Canada Recalls Salmonella Cucumbers Too By News Desk  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced that Safeway is recalling field cucumbers and various in-store produced products that contain cucumbers purchased from Safeway due to possible Salmonella contamination that were distributed in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Saskatchewan. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below. This recall applies to fresh... Continue Reading
First Suit Filed in Outbreak Linked to Salmonella-Tainted Cucumbers By News Desk  A Minnesota woman who says she was sickened by Salmonella-tainted cucumbers is suing the San Diego-based produce company which imported and distributed them. Marler Clark, the Seattle-based food safety law firm, has filed a lawsuit against Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce Inc. on behalf Kathleen R. Dvergsten, a resident of Farmington, MN. (Marler Clark underwrites Food... Continue Reading
Chemical-Free Process Approved for Pasteurizing California Almonds By Cathy Siegner  A technical review panel of the Almond Board of California has given its seal of approval to another chemical-free process for pasteurizing almonds. The technology being marketed by RF Biocidics of Sacramento uses radio frequency waves to zap pathogens, insects, and mold on almonds and other foods instead of using chemicals or steam. The process does not alter the taste or... Continue Reading
Who Should Bear the Costs of Making Our Food Safe? By David W. Plunkett  Is a simple cost-benefit analysis the right prism through which to view a preventive food safety program? Richard Williams' interesting, but ultimately misguided, critique of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) strongly relies on cost-benefit worries to argue against four regulations the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing to implement the new law. But... Continue Reading
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With less than two weeks to go until sentencing, Stewart Parnell has joined Mary Wilkerson in asking to have the Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) criminal case dismissed. Dismissal and new trial motions have all been denied since the jury verdicts were issued nearly a year ago. Meanwhile, U.S. District Court Judge W. Louis Sands... 
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