Food Safety News - 03/05/2021 ......Becerra’s nomination is in line with many well known past picks to run HHS

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Becerra’s nomination is in line with many well known past picks to run HHS By Dan Flynn on Mar 05, 2021 12:06 am If there was a long history of only prominent physicians being named secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, then the nomination of lawyer/politician Xavier Becerra might look like the administration has a weak candidate is in line as HHS boss, especially during a pandemic. But the fact is that among the 24 HHS... Continue Reading Austria checks producer hygiene; reviews cheese and produce safety By News Desk on Mar 05, 2021 12:04 am Austria has verified hygiene and self-controls at sites handling and processing food of animal origin. The review published by the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) looked at general and specific hygiene requirements at these high risk companies in 2019. A total of 1,501 samples were taken from 175 companies as part of... Continue Reading A seat at the enforcement table: ‘I wish I would have acted sooner’ By Guest Contributor on Mar 05, 2021 12:03 am Contributed Opinion By Joseph A. Levitt I will soon be retiring after 42-plus years, first 25 years at the Food and Drug Administration, and then 17 years in private practice, and I wanted to share the most important lesson I have learned from food companies facing food safety and compliance challenges. In one phrase, the lesson is: “I... Continue Reading Foreign travel linked to a third of intestinal pathogen disease in Canada By News Desk on Mar 05, 2021 12:01 am A recent report out of Canada shows Salmonella and Campylobacter as the top two pathogens involved in intestinal diseases in the country, with retail meats as one of the likely sources. FoodNet Canada, a program within the Public Health Agency of Canada, complied the data used for its annual report from its surveillance program. Officials... Continue Reading