USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing

Mother’s heart stops three times during fight with E. coli infection

“I shouldn’t have lived through it,” Katie said, reflecting on her fight with E. coli poisoning. On an early summer evening in 2016, Katie Ruffolo, a 36-year old mother

By Jonan Pilet

/ 27 Jul 2020

Mother’s heart stops three times during fight with E. coli infection

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

In some action on the petition front, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) acknowledges a request from the Harvard Law School’s “Animal Law and Policy Clinic.” The

By Dan Flynn

/ 27 Jul 2020

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

NZ company fined for adding sulfites to ground beef

A company has been sentenced in New Zealand for adding sulfites to ground beef. Food manufacturer and wholesalers Machi, operated by Diversity Foods Limited and based in Auckland, was charged

By News Desk

/ 27 Jul 2020

NZ company fined for adding sulfites to ground beef

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Japan’s export of raw intact beef to United States has more issues now than two years ago

Outlets in poor areas less likely to meet food hygiene standards

Norway records slight decline in foodborne outbreaks

Jamaican Tastee Patties recalls meat and poultry patties

New York likely to become third state to ban PHAS in food packaging

Hundreds from around the world already registered; spots still available

Hepatitis A increase in Chinese province linked to seafood

USDA hosts webinar on USDA Assistance for Small Scale Meat Processing

Mother’s heart stops three times during fight with E. coli infection

Harvard suggests FSIS go slowly on labeling ‘lab-grown’ meat and poultry

NZ company fined for adding sulfites to ground beef