Food Safety News - 08/18/2018 Beach Beat: Round and round Chipotle goes, where the outbreaks will end, nobody knows

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Beach Beat: Round and round Chipotle goes, where the outbreaks will end, nobody knows By Coral Beach on Aug 18, 2018 12:05 am Opinion Denver, we have a problem. Despite a corporate policy of "zero tolerance" for food safety mistakes, the most infamous burrito chain in the country continues to make it's customers sick. Laboratory test results announced this week by public health officials in Delaware County, OH, confirmed what disease detectives had suspected for a couple of... Continue Reading Smoothies shop near Seattle Airport closed for Salmonella investigation By News Desk on Aug 18, 2018 12:03 am A Seattle-King County Public Health food inspector late Thursday ordered the closure of Burien Fresh Smoothies in conjunction with an ongoing foodborne illness outbreak that has seen two people admitted to hospitals. Burien is a town of about 50,000 immediately west of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in King County, WA. The restaurant is at 15712 1st Avenue... Continue Reading Irish food safety officials unveil strategy to better protect public By Joe Whitworth on Aug 18, 2018 12:02 am Ireland has launched a food safety and authenticity strategy to proactively identify and mitigate risk in the supply chain. Implementation will focus on seven areas: communications; training; risk assessment; contingency planning; data capture, analysis and utilization; policy design; and harmonization of activities. A project team has been created for each area. The Minister for Agriculture,... Continue Reading CDC confirms bacteria in stool samples from Chipotle customers sickened in outbreak By News Desk on Aug 17, 2018 08:50 pm County health officials in Ohio say although food samples from a Chipotle restaurant, as well as stool samples from people who ate there, initially tested negative for Clostridium perfringens bacteria, follow up tests by the CDC show that’s what made the customers sick. Confirmation test results on the food are pending. A specific food has... Continue Reading Parasitic outbreak count climbing; FDA still looking at salad mix from Fresh Express By News Desk on Aug 17, 2018 06:28 pm The number of people with parasitic infections in an ongoing outbreak continues to increase, with 40 more added in the past week. The tally stands at 476 now in the outbreak traced to salad mix distributed by Fresh Express and sold by some McDonald's restaurants. Since the initial outbreak announcement on July 13, there has... Continue Reading Food Safety News Copyright © 2018 Marler Clark LLP. All rights reserved. You received this email because you subscribed to notifications when new posts are published. Our mailing address is: Marler Clark LLP 1012 First Avenue Fifth Floor Seattle, WA 98104 Add us to your address book Update your preferences | Unsubscribe from this list