Food Safety News - 10/12/2018 Year’s largest E. coli outbreak enters litigation phase for victims, businesses

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Year's largest E. coli outbreak enters litigation phase for victims, businesses By Dan Flynn on Oct 12, 2018 12:06 am The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention year’s declared this year’s largest E. coli O157: H7 outbreak over on June 28. And that’s true for the disease phase of the outbreak. But it’s also fair to say no outbreak of foodborne disease is truly over until food safety attorney Bill Marler says its over.... Continue Reading FSIS urges the public to check homes for recalled meat, chicken entrees By News Desk on Oct 12, 2018 12:05 am Valley Fine Foods is recalling more than 35,000 pounds of refrigerated Simple Dishes brand pasta entrees containing meat and chicken after discovering the products might be contaminated with "spoilage organisms." The Forest City, NC, company reports it produced the recalled products from Aug. 15 through Oct. 4. The products are heat-treated, but are not fully... Continue Reading Experts discuss food safety and blockchain at BSI event By Joe Whitworth on Oct 12, 2018 12:04 am Food safety, plastic packaging and blockchain were key topics discussed at an industry event this past week. The Future Food Conference was hosted by the British Standards Institution (BSI) in London, United Kingdom. In opening remarks, Richard Werran, BSI director for food, said the industry is often reactive and not proactive. "I wish industry would go... Continue Reading More retail locations disclosed in 6.9 million pound JBS ground beef recall By News Desk on Oct 12, 2018 12:03 am Federal officials continue to compile and release the names of retail locations that sold some of the 6.9 million pounds of recalled ground beef that is implicated in a multi-state Salmonella outbreak.  The beef producer, JBS Tolleson, sold the meat to large retail chains including Walmart and Kroger, as well as regional chains, local chains... Continue Reading Processing error blamed for small chicken jerky recall in Tennessee By News Desk on Oct 12, 2018 12:01 am About 23 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken jerky were recalled Thursday by Pigeon Forge, TN-based Jerky Boyz because of a processing deviation that may have led to under-processing of products, according to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The problem was discovered Oct. 10 by FSIS inspection personnel during a records review verification. The... Continue Reading AUC chief urges focus to mitigate aflatoxin impact in Africa By News Desk on Oct 12, 2018 12:01 am The head of the African Union Commission (AUC) has urged countries in the region to tackle the impact of aflatoxins. Moussa Faki Mahamat made the comments at the opening of the third Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa (PACA) Partnership Platform Meeting (PPM) in Senegal earlier this month. Faki said given the wide array of food... Continue Reading Hotel foodservice near Seattle-Tacoma airport shut down for lack of permit By News Desk on Oct 12, 2018 12:00 am Guests at the Ramada SeaTac Airport North Hotel, located at 4006 S. 139th St. in Tukwila, WA, haven’t been provided with buffet breakfasts since Oct. 4. That’s because the hotel’s foodservice operation was shut down by Seattle-King County Public Health because the establishment did not have an “applicable permit for service.” The action was taken... 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