Salmonella Illnesses Prompt Recall of Whole Hogs for Barbeque By News Desk  Whole hogs for barbeque, recalled Thursday, have been associated with 32 Salmonella I 4, [5],12:i:- illnesses now being tracked by the Washington State Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. And officials say those cases may be part of a larger outbreak. Graham, WA-based Kapowsin Meats has recalled 116,262... Continue Reading
CDC Offers a Look Back at 20 Years of FoodNet By Lydia Zuraw  Twenty years ago, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta established the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network (FoodNet) to track incidence of foodborne illness. For the September 2015 issues of Emerging Infectious Diseases, members of the FoodNet workgroup wrote about the history and achievements of the program. In the late 1980s... Continue Reading
Rocky Mountain High: Marijuana Industry Push Back on More Rules By Dan Flynn  The powerful Colorado Cannabis Chamber of Commerce "[has] not and will not" endorse the latest proposed changes to the state ‘s edible marijuna regulations that call for the placement of a "THC Stop Sign" on each pot-infused package and marijuana serving. A Cannabis Chamber spokesman told Food Safety News the marijuana industry group cannot go... Continue Reading
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Health officials in Vancouver, British Columbia, are requiring area restaurants to cook oysters harvested in that province before serving them. Only oysters harvested outside of British Columbia may be served raw at this time, according to a statement issued Aug. 12 by Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH). Public health ordered this step in response to an ongoing... 
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