 CDC: Nut Butter Salmonella Outbreak Investigation is Now Officially Over By News Desk  The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its final update on the Salmonella Braenderup infections linked to nut butters manufactured by nSpired Natural Foods. Six people were infected with the strain of Salmonella Braenderup since Jan. 1, 2014, in Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, Tennessee and Texas. Illness onset dates ranged from Jan. 20, 2014, to... Continue ReadingGovernment Settles on Plea Deal With Rancho Yardman By Dan Flynn  Eugene D. Corda, 65, the top yardman responsible for receiving cattle and moving them for inspection and slaughter at Rancho Feeding Corporation's slaughterhouse in Petaluma, CA, has very likely become a government witness. Under terms of a sealed plea agreement with government attorneys, Corda has now pleaded guilty to just a single count contained the... Continue ReadingFDA Seeks to Mesh Public and Private Food Safety Accountability By The Packer  (This article by Tom Karst, national editor of The Packer, was first published Oct. 19, 2014, and is reposted here with his permission.) ANAHEIM, CA—The last word on food safety regulations for the produce industry won't be written next year, even though the Food and Drug and Administration (FDA) has committed to publish final versions of the... Continue ReadingFDA Warning Letters: Drug Residues, Seafood Processing, Coconut Butter By News Desk  In recently posted U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning letters, three producers were cited for holding animals "under conditions that are so inadequate that medicated animals bearing potentially harmful drug residues are likely to enter the food supply." Papas Dairy of North Bangor, NY, was cited for illegal drug residue in a calf sold... Continue ReadingMore Food Safety News | 
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