Food Safety News - August 11, 2015 Frozen Raw Cat Food Sold in WA Recalled for Possible Salmonella Contamination

Frozen Raw Cat Food Sold in WA Recalled for Possible Salmonella Contamination By News Desk Northwest Farm Food Cooperative of Burlington, WA, is recalling frozen raw Cat Food with the code Jul12015B due to the product’s potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. No pet or consumer illnesses from this product have been reported to date. However, Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from... Continue Reading IAFP 2015: Interview with Lawrence Goodridge, Professor and Salmonella Researcher By James Andrews Food Safety News sat down with McGill University Associate Professor Lawrence Goodridge, Ph.D., at IAFP 2015 in Portland, OR, in late July to discuss Salmonella and his team’s new $10-million research project aimed at significantly enhancing our understanding of the bacterium. Watch the interview here, or skip below for highlights from the conversation: Highlights from... Continue Reading Crowdfunding Foodborne Illness Education in Hospitals By Lydia Zuraw The public health organization STOP Foodborne Illness has launched a crowdfunding campaign to educate emergency room doctors about foodborne illness. The organization is trying to raise $15,000 on everydayhero.com to pay for creation of an education packet to send to every pediatric ER and hospital in the U.S. so that patients receive proper treatment. Distinguishing the... Continue Reading Clearing Vegetation Around Crops Doesn't Help Reduce Pathogens on Produce By News Desk The effort to improve food safety by clearing wild vegetation surrounding crops is not helping and, in some cases, may even backfire, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California-Berkeley. The findings, reported Monday, Aug. 10, in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, call into question the... Continue Reading Review of Safe Food Australia Standards Extended Through Sept. 18 By News Desk Food safety standards with obligations for Australian food businesses to produce food that is safe and suitable to eat are undergoing a couple of changes, according to Food Standards for Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ). FSANZ is reviewing the new version of Safe Food Australia because of changes involving shopping trolleys (carts) and companion dogs.... Continue Reading Survey: How to Make Food Safety News Even Better By Bill Marler With nearly 150,000 Facebook likes and 25,000 Twitter followers and subscribers (each), its time to do a survey about the reader's experience at Food Safety News.  Login here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FoodSafetyNewsReaderSurvey We would really appreciate the feedback. More Food Safety News Past Food Safety News Articles Food Industry Events Food Safety News Copyright 2015 Marler Clark LLP, PS. All rights reserved. Marler Clark LLP, PS, 1301 2nd Avenue Suite 2800 Seattle WA 98101 USA Change your address or unsubscribe.

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