Food Safety News - 11/08/2018 FDA confirms recalled Duncan Hines cake mixes were produced in the U.S.

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. FDA confirms recalled Duncan Hines cake mixes were produced in the U.S. By Coral Beach on Nov 08, 2018 12:33 am It is not yet known whether the strain of Salmonella Agbeni that has infected people in at least three states is resistant to antibiotics. But federal food safety officials do know the Duncan Hines cake mix implicated in the outbreak was produced in the United States. Because of the outbreak, Conagra Foods recalled four flavors... Continue Reading Food safety practices and behaviors at restaurants target of 10-year FDA study By News Desk on Nov 08, 2018 12:05 am Findings from the 84-page initial phase of a 10-year study evaluating trends in food preparation practices and employee behaviors that contribute to foodborne illness outbreaks in fast-food and full-service restaurants were released Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). FDA’s National Retail Food Team is working on the study with help from stakeholders including... Continue Reading Tiger Brands helps launch South African Centre for Food Safety By Joe Whitworth on Nov 08, 2018 12:04 am Tiger Brands and Stellenbosch University have established South Africa's first Centre for Food Safety. The center is an applied food science research consortium started by Stellenbosch University and industry, with Tiger Brands as its founding member. The company gave 10 million South African Rand (US $720,000) to fund the initiative. It will provide opinion and... Continue Reading Study looks at rate of Bacillus cereus in infant formula in China By News Desk on Nov 08, 2018 12:03 am Researchers have investigated the prevalence of Bacillus cereus in infant formula sold in China. No legal microbiological criteria for the pathogen in powdered infant formula (PIF) and powdered follow-up formula (PFUF) exists in the country. From 6,656 samples, 92.47 percent contained less than 10  colony forming units per gram (CFU/g) of Bacillus cereus. However, 501... Continue Reading FDA finds Listeria in 'Margie' cheese; New York company recalls product By News Desk on Nov 08, 2018 12:01 am Sprout Creek Farm of Poughkeepsie, NY, has pulled its "Margie" cheese from retailers because laboratory tests of the finished product were positive for Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Federal officials report the potentially deadly bacteria was found as a result of a routine FDA inspection of the Sprout Creek Farm production... 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