Food Safety News - May 31, 2017 E coli outbreak in Germany sickens 30, half confirmed, 1 dead

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E coli outbreak in Germany sickens 30, half confirmed, 1 dead

By News Desk

An E. coli O157 outbreak, dating back to December and believed to be linked to minced — or ground — meat has taken a life in Germany. The outbreak has sickened about 30 people since it began. The cause is Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 with the onset date for the most recent confirmed case being April 13.... Continue Reading

Recall information takes days to reach Hong Kong from Canada

By Coral Beach

Despite instantaneous communication technology, word of a recall of flour linked to an E. coli outbreak in Canada did not reach Hong Kong until after all of the implicated exported flour had been sold at retail. In a May 30 notice, officials with the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene... Continue Reading

Death by a thousand cuts

By Phyllis Entis

Editor’s note: This opinion piece by Phyllis Entis was originally published on eFoodAlert.com and is reposted here with permission. Donald Trump has declared war. Not on North Korea; not on ISIS or Iran. Certainly not on Russia. Donald Trump has declared war on the Food Safety Modernization Act. Trump has not asked Congress to repeal the... Continue Reading

Ontario court could permanently shut down raw milk sales

By Dan Flynn

Raw milk advocates on both sides of the 48th parallel are worried about the outcome of a trial in Ontario because they fear it could provide the template for ending sales of milk without pasteurization throughout Canada. The trial almost seems like a re-run because it involves the Crown versus Ontario's best known raw milk... Continue Reading

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