Food Safety News - 12/11/2018 Stakeholders and lobbyists leave tracks at FSIS during October

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Stakeholders and lobbyists leave tracks at FSIS during October By Dan Flynn on Dec 11, 2018 12:05 am The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top two food safety officials met ten times with stakeholders and lobbyists over 21 days in October, according to the recently issued public calendar from the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Carmen Rottenberg, acting deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, and Paul Kiecker acting FSIS administrator kept... Continue Reading Complaints about metal pieces in Jimmy Dean sausage prompt recall  By News Desk on Dec 11, 2018 12:04 am CTI Foods LLC is recalling almost 30,000 pounds of Jimmy Dean sausage links because consumers have reported finding pieces of metal in the product. Complete distribution details were not immdiately available. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported only that the sausage was sent to "an establishment in Tennessee where the product was further distributed to... Continue Reading Slight decline in UK chickens positive at top level for Campylobacter By Joe Whitworth on Dec 11, 2018 12:03 am The percentage of fresh whole chickens produced in the United Kingdom positive for the highest level of Campylobacter contamination has declined compared to earlier this year. For the top nine retailers, 3.5 percent of chickens samples tested from July to September this year carried more than 1,000 colony forming units per gram (cfu/g) of Campylobacter.... Continue Reading iwaspoisoned.com app gives the public and public health officials new tools By News Desk on Dec 11, 2018 12:02 am The website iwaspoisoned.com, credited with helping to identify several high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years, has released an app designed to help people decide where to go when dining away from home. The app identifies restaurants with recent reports of food poisoning. Another feature allows users to easily upload photos of restaurant receipts and potentially dangerous food... Continue Reading CAHFSA and IAEA to cooperate on food safety By News Desk on Dec 11, 2018 12:01 am The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are set to work together in areas including food safety. The two parties signed an agreement in Vienna, Austria last month to cooperate in the use of nuclear science and technology for sustainable agricultural health and food safety in the... Continue Reading Smucker recalls 9Lives cat food; tests showed problem with thiamine By News Desk on Dec 11, 2018 12:00 am The J.M. Smucker Co. is recalling canned cat food due to possible low levels of thiamine, also referred to as vitamin B1, in the food. Smucker The distributed the food to retailers nationwide. Smucker’s officials initiated the recall, which is being carried out in cooperation with the Food and Drug Administration, after internal finished product testing... 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