Food Safety Humor

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Friday, February 28, 2014

FDA has deadlines set for FSMA rules

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We now have some deadlines set for FSMA final rules, with Preventive Controls for food in August of 2015 and Produce in October of 2015.   S...

2012 Norovirus Outbreak in Germany Linked to Imported Frozen Strawberries

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 A report details the 2012 outbreak of Norovirus in Germany where approximately 11,000 cases were reported.   The report concludes that fres...
Monday, February 24, 2014

Over addition of vitamin leads to illness associated with rice product

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Earlier this February, Uncle Bens Rice product was recalled after there were a number of cases of illness. It appears that the issue was t...

Food Workers Likely to Work When Sick

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 A recent study reports that many Americans will go to work while they are sick, unfortunately, many of those may be people who work with fo...

Michigan Farmer Sentenced for Selling Contaminated Apple Juice

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 A Michigan farmer was convicted for selling adulterated apple cider.  In 2012, this farmer's juice was linked to an outbreak of E. coli...

Listeria Outbreak Linked to Soft Cheese

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UPDATE - 2/25/14 - Roos Foods has expanded their recall. Soft cheese made by a Delaware company has been linked to a Listeria outbreak, wi...
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Rancho Meat recall leading to a cascade of recalls?

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In light of the recall of meat produced by Rancho Feeding Corp , now comes the recalls of the products that were made with the meat from tha...

Washington State firm recalls dried egg product due to the potential for Salmonella contamination

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A Washington State company, Nutriom, is recalling 226,710 pounds of processed egg products due to potential salmonella contamination.  The i...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Meat Plant Coming to a Town Close to You, Maybe Not

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Why do we get our food from overseas?  A proposal to put a meat plant in a small town in NY has come under fire from critics.  Some of the q...