Food Safety News - 09/27/2018 Traceback and packaging questions raised over Cargill’s ground beef recall

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Traceback and packaging questions raised over Cargill's ground beef recall By Dan Flynn on Sep 27, 2018 12:05 am A week after Cargill Meat Solutions recall of 66 tons of ground beef, some concerns remain. Experts at Consumer Reports suggest tossing out any ground beef in your freezer purchased between June 21 and July 11 of this year “out of an abundance of caution.” And a top food safety advocate in Congress, Rep. Rosa... Continue Reading CDC declares Honey Smacks Salmonella outbreak is over; warning continues By Coral Beach on Sep 27, 2018 12:03 am The CDC has declared the Salmonella Mbandaka outbreak traced to Kellogg's Honey Smacks is over, with 135 having been confirmed infected, but the agency is continuing to urge consumers to make sure they don't have any of the cereal in their homes. Because of the outbreak, the iconic Kellogg Co. initiated an international recall of... Continue Reading Fipronil and Salmonella lead notifications in RASFF report By Joe Whitworth on Sep 27, 2018 12:02 am Fipronil in eggs and Salmonella in poultry meat from Brazil dominated information exchanges between European countries in 2017, according to the annual Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) report. A total of 3,832 original notifications were reported to the European Commission last year. Of these, 942 were classed as alerts, 596 as information... Continue Reading Hepatitis A database has potential to improve outbreak detection By News Desk on Sep 27, 2018 12:01 am A Hepatitis A database has shown promise, and with improvements could be used at earlier stages of international outbreaks, according to researchers. The team assessed usefulness of the dataset for geographical annotation, backtracing and outbreak detection and results were published in the Eurosurveillance journal. Hepatitis A virus Network (HAVNet) is an international laboratory network set... Continue Reading FDA moves toward releasing retailer lists during food recalls; seeks comments By Coral Beach on Sep 26, 2018 01:13 pm The FDA may begin releasing lists of retailers that receive recalled food so consumers can more easily identify it. Agency policy has prohibited the release of such information, citing considerations for "confidential" business relationships. Consumers, businesses, and others can comment on a draft of procedures for industry and the agency, according to a statement issued... 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