Food Safety News - August 28, 2015 USDA Announces Expansion of Salmonella Outbreak-Related Pork Recall

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USDA Announces Expansion of Salmonella Outbreak-Related Pork Recall

By News Desk

The original Aug. 13 recall of pork products from Kapowin Meats of Graham, WA, was for approximately 116,262 pounds of whole hogs that may be contaminated with Salmonella I 4,[5],12:i:-. Now, in an Aug. 27 expansion of that earlier recall, approximately 523,380 pounds of pork are being recalled in: varying weights of boxed and bagged... Continue Reading

USDA Case Study: Consumers Seem to Recognize the Most Dangerous Outbreaks

By News Desk

A report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that consumers respond to foodborne illness outbreaks differently depending on the severity. The case study, produced by Fred Kuchler, Ph.D., an economist with USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS), compared warnings about cantaloupes issued in 2011 and again in 2012. The first recall was due... Continue Reading

Antibiotic Resistance: Let's Change the Way We Understand It

By Omar Oyarzabal

In the past few days, there have been two interesting reports on antibiotic resistance. One was released by Consumer Reports entitled, “How Safe Is Your Ground Beef?” The other, much less publicized, was put together by scientists and physicians who work in public health and do know something about antibiotic resistance. This second report was published... Continue Reading

Tyson, McDonald's Cut Ties With TN Chicken Farm After Video Showing Abuse

By News Desk

Two major food corporations with well-known brands to protect have cut ties with a Tennessee chicken farm that finds itself the latest target of an animal abuse investigation by Los Angeles-based Mercy for Animals. First Tyson Foods Inc., which contracted with the Tennessee farm to raise chickens, and then McDonald’s, which is supplied with chicken... Continue Reading

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