| | By News Desk on Oct 16, 2018 01:19 am The maker of some of North America's best known "dense nutrition" liquids, which are frequently used for young children and elderly or sick adults, is recalling more products in relation to at least one illness. Although the nature of the illness has not been reported, recall notices for the Abbott products reference the possibility bacterial... Continue Reading By Joe Whitworth on Oct 16, 2018 12:05 am Austria has become part of a multi-country Hepatitis A outbreak with 31 confirmed cases linked to frozen strawberries imported from Poland. The outbreak of hepatitis A virus (HAV) is connected to the one recently declared over in Sweden which affected 20 people in six counties. Of these cases, 17 were confirmed and three were probable.... Continue Reading By Coral Beach on Oct 16, 2018 12:02 am Opinion When I first heard about the whole hashtag thing I thought it was rather amusing. The people who had been online since their pre-school years appeared to have no idea that the # symbol on their keyboards had meaning before Twitter was invented. The use of # as a stand-in for "number" and "pound"... Continue Reading By News Desk on Oct 16, 2018 12:02 am A recent issue of the Journal of Food Protection, published by the International Association for Food Protection, sheds some light on the apparent risks posed by ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry. High risks were associated with small and very small operations. During a scientific study running from 2005 to 2012, a research team collected 24,385... Continue Reading By Joe Whitworth on Oct 16, 2018 12:01 am The European Commission is looking at revising rules for checks on meat and shellfish. Ante-mortem and post-mortem inspections could be performed under the responsibility of the official veterinarians instead of being done or supervised by them. Official controls may also be undertaken by other staff picked by competent authorities in cutting plants. Official controls are... Continue Reading By News Desk on Oct 16, 2018 12:00 am A La Carte Foods Properties LLC is recalling more than 15 tons of jambalya, gumbo and red beans entrees it produced for restaurants during a 22-month period ending Oct. 2. The entrees contain third-party ingredients that were not inspected. Neither A La Carte Foods nor federal officials have named the third-party supplier. The recall notice... Continue Reading | | | | | |