The USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced it is sponsoring a public meeting on Jan. 23 to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items, and draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the first session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs of the Codex Alimentarius Commission.
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is facing another contamination scare. The company is recalling almost 9,000 bottles of fresh cream over fears they may be contaminated with E coli.
The American Meat Science Association (AMSA) is offering a complimentary educational webinar on "Salmonella and Campylobacter Challenges in Poultry Processing," scheduled for Friday, Jan. 17 at 11:30 a.m. Central Time. Attendance is free but requires pre-registration.
In response to a disastrous Jan. 9 chemical spill that contaminated the water supply in nine West Virginia counties, affecting at least 300,000 people, Steritech has made available a Water Contamination Food Safety Brief to help foodservice operators and food retailers develop temporary alternative procedures.
A U.S. audit of Canada’s food safety system calls on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to strengthen oversight of sanitation and the humane handling of animals at meat slaughtering plants. The findings from the tour of seven food processing facilities, two laboratories and five CFIA offices in the fall of 2012 were kept confidential until recently.
Half of the organic fresh fruits and vegetables tested across Canada in the past two years contained pesticide residue, according to a report by CBC News Manitoba that cites data from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Foster Farms, whose raw chicken products were identified as the source of a multistate outbreak of multidrug-resistant Salmonella Heidelberg infections last fall, had to cease operations at its Livingston, CA poultry processing plant yesterday (Jan. 8) due to a cockroach infestation.
RadioAustralia reported today that more than 350 people across Japan have fallen ill after eating potentially pesticide-contaminated frozen food produced by a major Japanese frozen food company. A similar report from Bloomberg News put the number of those affected at 890, quoting Japan's public broadcasting outlet, NHK.
On Jan. 6, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) posted a guidance document, Compliance Guidelines for Controlling Salmonella in Market Hogs, for review, comment, and implementation by the industry. The guidance provides information on best practices that may be applied at a hog slaughter facility to prevent, eliminate, or reduce levels of Salmonella on hogs at all stages of slaughter and dressing.
The United Fresh Produce Association's Food Safety & Technology Council has developed a document, Guidance on Environmental Monitoring and Control of Listeria for the Fresh Produce Industry, that aims to guide the fresh produce industry in developing practical and scientifically sound “search and destroy” programs for Listeria.
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