Food Safety News - 02/17/2021 ....FDA responds to questions about report on lead, other toxins in baby food

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FDA responds to questions about report on lead, other toxins in baby food By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Feb 17, 2021 12:05 am Opinion Editor’s note: For news about the congressional report, please click here. The FDA takes exposure to toxic elements in the food supply extremely seriously, especially when it comes to protecting the health and safety of the youngest and most vulnerable in the population. Toxic elements, such as arsenic and lead, are present in the... Continue Reading Experts examine reasons for different Salmonella results By Joe Whitworth on Feb 17, 2021 12:03 am Wageningen University scientists have looked at why there are discrepancies in Salmonella results between poultry farmers’ and authorities’ tests. Experts analyzed factors associated with the difference between positive tests from routine initial Salmonella monitoring by poultry farmers and negative results of a retest by the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA). Retests are... Continue Reading CDC Health Advisory for dangerous XDR Typhi infections in United States By News Desk on Feb 17, 2021 12:02 am The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a Health Advisory for an “extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi (Typhi) infection among U.S. residents without international travel that is food and waterborne with a fatality rate of 12 to 30 percent without proper medical treatment. The CDC Health Advisory includes treatment recommendations for the XDR... Continue Reading Two sick in France because of Trichinella in wild boar meat By News Desk on Feb 17, 2021 12:01 am Two people have been diagnosed with trichinellosis after eating undercooked wild boar meat in France. The animal was killed during a hunt on Dec. 8, 2020, in the Pyrénées-Orientales region. The two hunters from Vallespir fell ill in January this year. Trichinellosis, or trichinosis, is an illness people can get by eating raw or undercooked... Continue Reading Import alerts include problems with cheese, shrimp, misbranding, pesticides By Coral Beach on Feb 17, 2021 12:00 am Editor’s note: The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the table to go to the FDA page with... Continue Reading