French Cheese Recalled in Canada for Possible E. coli Contamination By News Desk  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency announced Monday that La Fromagerie Hamel is recalling La Fromagerie Hamel brand “St-Felicien lait cru France (Rhone-Alpes)” cheese from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O26:H11 contamination. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product, which was distributed to retail outlets in Quebec. Consumers... Continue ReadingMeat Industry Loses Appeal on Country of Origin Labeling By News Desk  The meat industry may still be awaiting the World Trade Organization to make a call on country-of-origin labeling (COOL), but in the meantime they've lost another round in their fight against the rule in the D.C. Circuit courts. COOL laws mandate that meat products be labeled to tell where the animal was born, raised and... Continue ReadingWhole-Genome Sequencing Expected to Revolutionize Outbreak Investigations By James Andrews  For decades, food safety experts have lived with the reality that roughly one-third of foodborne illness outbreak investigations ended without finding the source. But with the wide proliferation of new laboratory technology on the horizon, outbreak investigations could soon become more accurate, more efficient and more complete, according to researchers at Cornell University, the New... Continue ReadingLeaked Trade Deal Chapter Fails to Shed Much Light on Food Safety Concerns By Lydia Zuraw  Last week, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy leaked a draft chapter of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) currently being negotiated between the United States and the European Union. The chapter proposed by the European Commission in June concerns Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) issues with food safety and animal and plant health. "This leaked... Continue ReadingRaw Milk Seizure Stirs Debate in Michigan By News Desk  Michigan farmers and some of their downstate customers are still talking about an enforcement action taken two weeks ago by the Michigan Department of Agriculture. The incident has prompted hundreds of comments on local newspaper and Facebook pages. A delivery truck from Standish, MI-based My Family Co-Op was making its run south on Interstate 75... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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