Food Safety News - 11/26/2018 Faces of Food Safety: Meet Gregory McDermott of FSIS

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Faces of Food Safety: Meet Gregory McDermott of FSIS By U.S. Department of Agriculture on Nov 26, 2018 12:05 am Contributed Editor's note: This is a recent installment in a series of employee profiles published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety Inspection Service, republished here with permission. Dr. Gregory McDermott protects the public's health here in America and in Afghanistan. He completes this task by wearing two hats — one as a supervisory public... Continue Reading Researchers find possible antidote for paralysis in botulism cases By News Desk on Nov 26, 2018 12:03 am A compound that strongly inhibits botulinum neurotoxin has been identified by researchers. The compound – called nitrophenyl psoralen (NPP) – could be used as a treatment to reduce paralysis induced by botulism. There is no FDA-approved antidote for botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT). Psoralen derived drugs are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which would... Continue Reading FSA reports low levels of antimicrobial resistant E. coli in UK's retail meat By Joe Whitworth on Nov 26, 2018 12:01 am Levels of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) E. coli in raw UK retail pork and beef remain low, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). Findings come from a survey on behalf of the European Commission to assess the frequency of certain types of AMR E. coli in raw UK meat. One beef sample was contaminated with... 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