Food Safety News - 01/24/2019 Sponsor withdraws Nebraska meat labeling bill without explanation

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Sponsor withdraws Nebraska meat labeling bill without explanation By Dan Flynn on Jan 24, 2019 01:32 am Analysis The Nebraska Unicameral bill for truth in advertising and labeling in the sale of meat and providing a penalty for non-compliance was looking pretty popular. Since Sen. Carol Blood, D-Bellevue, introduced it, Legislative Bill (LB) 14 had picked up five co-sponsors in the nation's only nonpartisan legislative body. Blood, a business consultant elected in 2016,... Continue Reading Ready-to-eat meat sauce, meatballs, lasagna recalled for lack of inspection By News Desk on Jan 24, 2019 01:25 am Stino Da Napoli in Rocky River, OH, Wednesday recalled about 11,300 pounds of various meat products that were produced, packed and distributed without the benefit of federal inspection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The ready-to-eat meat products and meat sauce items were produced from Nov. 30, 2017,... Continue Reading General Mills again recalls Gold Medal flour; Salmonella is the problem this time By Coral Beach on Jan 24, 2019 01:20 am General Mills Inc. has initiated a recall of all 5-pound bags of its Gold Medal brand unbleached flour with the "better if used by" date of April 20, 2020, after finding Salmonella in a sample. The iconic company did not indicate how many bags or the total pounds affected by the recall in its Jan.... Continue Reading Health agency reports Salmonella at highest level since 2008 in Ireland By Joe Whitworth on Jan 24, 2019 01:20 am Ireland has reported the highest number of salmonellosis cases since 2008, according to the country's annual epidemiological report. There were 414 cases notified in 2017 – 378 confirmed and 36 probable infections. It represents a 37 percent increase compared to 2016. International travel is a large contributor to the burden of salmonellosis in Ireland, particularly... Continue Reading Inspectors in two states discover Salmonella in leafy greens, prompting recall By News Desk on Jan 24, 2019 01:10 am Food inspectors in New York and Florida detected Salmonella in leafy greens from Satur Farms of Cutchogue, NY, prompting the company to recall consumer and foodservice packages of baby spinach and mesclun. Satur Farms distributed the leafy greens to retailers in New York and Florida, according to a recall notice on the Food and Drug... Continue Reading FDA alerts pet owners to another contaminated raw pet food By News Desk on Jan 24, 2019 01:05 am A raw pet food manufactured by Hare Today Gone Tomorrow should be discarded due to potential contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes, according to the Food and Drug Administration. People can become infected with the bacteria when they handle the pet food. Hare Today Gone Tomorrow is a producer of raw food for cats, dogs... 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