Five years after U.S. representatives wrote to the USDA about the agency’s “unacceptable” response to Salmonella outbreaks traced to chicken, one of the lawmakers says déjà vu is not acceptable as a food safety policy.
Continue Reading Lawmaker says new outbreak shows USDA, poultry industry need to act
Every hour of every day people around the world are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption, brought to you today with the
Continue Reading Briefly: Sizzlin’ Salmonella — Two raw stories, neither good
The London-based Food Standards Agency is worried people may believe what they read in the newspaper.
A report that ran last weekend in the lifestyle section of The Daily Mirror about a celebrity chef who
Continue Reading FSA warns consumers about those trendy raw chicken dishes
The holidays have come and gone, and many of us have started the countdown to kickoff Sunday at NRG Stadium in Houston. Like so many Americans, I get pretty excited about the Super Bowl –
Continue Reading Seven-layer dip to die for? Keep your Super Bowl buffet safe
Britain’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) on Thursday announced research showing that consumers want the food industry to continue action to tackle Campylobacter in chickens — the biggest cause of food poisoning in the United Kingdom.
Continue Reading FSA says research shows UK consumers support chicken clean-up campaign
Last week’s “fame and shame” about the high percentage of Campylobacter-contaminated fresh chickens sold by retail stores in the United Kingdom is being followed by renewed discussions about interventions their poultry industry should try to
Continue Reading High UK Chicken Campylobacter Levels Renew Discussions About Using Chemical Washes
The Consumers’ Association in the United Kingdom, which goes by the brand name Which?, is following up on the recent release of fresh whole chicken Campylobacter contamination rates by supermarket chain by asking chief executives
Continue Reading UK Stores Pressured to Reduce Campylobacter on Fresh Whole Chicken
Perdue Foods of Salisbury, MD, is recalling approximately 720 pounds of raw, fresh chicken products because they may have experienced a processing deviation in temperature during production, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and
Continue Reading Perdue Recalls Raw Chicken for Possible Temperature Processing Problem
Raw chickens are being purchased out of grocery store poultry coolers in England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland for the United Kingdom’s most aggressive retail testing for Campylobacter to be conducted by the Food Standards
Continue Reading UK Food Safety Agency Purchasing Raw Chickens at Retail for Campylobacter Testing
