Food Safety News - September 16, 2015 PCA Prosecutors Say Outbreak Victims are Crime Victims Under the Law

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PCA Prosecutors Say Outbreak Victims are Crime Victims Under the Law

By Dan Flynn

The victims of a foodborne outbreak are crime victims and their written statements and oral testimony should be heard at next week's sentencing of Stewart and Michael Parnell and Mary Wilkerson, according to U.S. Department of Justice lawyer Mary M. Engelhart from the Consumer Protection Branch. She is one of three government prosecutors in the... Continue Reading

Obama Nominates Califf to Lead FDA

By News Desk

The White House announced Tuesday that President Obama has nominated Robert Califf, M.D., to be the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Califf, 63, is currently FDA’s Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products and Tobacco. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Califf will replace Dr. Margaret Hamburg, who resigned earlier this year after nearly six... Continue Reading

Recalled Apple Slices May Have Been Distributed to Florida School District

By News Desk

Appeeling Fruit Inc. of Dauberville, PA, has been informed by one of its customers that some of its Snack Fresh brand 2-oz. bagged red apple slices with Best-if-Used-by date 09/21/15 and production date 310815, which were recalled on Wednesday, Sept. 9, due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination, may have been distributed to schools in Florida's Palm Beach... Continue Reading

Undercover Investigation Alleges Abuse of Chickens, Workers at Tyson Slaughter Plant in Texas

By Cathy Siegner

The Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) has released undercover video footage from inside a Tyson Foods Inc. slaughter plant in Carthage, Texas, which the group asserts documents a system exploiting both workers and animals. The videotape includes an interview with the undercover investigator, filmed in shadow to protect her identity. This is the second recent undercover investigation involving Tyson Foods. In July, Mercy... Continue Reading

For Sale: Stewart and Gloria Parnell's 5-Acre Virginia Estate

By Dan Flynn

In any real estate transaction, its almost inevitable that someone will ask why the listing parties are selling. It's a little more rare when the response is because somebody has to go to prison, but some real estate agents in Lynchburg, VA, are likely having those kind of hushed conversations about a prime piece of property... Continue Reading

Report Ranks Antibiotics Policies at Fast Food Chains

By News Desk

Only Chipotle and Panera get an A grade on antibiotics policies and sourcing practices, and most other fast food chains fail, according to a report by the Friends of the Earth, Natural Resources Defense Council, Keep Antibiotics Working, Consumers Union, Center for Food Safety, and Food Animal Concerns Trust. Chick-fil-a gets a B, while Dunkin' Donuts... Continue Reading

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