CFIA recalls two more brands of butter because of Listeria By News Desk  Government tests that returned positive results for Listeria monocytogenes triggered the recall of two more brands of butter by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on Saturday, following the Wednesday recall of St Laurent brand butter. As with the St Laurent butter, the recalled Perron brand and Beurre du Lac brand butter was sold by retailers... Continue Reading
Marquee food safety event in Tampa begins with talk of change By News Desk  The annual meeting of the International Association for Food Protection begins its four-day run today in Tampa. With 4,000 members and 54 affiliates around the globe, IAFP's yearly meeting is a marquee event for world food safety. This evening’s keynote address — The Ivan Parkin Lecture — is scheduled for 7 p.m., with USDA scientist Jose Emilio Esteban... Continue Reading
Georgia's public health chief now heads up CDC and ATSDR By News Desk  Georgia’s Public Health Commissioner Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald has been named by Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price as the 17th director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). Fitzgerald was sworn in as Georgia’s public health chief in 2011. Neither of her new... Continue Reading
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