Food Safety News - November 19, 2014 Publisher’s Platform: Time to Discard that Wire Brush?

Publisher's Platform: Time to Discard that Wire Brush? By Bill Marler Internal injuries from ingestion of wire grill-cleaning bristles are well documented.  In a single hospital system, 12 patients with injuries due to ingestion of wire bristles were reported between July 2009 and June 2012. The severity of injury ranged from puncture of the soft tissues of the neck, causing severe pain on swallowing, to perforation... Continue Reading The Search for Alternatives to Antibiotics By Cookson Beecher Ask any doctor or veterinarian to rate the important medical discoveries of the past century, and antibiotics would surely be at or near the top of the list. In this century, too, antibiotics are expected to remain an essential tool for treating animal and human diseases. But the “miracle of antibiotics” is being threatened. There... Continue Reading Pharmacopeial Convention Publishes Guidance for Combatting Food Fraud By Gretchen Goetz The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) Monday released a comprehensive plan to combat food fraud for monetary gain. The USP said the new guidance is designed to help food manufacturers and regulators pinpoint which food ingredients are most likely to be adulterated by a supplier, and to advise the best way to prevent this act — officially known... Continue Reading Holding Guilty Accountable in PCA Case Taking Time By Dan Flynn After the jury verdicts came in for the Peanut Corporation of American criminal trial two months ago, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the trial in Albany, GA showed how "any individual or company that puts the health of consumers at risk by criminally selling tainted food will be caught, prosecuted, and held accountable to... Continue Reading FSIS Considers Expanding Non-O157 STEC Testing By News Desk The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering whether or not to expand its non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) testing to include ground beef and ground beef components beyond beef manufacturing trimmings. This week, USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) posted its analysis of estimated costs and benefits associated with implementing the additional testing.... Continue Reading 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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