The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) yesterday reported dozens of new illnesses tied to salmonella contamination of fresh Foster Farms chicken, now putting the total number of affected persons at 481 and reopening the investigation.
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Roka Bioscience announced today that its Atlas STEC EG2 Combo Detection Assay for the detection of E. coli O157:H7 and other non-O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) has received AOAC Performance Tested Methods certification from the AOAC Research Institute (AOAC-RI).
Nearly 500 foods found on grocery store shelves in the United States contain azodicarbonamide (ADA), a potentially hazardous industrial plastics chemical, according to a report issued Thursday by a health research and advocacy group.
The Government of Canada yesterday announced it is proposing to amend the Agriculture and Agri-Food Administrative Monetary Penalities Regulations (AMPs Regulations) to expand Administrative Monetary Penalities (AMPs) to the Meat Inspection Act and the Meat Inspection Regulations, enacted in 1990. The proposed regulatory amendments will enable the issuance of monetary penalties for violation of these laws.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are sponsoring a public meeting tomorrow, Feb. 27, to provide information, receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the 8th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF). The 8th Session of the CCCF will be held March 31 – April 4 in The Hague, Netherlands.
The largest American food safety update in 70 years will be complete by spring 2016 under the terms of a settlement announced Thursday between food safety advocates.
New Zealand's Minister for Primary Industries (MPI) Nathan Guy and Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye on Feb. 18 announced that a working group will be set up to improve dairy product traceability. according to AgriHQ.co.nz.
The Paris-based Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) today announced that Cenk Gürol, group chief SCM officer, Aeon Co., Ltd., and president, Aeon Global SCM Co., Ltd., Japan, has been appointed as its new Board chairman. The newly elected vice chairs of GFSI are Mike Robach, vice president, food safety, quality and regulatory affairs, Cargill, USA, and Neil Marshall, global director, quality & food safety strategy, policy and programs, The Coca-Cola Company, USA.
The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) Global Food Traceability Center (GFTC) has received a grant to conduct research into the impacts of traceability on consumer attitudes and business performance in the seafood industry from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
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