| | By Coral Beach on Nov 21, 2018 12:06 am Opinion ALERT: Federal officials in the U.S. and Canada have announced a new E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce and recommend that consumers, retailers and foodservice operators not eat, sell or serve any romaine. As of Nov. 20, a total of 50 people across 11 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces had been confirmed... Continue Reading By News Desk on Nov 21, 2018 12:05 am Federal officials report a cluster of Listeria monocytogenes infections dating back to July 2017 has spurred a nationwide recall of an “undetermined amount” of Long Phung brand pork patty rolls. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) confirmed on Nov. 19 that samples collected from a Long Phung Food Products production facility were positive for the strain of... Continue Reading By Coral Beach on Nov 21, 2018 12:04 am State and federal officials are beginning to identify retailers that received recalled Jennie-O brand ground turkey that is implicated in a 35-state outbreak of Salmonella Reading. Washington state's Department of Health reports four chains with stores statewide received the recalled ground turkey products — Walmart, Safeway, Fred Meyer and QFC. As of Tuesday night, named... Continue Reading By Dr. Richard Raymond on Nov 21, 2018 12:03 am Opinion First of all, remember these opinions are mine and mine only. I am certain many would challenge or disagree with what I think was the biggest development to improve food safety. And before I begin to elaborate on my thinking, I will tell you why I picked 25 years as the timeline, since 25... Continue Reading By Joe Whitworth on Nov 21, 2018 12:02 am There is a "striking" lack of safety data on wild flowers used at restaurants, according to a review in Denmark. Of 23 flowers reviewed, nine contained compounds with toxic or potentially toxic effects if eaten, two had unidentified toxic compound(s) and four were flowers from plants with potentially toxic compounds present in other plant parts... Continue Reading By Dan Flynn on Nov 20, 2018 06:52 pm There’s a new E. coli O157:H7 outbreak caused by romaine lettuce and this time the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is taking the tough love approach. In announcing the new outbreak, CDC Tuesday said consumers, restaurants, and retailers should not eat, serve or sell any romaine lettuce until federal food safety... Continue Reading | | | | | |
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