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Study finds chicken cooking advice ignored by vast majority of consumers

Consumer practices for monitoring doneness of cooked chicken are not always safe, according to a recent study. Researchers surveyed 3,969 households in France, Norway, Portugal, Romania, and the United

By News Desk

/ 2 May 2020

Study finds chicken cooking advice ignored by vast majority of consumers

Former Blue Bell chief charged with federal felonies in criminal information filing

When Paul W. Kruse three years ago stepped down as the CEO of the 111-year old Blue Bell Creameries, he was hailed for practicing “stellar crisis communications” in bringing

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 May 2020

Former Blue Bell chief charged with federal felonies in criminal information filing

Publisher’s Platform: Blue Bell Creameries agrees to plead guilty and pay $19.35 million for ice cream Listeria contamination – former company president charged

So says the press release from the Department of Justice today. Here is something that I wrote almost 5 years ago today: Opinion After watching the Blue Bell Listeria Outbreak

By Bill Marler

/ 1 May 2020

Publisher’s Platform: Blue Bell Creameries agrees to plead guilty and pay $19.35 million for ice cream Listeria contamination – former company president charged

Report says U.S. is failing food safety 101; incidence of illnesses still increasing

Attempts to reduce food poisoning are failing as the U.S. incidence of foodborne illnesses continues to increase. Infections from five of eight pathogens tracked by the CDC are on

By Coral Beach

/ 1 May 2020

Report says U.S. is failing food safety 101; incidence of illnesses still increasing

Demand for federal court take over of Smithfield pork plant goes unanswered

Going into a motion hearing yesterday, attorneys for Smithfield Foods might have expected a quick ruling in their favor. After all, hours earlier the company’s plant had been placed

By Dan Flynn

/ 1 May 2020

Demand for federal court take over of Smithfield pork plant goes unanswered

WFP asks for help to prevent repeat of tropane alkaloid outbreaks

The World Food Program (WFP) has requested assistance from the FAO and WHO on tropane alkaloids after five people died in Uganda this past year from contaminated food aid. The

By Joe Whitworth

/ 1 May 2020

WFP asks for help to prevent repeat of tropane alkaloid outbreaks

A norovirus vaccine would save hundreds of lives and millions of dollars

A norovirus vaccine could save 900 lives a year and prevent 109,000 hospital admissions, 465,000 emergency room visits and 2.27 million urgent care visits, Oxford University Press

By News Desk

/ 30 Apr 2020

A norovirus vaccine would save hundreds of lives and millions of dollars

Slovenian study reveals low levels of C. difficile in food

Researchers in Slovenia have described results from a long-term, national Clostridioides difficile food surveillance project. Positive results were found in meat, fresh produce and poultry. The three-year period

By Joe Whitworth

/ 30 Apr 2020

Slovenian study reveals low levels of C. difficile in food

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

Opinion President Trump’s executive order keeping meat plants open during the COVID-19 pandemic is a further threat to the health of the women and men who produce our

By Center for Science in the Public Interest

/ 30 Apr 2020

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

FASFC: Checks continue despite Coronavirus control measures

Almost 4,500 kilograms of food has been confiscated by the Belgian food safety agency. The agency stressed it has continued efforts to protect public health since control measures for

By News Desk

/ 30 Apr 2020

FASFC: Checks continue despite Coronavirus control measures

Pathogens, misbranding, undeclared colors, etc. spur alert modifications

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent

By News Desk

/ 30 Apr 2020

Pathogens, misbranding, undeclared colors, etc. spur alert modifications

Salmonella back to main cause of incidents involving INFOSAN

The number of food safety incidents that involved an international network more than doubled in January to March this year compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. During the first

By Joe Whitworth

/ 29 Apr 2020

Salmonella back to main cause of incidents involving INFOSAN

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Study finds chicken cooking advice ignored by vast majority of consumers

Former Blue Bell chief charged with federal felonies in criminal information filing

Publisher’s Platform: Blue Bell Creameries agrees to plead guilty and pay $19.35 million for ice cream Listeria contamination – former company president charged

Report says U.S. is failing food safety 101; incidence of illnesses still increasing

Demand for federal court take over of Smithfield pork plant goes unanswered

WFP asks for help to prevent repeat of tropane alkaloid outbreaks

A norovirus vaccine would save hundreds of lives and millions of dollars

Slovenian study reveals low levels of C. difficile in food

Trump’s order to keep meat plants open gives big business a loophole

FASFC: Checks continue despite Coronavirus control measures

Pathogens, misbranding, undeclared colors, etc. spur alert modifications

Salmonella back to main cause of incidents involving INFOSAN