Food Safety News - 02/24/2021 Letter From The Editor: Does the USDA do it?

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Letter From The Editor: Does the USDA do it? By Dan Flynn on Feb 24, 2021 12:05 am Opinion Tom Vilsack is again the Secretary of Agriculture, having won U.S. Senate confirmation in a 92-to-7 vote Tuesday. Sonny Perdue is back home in Georgia playing with his grandchildren. Long live the Secretary of Agriculture, but it’s going to be difficult for some to see much difference with this transition. We are talking about two popular... Continue Reading China records large spike in mushroom poisoning incidents By Joe Whitworth on Feb 24, 2021 12:04 am The amount of mushroom poisonings and the number of people affected doubled this past year in China compared to 2019. In 2020, the number of investigations reached 676, involving 102 species of poisonous mushrooms, 24 of which were newly recorded in China. Mushroom poisoning incidents from 24 provincial-level administrative divisions involved 1,719 patients and 25... Continue Reading Irish complaints include hair, snails, moths, stones, live insects in food By News Desk on Feb 24, 2021 12:02 am Consumer complaints in 2020 included hair in foods, glass in soup and insects and rodent droppings in products, according to the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI). In total, 2,772 grievances were handled by the FSAI’s advice line this past year, with 34 percent relating to unfit food and 30 percent to poor hygiene standards.... Continue Reading