Food Safety News - May 4, 2018 Marijuana edibles on a rocky road to food safety assurances

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Marijuana edibles on a rocky road to food safety assurances

By Cookson Beecher

They call her "The Weed Whacker."  As the first marijuana specialist for the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment — and therefore the first marijuana specialist for a public health authority in the entire nation — she disposed of $28 million dollars of cannabis products in 2016 alone. Why? Because she found them out... Continue Reading

FSIS set to begin dioxin analysis of U.S. meat, poultry

By News Desk

Federal agencies are set to begin a year-long testing program on U.S. beef, pork and poultry to measure the levels of a highly toxic group of chemicals called dioxins, which are best known for their use in Agent Orange and other herbicides. The 2018 Dioxin Survey, headed by the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Services... Continue Reading

Almost 1 in 3 are fatalities in South Africa's listeriosis outbreak

By Dan Flynn

The deadly South African listeriosis outbreak now has a stunning 28.6 percent fatality rate, according to the latest report by the National Listeria Incident Management Team (IMT). The new IMT report says 200 of 1,024 confirmed cases of Listeria resulted in the deaths of the victims. The outbreak is slowing down, but it’s not over.... Continue Reading

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