ROSEM0NT, IL — The 25th Annual Food Safety Summit opted for a keynote panel presentation Wednesday instead of the more traditional keynote speaker.
But before that, the Food Safety Magazine Distinguished Service Award went to Michael R. Taylor, JD. Taylor is the retired Food and Drug Administration Deputy Commissioner for
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The WHO and FAO interim guidelines on COVID-19 and food safety are flawed, according to one expert who is hoping a planned update will solve the problem.
Roger Cook said the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) interim guidance published in April 2020 suggested COVID-19 was
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Two state universities have acquired major private sector patrons for food safety endeavors.
The University of Idaho has obtained a $2 million pledge from Agri Beef Co. and is continuing to raise money to build an $8 million meat science and innovation center on its campus in Moscow, ID.
Boise-based
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The last word in the 2014 scandal involving the sale of expired and substandard meat by Husi Food Co. has come down from the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration. Shanghai’s local regulator Sunday imposed fines totaling 24 million yuan — about $3.6 million — on Husi and its parent
Continue Reading OSI’s Shanghai unit on blacklist for 2014 Dragon TV scandal
Two China units and ten employees of the Aurora, IL-based OSI Group have gone on trial in Shanghai over food safety violations that could result in fines, jail sentences or both. Chinese prosecutors brought charges of producing and selling sub-standard food products against the two units and ten employees in
Continue Reading OSI Chinese Units and Ten Employees Go On Trial in Shanghai Over Expired Meat
Last year Aurora, IL-based OSI Group broke into the top 100 of the Forbes list of the largest privately held companies. But, in the past 60 days, OSI Group, with its “World of Food Solutions” motto, has been rapidly shrinking in China. At this point, OSI (China) might have preferred
Continue Reading OSI Group Shrinks China Staff After Expired Meat Scandal
Chinese authorities in Shanghai have arrested six officials and employees from a subsidiary of the U.S. food supplier OSI Group in connection with the scandal involving expired meat served at a number of Western food chain franchises in China, according to Channel News Asia. The six, who were arrested
Continue Reading Six Arrested in Chinese Scandal Over Expired Meat
Expired meat was probably being sold to McDonald’s and KFC restaurants in China for at least a year before the practice was caught for a report aired by Dragon TV. A former quality-control officer for Shanghai Husi Food Co. Ltd., an affiliate of the Aurora, IL-based OSI Group, sued the
Continue Reading Sales of Expired Meat in China May Have Started Some Time Ago
China’s Dragon TV has thrust a Chicago-area meat supplier into the arms of its crisis communications team with public apologies and promises for quick corrective action. But Aurora, IL-based OSI Group could not act fast enough to stop McDonald’s and Yum! Brands Inc.’s KFC from cutting business ties with its
Continue Reading Chinese TV Report Prompts McDonald’s and KFC to Drop U.S.-Owned Supplier
