Food Safety News - October 3, 2014 U.K. Raw Milk Dairy Issues Recall for Potential E. Coli

U.K. Raw Milk Dairy Issues Recall for Potential E. Coli By News Desk Barton Farm Dairy in the English parish of Kentisbury is recalling all sizes of its raw milk due to a potential link to two cases of E. coli O157:H7 infection, according to the U.K. Food Standards Agency. Customers who purchased the milk are advised not to consume the products. They’ve also been advised to contact the... Continue Reading Back to top^ California Restaurant Briefly Shut Down After Being Linked to Shigella Outbreak By News Desk Zov's Restaurant in Irvine, CA, closed down briefly on Wednesday after a foodborne illness investigation was linked to four customers, health department officials reportedly said Thursday. Deanne Thompson of the Orange County Health Care Agency said that those sickened had eaten at Zov’s on three different dates between Sept. 16-22, and that all four had... Continue Reading Back to top^ FDA: Antibiotics Sales to Farms Up 16 Percent Between 2009-12 By Lydia Zuraw Federal data released Thursday show that sales of medically important antimicrobials used in food-producing animals in the U.S. increased by 8 percent in 2012 and by 16 percent between 2009 and 2012. The Food and Drug Administration's 2012 Summary Report of the information animal drug sponsors are required to report every year states that, compared... Continue Reading Back to top^ EPA Study: Fish Still Contaminated With Phased-Out Scotchgard Chemical By Brian Bienkowski (This article by Brian Bienkowski of Environmental Health News was originally posted Sept. 26, 2014, and is used here with permission.) A persistent chemical formerly used in Scotchgard still contaminates most fish in U.S. rivers and the Great Lakes despite a phase-out a dozen years ago, a new federal study shows. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency researchers... Continue Reading Back to top^ WHO Study Measures Global Burden of Listeria By James Andrews In 2010, Listeria monocytogenes was estimated to infect 23,150 people worldwide. It killed 5,463 of them, or 23.6 percent, according to a new study by European researchers in the World Health Organization (WHO) published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The researchers say that an urgent effort is needed to fill in information on Listeria infections... Continue Reading Back to top^ More Food Safety News Past Food Safety News Articles Food Industry Events Food Safety News Copyright 2014 Marler Clark LLP, PS. All rights reserved. 1301 2nd Avenue, Suite 2800, Seattle, WA 98101. Change your address or unsubscribe.

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