FoodSafetyNews

• Line speeds become a cause in the coronovirus pandemic era

  17 hours ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 33

  Line speeds for those with waivers from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service don’t increase the speeds all that much, but the...

• San Diego man files suit against fresh produce company in Salmonella outbreak

  21 hours ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 44

  A California man is seeking damages from Thomson International Inc. contending he was poisoned with Salmonella from the company’s onions. He is...

• Tailor Cut Produce Inc. still under FDA scrutiny after Salmonella outbreak

  1 day ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 61

  As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters...

• Canadian recall of onions expands because of link to outbreak

  1 day ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 48

  Because of a link to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak, Thomson International is recalling all of its onions in Canada. A similar recall is...

• Thomson recalls all onions from the entire U.S. because of link to Salmonella Newport outbreak

  1 day ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 47

  Thomson International Inc. is recalling all of its onions, regardless of color, from all 50 states. Similar to a recall in Canada, the U.S. recall...

• New technology creates hard metal surfaces that kill bacteria

  2 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 35

  A treatment to infuse hardened metal surfaces with naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides has been developed by researchers at Purdue...

• Experts share regional and global COVID-19 insight

  3 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 31

  The Coronavirus pandemic is more of a food security and trade problem than a food safety issue, according to experts. The “COVID-19 & Food...

• FDA, CDC say Thomson onions behind mysterious Salmonella outbreak

  3 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 58

  Federal officials in the U.S. say a California company will be recalling red onions because a Salmonella Newport outbreak has been traced to them,...

• Sysco recalls red onions in Canada because of Salmonella link; U.S. mum

  4 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 20

  Last evening, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada, as of Thursday there have been 114 confirmed cases of Salmonella Newport illness...

• FDA has big hopes for outbreak research with new water protocols

  4 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 18

  The FDA’s big news is that there is now an EPA-approved protocol for developing pathogen treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water. The...