Posts from the "Microbial Contamination" category
US: Micro greens recalled from Whole Foods stores for Salmonella
Food Safety News: Organic micro greens grown by a Colorado company and distributed to Whole Foods Markets locations in Kansas and Colorado are under recall after a random government test of the finished product showed Salmonella contamination. Osage Gardens Inc. of New Castle, CO, packaged the recalled micro greens in 2-ounce clear, plastic clamshell containers with labels on the bottom…
Read Article →NZ: Frozen berries food and safety information update
NZ Ministry of Health: The Ministry for Primary Industries have updated their food safety information for consumers about making frozen imported berries safe
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US: PMA, United Fresh establish Listeria working group
Progressive Grocer: Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and United Fresh Produce Association (United Fresh) are collaborating to address produce-specific challenges surrounding Listeria monocytogenes (Lm).
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US: Supermarkets’ pre-prepared food boom raises safety concerns
WSJ / The Australian: Supermarkets in the US are starting to look a lot more like takeaway restaurants, but the explosion of prepared meals has brought new food safety issues that even leading chains are racing to manage.
Whole Foods Market, a trailblazer in the sale of fresh-cooked items, was recently forced to temporarily close one of its commercial kitchens producing fresh meals for stores.
US: Can the FSMA improve safety of frozen berry production?
FPSC: Can the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) provide a framework to improve practices and boost exports for Chilean raspberry producers?
Read Article →US: Egypt investigates strawberry link to Hepatitis A cases in U.S
Food Safety News: Egypt’s Ministry of Agriculture is investigating the possibility that strawberries being exported to the United States are contaminated with Hepatitis A. Virginia health officials suspect that 17 recent cases of Hepatitis A are linked to the Tropical Smooth Café, a smoothie chain that was using frozen strawberries from Egypt during the exposure timeframe.
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AU: “Foodborne diseases: changing epidemiology and disease control” research symposium
1 September 2016
Event co-hosted by the Centre for Infectious Diseases & Microbiology – Public Health (CIDM-PH) and the Marie Bashir Institute (MBI)
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AU: Salmonella traced to one farm in the Northern Territory
PMA A-NZ: The Australian melon industry welcomes the news that the source of the current Salmonella outbreak has been traced to one farm in the Northern Territory. The farm has commenced a voluntary recall of the fruit.
Consumers can be assured that rockmelons now on the retail shelves are not affected by the recall and are safe to purchase and consume.
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US: The human element of food safety
Food Business News: Frank Yiannas, author and vice-president of food safety for Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said he believes the “soft sciences†outlined in his newest book, “Food Safety = Behavior: 30 Proven Techniques to Enhance Employee Compliance,†hold the answer to changing the face of food safety for the better.
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UK: E.coli deaths – Mixed salad leaves linked to outbreak after two die
The Independent: Shoppers are being warned to thoroughly wash bags of mixed salad leaves amid fears they could contain E. coli after two people died of the bacterial infection.
Health watchdogs have said more than 150 people in the UK have been found to have been infected with the E. coli O157 bug—many of whom had eaten pre-packed salad containing rocket leaves.
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