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Food Safety

USDA, FDA announce coordination agreement

Plan is designed to streamline food rules enforcement through more cooperation

February 2, 2018

The USDA and FDA have announced a formal agreement designed to make food oversight more efficient by increasing cooperation between the two agencies.

Cargill brings facial recognition capability to farmers

Cainthus uses breakthrough predictive imaging to monitor the health and wellbeing of livestock.

February 2, 2018

Cargill, Minneapolis, and Cainthus, a Dublin-based machine vision company, are reshaping how animal producers make decisions for their livestock through a strategic partnership that will bring facial recognition technology to dairy farms across the world.

Action on food safety to be central focus of GFSI Global Food Safety Conference 2018

February 2, 2018

World's biggest food companies to discuss advancing food safety and consumer trust at GFSI 2018 in Tokyo, March 5-8.

Employee safety

OSHA fines poultry plant for amputation hazards, other violations

Koch Foods of Gainesville LLC faces $208,977 of proposed penalties.

Crystal Lindell

January 29, 2018

OSHA cited Koch Foods of Gainesville LLC with a repeat violation for exposing employees to amputation hazards by failing to provide machine guarding.

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.

Research illustrates trust deficit in agriculture, food processing

When it comes to trust, federal regulatory agencies rank eighth and food companies rank last on a list of 11 choices.

January 18, 2018

While food companies, federal regulatory agencies and farmers are held responsible for ensuring the health and safety of food, not all are trusted to get the job done, according to new research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), Kansas City, Mo.

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.

France’s ‘Chocolate Guardian’ Guy Urbain passes away at 95

Bernie Pacyniak

January 3, 2018

It’s impossible to discuss the evolution of French chocolate in the 20^th century without mentioning Guy Urbain, the man who for more than seven decades dedicated his life to advancing not only French chocolate, but sweet gastronomy globally.