Jury Selection Underway for Precedent-Setting PCA Trial By Dan Flynn  Jury selection continues today at the C.B. King U.S. Courthouse in Albany, GA, to pick 12 people (and four alternates) who will decide whether or not a trio of former peanut company executives is guilty as charged. The criminal trial, charging the three with felonies for the roles they allegedly played in a deadly outbreak... Continue ReadingSenators Want More Antibiotics Information From FDA By News Desk  Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) wrote to U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg on Monday to ask for more information regarding the agency’s efforts to curb the overuse of antibiotics in food animal production. The senators called Guidance #213 and the proposed rule on Veterinary Feed Directives (VFDs)... Continue ReadingSales of Expired Meat in China May Have Started Some Time Ago By News Desk  Expired meat was probably being sold to McDonald's and KFC restaurants in China for at least a year before the practice was caught for a report aired by Dragon TV. A former quality-control officer for Shanghai Husi Food Co. Ltd., an affiliate of the Aurora, IL-based OSI Group, sued the company last year for allegedly... Continue ReadingHawaii Could Follow California by Repealing Glove Law By News Desk  Cost concerns and general opposition may prompt Hawaii to try and follow California by repealing new state health rules requiring food service workers to use utensils or gloves when preparing sushi or other ready-to-eat foods. The new rules just went into effect July 21 and have already drawn criticism from restaurant managers who say that... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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