Hearings set on motions to vacate convictions and sentences of Parnell brothers in deadly Salmonella outbreak
By Dan Flynn on January 14, 2021
Brothers Stewart Parnell, 66, and Michael Parnell, 62, have, respectively, another 18 and 11 years to serve in federal prisons for their 2014 jury convictions involving Peanut Corporation of America (PCA).
But with so-called “2255”…
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USDA increasing certification requirements for organic imports from India
By News Desk on January 14, 2021
The USDA’s Organic Program (NOP) is changing its approach to oversight of imports from India.
The USDA is ending its recognition agreement that had allowed Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority accredited certifiers …
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UK firms given chance to join food safety culture project
By News Desk on January 14, 2021
The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) is offering firms in the United Kingdom a chance to work on a food safety culture project.
UCLan and Cultivate Food Safety are inviting those in the industry to…
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Indian food system vision recognized with award
By Joe Whitworth on January 14, 2021
A plan to transform the food environment in India that includes improving food safety and hygiene has been named as a winner of an international award.
Eat Right India was one of 10 programs recognized…
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Feds post another foodborne illness outbreak of unknown origin
By Coral Beach on January 13, 2021
Today the FDA announced a new foodborne illness outbreak from an unknown source. The outbreak comes on the heels of three others of unknown origin that were investigated in late 2020. Those events have since…
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