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100 tons of misbranded meat and poultry products recalled over long list of undeclared allergens

By News Desk on August 10, 2020

Mr. Wok Foods Inc .in Las Vegas late Monday recalled approximately 200,000 pounds of meat and poultry products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection

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Letter from the Editor: Infections and deaths from COVID-19 in meat, poultry industries

By Dan Flynn on July 12, 2020
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When Saul Sanchez, a 78-year old “green hat” supervisor at the JBS beef plant in Greeley, CO, died from COVID-19 this past  April 7, nobody was thinking he might be the first of nearly…
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Mood turns sour as meat and poultry industry tries to keep production up with demand

By Dan Flynn on April 28, 2020

 When they have not sold enough spot advertising, broadcasters air public service announcements that these days are all about how we are “in this together.”

But up and down the meat industry, the only togetherness …
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Lithuanian officials seize 75 tons of ‘unsafe’ poultry meat

By News Desk on April 16, 2020

Lithuanian authorities have stopped the supply of 75 tons of what they described as “unsafe” poultry meat in the first quarter of 2020.

The State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) performed more than 800 targeted…
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Dutch Salmonella illnesses linked to Brazilian poultry

By Joe Whitworth on April 9, 2020

Chicken meat from Brazil is being investigated as the source of Salmonella illnesses in the Netherlands.

Between the end of 2019 and mid-February 2020, the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) identified…
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Campylobacter and E. coli infections climb in New Zealand; raw milk cited

By Joe Whitworth on January 4, 2020

Campylobacter, Yersinia, E. coli and Listeria infections all went up while Salmonella declined, according to the 2018 report on foodborne disease in New Zealand.

Campylobacter remained the top foodborne pathogen. The country has a performance…
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Patients’ urine and meat samples compared for shared E. coli

By News Desk on October 10, 2017

There’s no direct link yet between Escherichia coli in meat and poultry and urinary tract infections, but three of six the most common E. coli genotypes in humans were found in retail meat samples.

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San Francisco grocers subject to new meat/poultry reporting

By Coral Beach on October 4, 2017

Lawmakers in the Golden Gate City want to close the door on unnecessary antibiotic use in livestock, so they’ve unanimously OK’d a local ordinance requiring large retailers to annually report on antibiotics used by their…
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Antibiotic disclosure — another first for San Francisco?

By Coral Beach on October 2, 2017

Once again, San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the nation to take a legislative stand on a controversial topic. Its Board of Supervisors is set to vote tomorrow on an ordinance…
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Pew report encourages investments to reduce contamination

By News Desk on July 18, 2017

Citing an estimated 2 million U.S. illnesses caused annually because of contaminated meat and poultry and resulting health care costs of almost $6 billion, a report from the Pew Charitable Trusts is calling for renewed…
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Florida company recalls 3 brands of meat/poultry products

By News Desk on August 22, 2016

A Florida company is recalling almost a ton of meat and poultry products including several varieties of empanada because they were produced without being inspected by the federal government. recalled poultry and meat products with bread For photos…
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