Food Safety News - 10/22/2018 The key role farm workers play in produce safety

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. The key role farm workers play in produce safety By Cookson Beecher on Oct 22, 2018 12:06 am MOUNT VERNON, WA — They're out there on the front lines waging a battle against dangerous pathogens that can contaminate your food and make you sick or even kill you. Yet most people don't even think about them when they buy their food. Who are these food-safety soldiers? None other than the farmworkers, the people... Continue Reading Free on-farm food safety workshop for produce farms By News Desk on Oct 22, 2018 12:05 am Editor’s Note: Workshops like this one below in King County, WA are being held around the country to help growers comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule.  Cornell University, FDA, and USDA have formed an alliance to prepare fresh produce growers to meet the regulatory requirements included in the latest  Food Safety... Continue Reading FDA warns ready-to-eat condiment and hot sauce manufacturers  By Kelsey M. Mackin on Oct 22, 2018 12:02 am A Ready-to-Eat (RTE) single-serve condiment manufacturer from New York and a shelf-stable RTE hot sauce manufacturer are both on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for violations of federal food safety rules. The FDA sent warning letters to the companies in September and August of 2018 and posted them for public view in recent days. Companies... Continue Reading EFSA assesses avian influenza risk from raw poultry and eggs By News Desk on Oct 22, 2018 12:01 am The probability of infection by low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI) through eating contaminated raw poultry meat or raw table eggs is "negligible", according to estimates from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). EFSA said there is a high level of uncertainty on the transmission pathways for poultry and wild birds due to the limited number... Continue Reading Cucumbers suspected in Salmonella illnesses on both sides of border By News Desk on Oct 21, 2018 07:51 pm Salmonella Infantis has sickened Canadians in five provinces, according to Public Health Canada. The likely cause has not been identified with any certainty, but many who became sick report eating cucumbers before becoming ill. Public Health Canada says most of the illnesses are centered on British Columbia, which has 37 of the 45 laboratory-confirmed cases.... Continue Reading More bad onions behind 398 ton ready-to-eat meat and poultry recall By News Desk on Oct 21, 2018 06:34 pm Bakkavor Foods USA Inc., with facilities in Carson, CA, Charlotte, NC, and Jessup, PA, Sunday recalled  approximately 795,261 pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products that contain an onion ingredient 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 meat and... 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