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FOOD SAFETY >> 
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General Food Safety Information  
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Latest News  

Dec 30
New Item NEWS SCAN: Tougher Listeria testing protocols, pneumococcal vaccine for older adults

Dec 29
New Item FDA issues final egg safety rule guidance

Dec 22
New Item FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: State food safety staffing, non-O157 E coli outbreak, Listeria death

Dec 21
New Item White House claims progress in food safety efforts

Dec 16
New Item Auditor faults FDA oversight of food inspections by states

Dec 9
New Item NEWS SCAN: Cantaloupe Listeria outbreak over, flour suspected in cookie dough outbreak, H5N1 risk perceptions

Dec 6
New Item NEWS SCAN: Irradiating hamburger, nuts; antibodies to 2 avian flu strains; flu vaccine receipt vs risk; malaria hearing

Dec 2
New Item NEWS SCAN: Produce safety initiative, legionellosis surge in eastern US, flu vaccination week

Dec 1
New Item Meat industry urges delay of ban on non-O157 E coli

New Item NEWS SCAN: Early E coli prevention, EU measles tally, rotavirus vaccination, TB vaccine trial

Nov 30
New Item NRC advocates posting meat and poultry plant inspection data

Nov 21
New Item NEWS SCAN: FDA funding boost signed, cholera efforts, raw milk shutdown, flu vaccine effectiveness, anti-malarial shelved

Nov 18
New Item NEWS SCAN: Comments on E coli testing, E coli outbreak investigations, H1N1 and social distancing, flu vaccine and fevers

Nov 16
New Item EU calls on sprouts producers to increase safety steps

New Item NEWS SCAN: FDA funds for food safety, antibiotic resistance tools, pneumococcal vaccine for adults

Nov 3
New Item NEWS SCAN: More listeriosis cases, irradiation for Salmonella, German baby deaths, H1N1 and bacterial co-infection, reducing HAIs

Oct 19
New Item FDA links packing facility flaws to Listeria in cantaloupe

Oct 12
New Item NEWS SCAN: Listeria death toll at 23, non-O157 E coli request, H1N1 vaccine events, resistant hospital infections, global TB drop

Oct 7
New Item FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: Cantaloupe Listeria update, turkey plant's safety plans, consumer missteps

Oct 4
New Item FOOD SAFETY NEWS SCAN: More Listeria cases and deaths, European sprout advice

Sep 30
New Item FDA plan aims to improve food safety at retail outlets

Sep 28
New Item NEWS SCAN: Ground beef E coli recall, cantaloupe import ban lifted, H1N1 septicemia, kids' face mask, GAVI funding for 37 countries

Sep 20
New Item CDC sees steady progress on state, local preparedness

Sep 19
New Item NEWS SCAN: Controlling cholera in Haiti, resistance to food safety fees, EU measles update

Sep 16
New Item GAO sees big data gaps on animal drugs and antibiotic resistance

Sep 15
New Item Seven-state Listeria outbreak prompts cantaloupe recall

Sep 13
New Item USDA testing for non-O157 E coli to start with beef trim

Sep 12
New Item USDA to ban six non-O157 E coli strains in ground beef

      
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New Item Enhanced control of microbiological contamination of product at a large beef packing plant
From Jan J Food Prot

 
New Item Implication of food safety measures on microbiological quality of raw and pasteurized milk
From Food Control, published online Dec 23

 
New Item Food safety epidemiology capacity in state health departments--United States, 2010
From Dec 23 MMWR

 
New Item The federal Food Safety Working Group progress report
White House report released Dec 21

 
New Item Plant extracts as potent biopreservatives for Salmonella Typhimurium control and quality enhancement in ground beef
From J Food Safety, published online Dec 11

 
New Item Evaluation of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) method for the detection and identification of STEC O104 strains from sprouts
From Food Microbiol, published online Dec 8

 
New Item Slicing under chlorinated water improves the disinfection of fresh-cut Romaine lettuce
From Dec J Food Prot

 
New Item Effects of vacuum or modified atmosphere packaging in combination with irradiation for control of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef patties
From Dec J Food Prot

 
New Item The potential consequences of public release of Food Safety and Inspection Service establishment-specific data
NRC report released Nov 30

 
New Item Extraction of food-borne viruses from food samples: a review
From Int J Food Microbiol, published online Nov 6

 
New Item Guidance for industry: letter to firms that grow, harvest, sort, pack, process, or ship fresh cantaloupe
Nov FDA guidance

 
New Item Communicating food risks in an era of growing public distrust: three case studies
Perspective from Risk Anal, published online Nov 2

 
New Item Food safety and raw milk
FDA notice posted Nov 1

 
New Item Control of Salmonella enterica typhimurium in chicken breast meat by irradiation combined with modified atmosphere packaging
From Nov J Food Prot

 
New Item Evaluation of murine norovirus persistence in environments relevant to food production and processing
From Nov J Food Prot

 
New Item Navigating the U.S. food additive regulatory program
From Nov Compr Rev Food Sci Food Safety

 
New Item FDA needs to reassess its approach to reducing an illness caused by eating raw oysters
GAO report released Oct 11, but dated Sep 8

 
New Item A critical review of biosecurity-based interventions and strategies to reduce Campylobacter on the poultry farm
From Appl Environ Microbiol, published online Oct 7

 
New Item Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) O104:H4 2011 outbreaks in Europe: taking stock
From Oct 3 EFSA J

 
New Item Food safety audits, plant characteristics, and food safety technology use in meat and poultry plants
USDA Economic Information Bulletin released Oct 3

 
New Item Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in certain raw beef products
USDA notice in Sep 20 Fed Reg

 
New Item Homeland security: actions needed to improve response to potential terrorist attacks and natural disasters affecting food and agriculture
GAO report released Sep 13 (but dated Aug 19)

 

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