Food Safety News - May 17, 2018 Misbranding and undeclared allergen causes tortilla soup recall

Misbranding and undeclared allergen causes tortilla soup recall By News Desk Falls River, MA-based Blount Fine Foods is recalling approximately 720 pounds of chicken tortilla soup because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The soup contains wheat, a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label as required by federal law. ... Continue Reading Michigan producer recalls 154.2 tons of hot dogs and sausages By News Desk Grand Rapids, MI-based Kent Quality Foods Inc. Wednesday recalled more than 308,000 pounds of ready-to-eat hot dog and sausage products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The 44 recalled products contain soy, a known allergen, which is not declared on the... Continue Reading Senate committee has yet to schedule hearing for Brashears By Dan Flynn In the two weeks since President Trump nominated Mindy Brashears as USDA’s next Under Secretary for Food Safety, not much has happened. The Senate has assigned management of her confirmation to the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. But the committee has not announced a hearing schedule. Brashears is a Texas Tech University food... Continue Reading Largest Listeria outbreak ever coming under control; 204 dead By News Desk The world’s largest listeriosis epidemic is now under control because meat products from Enterprise and Rainbow Chicken have been recalled, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told the South African Parliament earlier this week. "Since the recall, we have had fewer than five cases a week in the past five weeks compared to 40 a week before... Continue Reading Source still unknown as outbreak tied to romaine hits 32 states By Coral Beach The CDC reports three more states and 23 more sick people have been confirmed in the past week in its ongoing investigation into an E. coli outbreak associated with romaine lettuce. As of this week officials have confirmed 172 people across 32 states in the outbreak. One person in California died. Public health officials in... Continue Reading More Food Safety News Past Food Safety News Articles Food Industry Events Food Safety News Copyright 2016 Marler Clark LLP, PS. All rights reserved. Marler Clark LLP, 1012 First Avenue Fifth Floor Seattle WA 98104 USA Change your address or unsubscribe. * To unsubscribe from updates, click the link above, click the unsubscribe link sent to your email, then toggle the subscription settings to "Unsubscribe".

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