Food Safety News - 03/08/2021 .....Listeria outbreak survivor shares impact of illness

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Listeria outbreak survivor shares impact of illness By Joe Whitworth on Mar 08, 2021 12:05 am A man who was sickened in South Africa’s Listeria outbreak has described how his life fell apart after getting ill. Joseph Kadango, who lives in Johannesburg, spent months in hospital after becoming infected, lost his job and couldn’t support his family. He used to buy meat such as Russians, Viennas, chicken and polony for breakfast... Continue Reading Meat and poultry industry says its tactics worked to keep employees safer than most as pandemic went on By Dan Flynn on Mar 08, 2021 12:03 am “Essential employees” kept the economy from totally tanking during the past year, often leaving the impression that the coronavirus made these jobs among the most dangerous. Meat and poultry production plant work, especially in spring of 2020, was seen as among the most dangerous as localized outbreaks caused temporary closures because of high rates... Continue Reading Bravo Packing Inc. received FDA warning letter nearly one year before latest recall By News Desk on Mar 08, 2021 12:01 am On March 3, Bravo Packing Inc. of Carneys Point, NJ, recalled all of its raw frozen pet food — ground beef and “Performance Dog” — after tests showed contamination with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. Consumers should take extra care if they have any recalled dog food in their homes because there is a danger to... Continue Reading