Food Safety News - 03/30/2021 ....Environmental buzz words: Sustainability vs. Greenwashing

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Environmental buzz words: Sustainability vs. Greenwashing By Guest Contributor on Mar 30, 2021 12:04 am Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This specialized program for attorneys brings together those who are interested in our food system, from farm to table. As a final... Continue Reading IFST opens food safety contest; GHI proposes Food Safety Professional plan By Joe Whitworth on Mar 30, 2021 12:03 am A professional body for those in food science and technology wants to hear from food safety specialists about their work during the past year. The Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST) is looking for up to 15 people working in roles where food safety is critical. The group wants to know how people made... Continue Reading Import alert modifications include fish, cheese, produce and more By News Desk on Mar 30, 2021 12:02 am 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 here to go to the FDA page with links for specific details... Continue Reading Woman dies in Vietnam after botulism poisoning; others fall ill By News Desk on Mar 30, 2021 12:01 am A woman has died and botulism poisoning is suspected in five other people in Vietnam. The Vietnam Food Administration reported it had been informed of three patients in the city of Thuận An, in Bình Dương Province. The woman, in her 40s, died in a hospital but her 53-year-old sister and 16-year-old daughter have been given botulinum... Continue Reading Salmon burgers sold at Costco recalled for risk from metal pieces By News Desk on Mar 29, 2021 06:13 pm Trident Seafoods Corp. is issuing a recall of some of its Pacific salmon burgers because they may contain small pieces of metal. The product is sold at Costco stores. Consumption of these products may pose a choking hazard or other physical injuries, according to a recall notice from the company and posted by the Food... Continue Reading