Food Safety News - 10/20/2018 Eight illnesses reported as 80,000 kg of tuna seized

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Eight illnesses reported as 80,000 kg of tuna seized By Joe Whitworth on Oct 20, 2018 12:05 am More than 80,000 kilograms of illicit Bluefin tuna has been seized in Spain and several cases of food poisoning reported due to fish being stored in unsanitary conditions. Eight cases were detected after eating the tuna due to the degradation of proteins from the unhygienic conditions in which it was stored. Scombroid food poisoning can... Continue Reading Dual contaminants in vegetables cause pork and chicken product recall By News Desk on Oct 20, 2018 12:04 am Buddy's Kitchen Inc. in  Burnsville, MN  is recalling approximately 212,746 pounds of ready-to-eat pork and chicken products that contain vegetables that may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The ready-to-eat pork and chicken items were produced on various dates from Oct.... Continue Reading Almost 300 sick and one dead due to Salmonella in UK By Joe Whitworth on Oct 20, 2018 12:02 am Authorities in England and Scotland are investigating almost 300 cases and one death of Salmonella Typhimurium linked to lamb and mutton. An increase in cases of this particular strain type was identified in July 2017. Prior to this only two cases of the strain had been detected in England. One death related to the outbreak... Continue Reading Corn, diced onions and now vegetables cited in dual contamination recalls By News Desk on Oct 19, 2018 08:44 pm Envolve Foods in Corona, CA  is recalling approximately 292,764 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken and beef products that contain a vegetable ingredient that also may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) It follows other recent recalls of products containing corn and diced... Continue Reading 124.5 tons of meat and poultry taquitos recalled for dual contamination of diced onions By Dan Flynn on Oct 19, 2018 07:10 pm Diced onions — not corn– with the possible dual contamination from Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes were cited late Friday by Denison, TX-based Ruiz Food Products Inc. for a recall of 124.5 tons of meat and poultry taquitos.   Earlier Friday, Canada’s McCain Foods was named as the supplier in all of the corn-related recalls posted in... Continue Reading McCain Foods confirmed as corn supplier behind multiple recalls in U.S. By Coral Beach on Oct 19, 2018 06:00 pm The USDA today named McCain Foods as the supplier of potentially contaminated corn cited in the string of recalls for a variety of foods from hundreds of retailers in recent days, WalMart, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods and 7-Eleven. A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) told Food Safety News... Continue Reading Up to $4.5 million settlement for Hawaii restaurant patrons exposed to Hepatitis A By News Desk on Oct 19, 2018 03:02 pm There is a preliminary settlement of up to $4.5 million in the class action lawsuit brought on behalf of people exposed to hepatitis A, but who did not become ill, from eating at Genki Sushi restaurants in Hawaii in 2016. Seattle-based Marler Clark, the nation’s food safety law firm, and prominent Hawaii firms of Perkin... 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