Food Safety News - 01/31/2019 PCA’s victims learn the next stop for Mary Wilkerson is a Macon, GA half-way house

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. PCA's victims learn the next stop for Mary Wilkerson is a Macon, GA half-way house By Dan Flynn on Jan 31, 2019 04:03 am Mary Wilkerson, the unlucky 45-year old former Peanut Corporation of America quality manager for control is getting out of the federal prison in Tallahassee, FL. Wilkerson is serving five years for a jury conviction of obstruction of justice. She is not eligible for parole. Her release date is March 10, 2020. But the federal Department... Continue Reading Raw pet food company Hare Today alleges FDA mishandling of samples; FDA responds By Phyllis Entis on Jan 31, 2019 04:01 am For the second time in less than a month, a raw pet food company has accused a government agency of mishandling product samples and has refused to recall a contaminated product. On Jan. 23, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cautioned pet owners not to feed one lot of Hare Today Gone Tomorrow... Continue Reading Sardines recalled due to botulinum toxin risk By News Desk on Jan 31, 2019 12:03 am Grupo Día, which has 7,400 stores, has recalled a batch of canned sardines in olive oil in Spain and Portugal because of botulinum toxin. The product comes from Portugal and was distributed in Spain. No illnesses have been reported. Foodborne botulism, caused by eating food that was improperly processed or held at improper temperatures, is... Continue Reading Microbiological survey to check for pathogens in ground beef By News Desk on Jan 31, 2019 12:03 am Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has commissioned a project to provide data on microorganisms in raw minced (ground) beef on retail sale across the country. The survey will run from January to December 2019 and results are expected by summer 2020. Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) and partners with Public Analysis laboratories will survey the microbiological pathogens... Continue Reading Recent drug-resistant Brucella incidents are behind CDC's latest HAN warning By News Desk on Jan 30, 2019 03:29 pm The new national public health warning about the risk of exposure to drug-resistant Brucella from raw milk is over three incidents dating back to 2017, according to the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta issued its latest... 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