Despite a drop in reported Listeria infections in 2019 the number of outbreaks remained similar to previous years, according to Public Health England (PHE). A total of 142 cases of listeriosis were reported in England and Wales compared to 157 the year before. This represents an 11.5 percent decline versus the average number in the…
Food safety attorney Bill Marler wants to know what’s up with his petition calling on the USDA to declare specific “outbreak serotypes” of Salmonella as adulterants in meat. He filed the petition more than a year ago, on Jan. 19, 2020, with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), on behalf of Rick Schiller, Steven…
A final year high school student had to prepare for his exams from a hospital bed while recovering from listeriosis. Meshack Mahlngu fell ill in late 2017 during South Africa’s Listeria outbreak — a week before he was scheduled to take his exams. Mahlngu said the experience was “really mentally straining” as he was focused…
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When the pandemic started, I was all in on cooking and baking. I made Tupperwares full of soup in my Instant Pot from cans of veggies and broths I bought in a frenzy in mid-March. I also baked brownies and cakes to distract myself from the news and the endless ambulance sirens outside my window.…
Even as vaccinations pick up in the U.S., public health officials say now is not the time for spring break travel. Otherwise, another COVID-19 surge could be on the way.“In some parts of the country, the weather has started to warm up. And with the clocks [changing] this weekend, our days have seen a little bit…
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has for the third time warned people about breaded chicken linked to Salmonella infections and spoke about the outbreaks at a board meeting. Two strains of Salmonella Enteritidis in frozen, raw, breaded chicken products from Poland have caused almost 500 illnesses since January 2020 and at least one death. The…
Opinion Dear Editor, Recently, a contributed opinion column on March 5, 2021, in Food Safety News made a case concerning food safety issues in the plant due to the FDA inspections or FSMA out of compliance issues. It listed a Top Ten list of typical challenges based on the experience of the writer as an…
The new administration in Washington has yet to name an Under Secretary for Food Safety, but it has named a “power player” as Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety. She can take office immediately as Senate confirmation is not required for the USDA job. Named in the secondary role at USDA’s Office for Food Safety (OFS)…
Former President Donald Trump encouraged the public to get a COVID-19 vaccine—and noted that a lot of people who are hesitant about getting vaccinated are his own supporters.Trump quietly received a COVID-19 vaccine in January, CNN reported, and said he “would recommend it” in a Fox News interview this week. “And I would recommend it…