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By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
SCIENTISTS STUDY ROLE OF SNAILS IN PARASITES THAT POSE PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT
Researchers have increased knowledge of the lifecycle of some parasites by studying snails in Thailand. These parasites can cause severe...
Science & Research, World, flatworms, foodborne parasites, Foodborne trematode infections, Hawaii, liver flukes, snails, Thailand -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
FDA REMINDS BABY FOOD INDUSTRY TO FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS FOR LEAD, OTHER TOXINS
In response to a recent congressional report about lead and other toxins in baby food, the Food and Drug Administration has posted...
Baby, Nutrition, Drugs, Food, Enforcement, Food Policy & Law, baby food, FDA, lead, lead poisoning -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
GFSI CONFERENCE TO BE VIRTUAL FOR FIRST TIME
This marks the 20th annual GFSI Conference and for the first time ever the event is scheduled to be a virtual gathering. The interactive...
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By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
SOME RETAILER NAMES RELEASED IN RELATION TO OUTBREAK TRACED TO SOFT CHEESES
The FDA has posted lists of retailers that may have received queso fresco cheeses that are linked to a deadly outbreak of Listeria...
Food, Drugs, Foodborne Illness Investigations, Foodborne Illness Outbreaks, CDC, El Abuelito Cheese Inc., FDA, outbreaks -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
FOREIGN TRAVEL LINKED TO A THIRD OF INTESTINAL PATHOGEN DISEASE IN CANADA
A recent report out of Canada shows Salmonella and Campylobacter as the top two pathogens involved in intestinal diseases in the country,...
Food, Foodborne Illness Investigations, Government Agencies, Science & Research, World, Campylobacter, Canada, E. coli, FoodNet Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Salmonella -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
A SEAT AT THE ENFORCEMENT TABLE: ‘I WISH I WOULD HAVE ACTED SOONER'
Contributed Opinion By Joseph A. Levitt I will soon be retiring after 42-plus years, first 25 years at the Food and Drug Administration,...
Food, Face, Drugs, Enforcement, Food Policy & Law, For Industry, Opinion & Contributed Articles -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
AUSTRIA CHECKS PRODUCER HYGIENE; REVIEWS CHEESE AND PRODUCE SAFETY
Austria has verified hygiene and self-controls at sites handling and processing food of animal origin. The review published by the...
Food, Government Agencies, World, Austria, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety, blue cheese, environmental testing, frozen fruit, frozen vegetables, Listeria, products of animal origin -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
BECERRA'S NOMINATION IS IN LINE WITH MANY WELL KNOWN PAST PICKS TO RUN HHS
If there was a long history of only prominent physicians being named secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, then...
Food Policy & Law, Government Agencies, CDC, FDA, Secretary of HHS, Xavier Becerra -
By Food Safety
- Mar 7, 2021
SOURCES FOR 2 OUT OF 3 OUTBREAKS SO FAR THIS YEAR REMAIN UNKNOWN
The table below shows outbreak investigations being managed by FDA's CORE Response Teams so far this year. The investigations are in...
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By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
FSAI RECORDS RISE IN ILLEGAL FOOD BUSINESS INVESTIGATIONS
Irish officials investigated almost 50 unregistered food businesses in 2020 which is more than double the figure from the year before. The...
Food, Enforcement, World, coronavirus, COVID-19, food business registration, Food Safety Authority of Ireland, homemade food, meat, online food sales, ready-to-eat food -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE CONSUMER FOOD SAFETY BEHAVIOR
The Partnership for Food Safety Education is hosting the Consumer Food Safety Education Virtual Conference , March 9-12. The conference...
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By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
NORWAY ANALYZES COVID-19 IMPACT ON OTHER INFECTIONS
The decline in testing referrals for certain diseases during the coronavirus pandemic was greatest for foodborne and waterborne infections,...
Foodborne Pathogens, World, Campylobacter, coronavirus, COVID-19, Cryptosporidium, Norway, Salmonella -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
NAMI PETITIONS SCOTUS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI OVER CALIFORNIA'S PROP 12
The State of California has until April 2 to respond to a Petition for a writ of certiorari filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the...
Power, Food Policy & Law, state legislation, NAMI, Proposition 12, Supreme Court, USDA, writ of certiorari -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
RAW DOG FOOD TESTS POSITIVE FOR SALMONELLA, LISTERIA; FDA CITES DANGER TO HUMANS
Bravo Packing Inc. of Carneys Point, NJ, is recalling all of its raw frozen pet food - ground beef and “Performance Dog” - after tests...
Drugs, Food, Feeds, Food Recalls, Bravo Packing Inc., dog food, FDA, Performance Dog, raw dog food, raw pet food -
By Food Safety
- Mar 7, 2021
RE-INSPECTION ISSUE FORCES RECALL OF 150 TONS OF CORNED BEEF FROM AUSTRALIA
A California company is recalling almost 300,000 pounds of ready-to-eat corned beef that was imported and distributed in the United...
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By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
RESEARCHERS DESCRIBE OUTBREAKS IN BRAZIL, PAKISTAN AND MALAYSIA
Abstracts from a cancelled event have been issued on outbreaks in Brazil, Pakistan and Malaysia. The conference abstracts were scheduled...
Foodborne Illness Outbreaks, World, Brazil, Brucella, E coli O157, hemolytic uremic syndrome, International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Malaysia, Pakistan, raw goat's milk, rice, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
NEW REPORT SHOWS LISTERIA UP, OTHER DISEASES DOWN IN EUROPE IN 2019
Campylobacter, Salmonella and E. coli infections declined in Europe but Listeria monocytogenes infections went up in 2019, according...
Food, Foodborne Pathogens, World, Brucella, Campylobacter, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, European Food Safety Authority, hemolytic uremic syndrome, HUS, Listeria, Salmonella, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, Trichinella, Yersinia -
By Food Safety - Mar 7, 2021
PARNELL BROTHERS ARE ALSO ASKING FOR ‘COMPASSIONATE RELEASE'
Food Safety New s has learned that brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell are quietly working for “compassionate release” under the First...
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By Food Safety
- Mar 7, 2021
RE-INSPECTION ISSUE FORCES RECALL OF 150 TONS OF CORNED BEED FROM AUSTRALIA
A California company is recalling almost 300,000 pounds of ready-to-eat corned beef that was imported and distributed in the United...
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By Food Safety
- Mar 7, 2021
PROBLEMS PUT SEAFOOD, PAPAYA, PET TREATS, ETC. ON U.S. ALERT LIST
Editor's note: The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries....
Food, Drugs, Enforcement, Food Policy & Law, FDA, food imports, import alert, imported food, imported foods, imports
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VIVIENNE PARRY: Should Covid-19 vaccines be mandatory for NHS staff?
NHS staff might be required to have a Covid-19 vaccine if they want to work in the health service according to indications coming from government sources, writes VIVIENNE PARRY.
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Global COVID-19 Cases Top 116 Million, Say Sources
Globally, the total number of coronavirus cases has topped 116 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.57 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.
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Vision Impairment Linked to High Mortality Risk
Research links high mortality risk to both mild and severe vision impairment.
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Barbie Celebrates International Women's Day With New Eleanor Roosevelt Doll
She's the only First Lady to have a Barbie doll named after her Eleanor Roosevelt , one of the most influential women of the 20th century, is the latest figure to get the...
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COVID Relief Bill Contains Lots of Healthcare Provisions
WASHINGTON - Both public and private health insurance would become less expensive for large numbers of people under the $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill now being debated in the...
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Fish Oil Helped My Stiff, Sore Neck Feel Better, So I Asked an Expert If...
My neck had gotten so stiff a few months ago that I was grimacing in pain just from tipping my head to one side or twisting around. All the neck stretches and foam-rolling in...
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CDC: In-Person Dining Adds COVID to the Community Menu
Mask mandates were associated with county level decreases in COVID-19 cases, while increases were seen when in-person restaurant dining was allowed, a modeling study found. The...
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Kids Hospitalized With COVID-19 Frequently Have Neuro Symptoms
Neurologic symptoms occurred frequently in children and adolescents hospitalized with COVID-19, a large case series of pediatric patients in the U.S. showed. Of 1,695 people 21...
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Another Weight-Loss Trial Win for Weekly GLP-1 Drug
When paired with lifestyle management, once-weekly semaglutide yielded significant weight loss for overweight adults with type 2 diabetes, the manufacturer-sponsored...
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The Joy And Relief People Are Feeling About Their COVID-19 Vaccines
COVID vaccines are being distributed, and you can almost hear the collective sigh of relief. There is finally a light at the end of this very long pandemic that flipped life as...