Food Safety News - 12/03/2018 The little mushroom that could, with a little help from its gene-snipping friends

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. The little mushroom that could, with a little help from its gene-snipping friends By Cookson Beecher on Dec 03, 2018 12:05 am White button mushrooms. For some people, they're a cooking staple. For others, they're not even on the shopping list. But no matter where they fall in a consumer's bank of preferences, these popular mushrooms are in the forefront of what some are hailing as the "latest breakthrough" in crop breeding: gene editing, often referred to as... Continue Reading Reality as we know it, as it's been, and as it will remain if we don't act By Carl Custer on Dec 03, 2018 12:03 am Contributed Editor’s note: One of our regular contributors, Carl Custer, has been closely watching the investigations into E. coli O157:H7 outbreaks associated with romaine lettuce in the past year. Here he discusses some of the research he has been reviewing in recent days on related topics. An animal entering a feed lot or other CAFO... Continue Reading After years of documented Listeria contamination, company closes By News Desk on Dec 03, 2018 12:01 am Owners of a Michigan food company have agreed that they will not reopen their business, Saranac Brand Foods Inc., which had repeatedly been found to be contaminated with potentially deadly Listeria. Federal Judge Paul L. Maloney approved a consent decree between the U.S. government and Saranac Brand Foods' owners Dennis M. Nowak and Daniel R.... Continue Reading Food Safety News Copyright © 2018 Marler Clark LLP. All rights reserved. You received this email because you subscribed to notifications when new posts are published. Our mailing address is: Marler Clark LLP 1012 First Avenue Fifth Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Add us to your address book Update your preferences | Unsubscribe from this list