113 pounds of beer jerky pulled for lack of inspection By Dan Flynn  Kansas City-based Flavor Trade LLC recalled about 113 pounds of beef jerky products that were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and used the USDA mark of inspection without authorization, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The beef jerky items were produced on Sept. 27, Sept. 28, Oct.... Continue Reading
Report: Hotel chef 'most likely' source of norovirus outbreak By News Desk  The source of a norovirus outbreak in Wisconsin this past spring that sickened 54 people “most likely” was a hotel chef infected with a rare strain of the virus, namely Norovirus genogroup II.17B (Kawasaki), which has only been seen in the United States in the past five years. That’s according to a Final Investigation Report released Oct. 26 from... Continue Reading
Voters in four cities to decide on local soda taxes By Dan Flynn  Berkeley, CA and Boulder, CO, are among a handful of America's most liberal cities who've both often been accused of never having met a tax they did not like. Berkeley two years ago became the first city in America to impose a regressive tax on sugary soda. On Jan. 1, Philadelphia becomes the second to... Continue Reading
Strawberries linked to outbreak went to schools, restaurants By Coral Beach  Health officials are urging foodservice operators — including schools and restaurants across the country — to check their freezers for recalled strawberries from Egypt that may be contaminated with Hepatitis A. The strawberries, produced and exported from Egypt by the International Company for Agricultural Production and Processing (ICAPP), are implicated in a nine-state Hepatitis A... Continue Reading
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