FoodSafetyNews

• USDA puts $55.2 million into expanded meat and poultry access

  16 hours ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 23

  Six years after Rep. Thomas Massie, R-KY, first introduced the PRIME Act to exempt so-called custom slaughtering from federal inspection and allow...

• Association contends aquaponics offer a solution to some food safety issues

  1 day ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 29

  The Annandale, VA-based Aquaponics Association is out with an article touting its growing methods as “solutions to foodborne illness outbreaks.”...

• WGS project on Campylobacter gives insights in Denmark

  2 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 41

  A surveillance project in Denmark using whole genome sequencing has found many Campylobacter infections are not sporadic and helped uncover a...

• Roslin institute identifies genes in chickens that could offer resistance to harmful bacteria

  3 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 28

  A study from the Roslin institute published in BMC Genomics has identified genes in chickens that could offer resistance to harmful...

• UK patient count in Salmonella melon outbreak doubles

  4 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 67

  The number of people sick in the United Kingdom in an outbreak linked to melons has almost doubled. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Public...

• After U.S. recall, firm initiates nationwide Canadian recall of cat food because of Salmonella concerns

  5 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 53

  Natural Balance Pet Foods Inc. is recalling certain cat food products in Canada because of possible Salmonella contamination, which can be...

• Direct sales of meat to Colorado consumers may come slowly after fast approval

  5 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 32

  In the two months since Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bill (SB) 21-079 to deregulate direct to consumer meat sales, there’s not been any...

• Organic, raw farmer found in contempt by federal court for eastern Pennsylvania

  6 days ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 39

  Federal Judge Edward G. Smith Wednesday found farmer Amos Miller in contempt of court in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of...

• FDA investigation shows shrimp as probable source of Salmonella outbreak

  1 week ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 37

  A week after announcing an outbreak, the FDA has determined that cooked shrimp is the likely source of Salmonella Weltevreden infections in...

• Another patient confirmed in E. coli outbreak linked to local, organic yogurt

  1 week ago HEALTH and FOOD FoodSafetyNews 58

  Another child has been added to the list of patients in an E. Coli outbreak linked to local, organic yogurt. Some production at the implicated...