Pathogens - Articles - Page 26 | Food Safety Magazine

Solving cooking deviations for processors

Deviations resulting from failure to meet lethality or stabilization critical control points

February 28, 2018

The deviations caused by the failure to meet CCPs can range in severity but will undoubtedly result in a recall if product is passed into commerce before the deviation can be addressed.

Recall

Fareway deli chicken salad recalled after salmonella outbreak

Consumers urged to toss any remaining product after officials confirm 37 cases in Iowa.

Crystal Lindell

February 22, 2018

Triple T Specialty Meats, Inc is recalling about 20,630 lbs. of ready-to-eat chicken salad products, which it produced for the grocery store chain after reports showed that it may be contaminated with Salmonella Typhimurium.

Fight for Food Safety

Recalls: 2017 in review

Shawn Stevens

February 22, 2018

While the total pounds of USDA-regulated products recalled in 2017 was less than the totals in 2016, there were 10 more recalls in 2017 than in 2016.

Illustration of the CRISPR-Cas9 system containing Cas9 protein and guide RNA

Meat Science Review

Sequence-specific removal of STECs via CRISPR-Cas9 system

Hua Yang Mo Jia Ifigenia Geornaras Keith E. Belk

February 20, 2018

Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated proteins (Cas) together comprise the CRISPR-Cas system.

Panera Bread recalls cream cheese because of Listeria

No illnesses have been reported, but company is recalling all 2-oz. and 8-oz. cream cheeses.

January 29, 2018

Panera Bread is conducting a nationwide preemptive, voluntary recall of all 2-oz. and 8-oz. cream cheese products sold in its U.S. bakery-cafes.

Food Safety

Green beans, mixed vegetables recalled

Vegetables may be contaminated with Listeria

Casey Laughman

January 26, 2018

National Frozen Foods Corporation is voluntarily recalling Not-Ready-To-Eat, Individually Quick Frozen green beans and mixed vegetables because they could potentially be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Regulations & Legislation

Regulatory wild ride for meat, poultry could continue in 2018

Brett Schwemer Betsy Booren

January 24, 2018

What does 2018 have in store for the meat and poultry industry? There is a plethora of issues facing our industry from trade to immigration to recovering from weather events. Below are a few regulatory and legislative issues that may affect the FSIS-regulated industry in 2018.

Biscuits recalled due to potential Listeria contamination

Frozen biscuits were distributed to retail stores

Casey Laughman

January 12, 2018

Hom/Ade Foods, Inc. has announced a recall of Mary B's brand biscuits due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

E. Coli

E. coli outbreak hits U.S., Canada

Source of outbreak not yet identified in U.S.

Casey Laughman

January 5, 2018

An E. coli outbreak has led to 17 illnesses and one death so far in the United States.

FSMA compliance and the cold food industry: Risks, challenges, solutions

Dr. Elis Owens

December 6, 2017

No matter where your organization’s facilities and supply chain stand on FSMA compliance, it is imperative to understand the risks, develop a documented plan and encourage food safety and sanitation buy-in at all levels of the organization.