Food Safety News - 01/03/2019 Crucial federal food safety inspections, recalls, investigations continue despite partial shutdown of government

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Crucial federal food safety inspections, recalls, investigations continue despite partial shutdown of government By Dan Flynn on Jan 03, 2019 12:05 am Here’s the situation regarding food safety on Day 13 of the partial government shutdown: As yet, there are no worries. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are operating because their budgets went through the regular appropriations process. Also, there are the about 2,700 state and local health departments that do the frontline surveillance... Continue Reading Listeria infections fall in England and Wales; Europe sees increase By Joe Whitworth on Jan 03, 2019 12:04 am The number of listeriosis cases in 2017 in England and Wales dropped to its lowest level for at least a decade, according to Public Health England (PHE). A total of 135 Listeria infections were reported which represented a 17.7 percent decline compared to the average number (164) in the previous six years (2010-2016). The highest... Continue Reading 'Customer' finds Listeria in Oskri Organics' product; recall initiated By News Desk on Jan 03, 2019 12:03 am Oskri Organics Corp. is recalling tahini butter and sunflower butter, saying a "customer" randomly tested one of the products and found Listeria monocytogenes. Oskri did not indicate whether the customer was a consumer or a business entity. The "customer" notified operators of the Lake Mills, WI, food company on Dec. 18 about the positive test... Continue Reading EU labs earn high marks on Salmonella typing test By News Desk on Jan 03, 2019 12:02 am A quality control test on Salmonella typing has revealed positive results among European laboratories. National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) of the 28 European Union member states were able to assign the correct name to 98 percent of the strains tested. The objective of the test in November 2017 was to evaluate whether the typing of Salmonella... Continue Reading Food Safety News Copyright © 2019 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