Food Safety News - 06/28/2021

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Food and food safety were on the dockets of many state legislatures in 2021 By News Desk on Jun 28, 2021 12:05 am Editor’s Note: The following article was first published this past Wednesday by the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) under the headline: “2021 State Enacted Legislation: Food June 2021.” The author is Doug Farquhar, JD, who is NEHA’s new director of its Government Affairs department. Until late 2020, Farquhar was the long-time director of the Environmental... Continue Reading Illegal sprout production uncovered in Czech Republic By News Desk on Jun 28, 2021 12:03 am Inspectors at the Czech Republic’s food agency and police have found illegal production of mung bean sprouts. The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) and police officers from Prague discovered the unregistered business operating from a house in the Šeberov area of the capital. Officials identified sprouts were grown and produced in unsatisfactory hygiene conditions and... Continue Reading EU foodborne outbreak alerts declined in 2020 By Joe Whitworth on Jun 28, 2021 12:02 am A system used by European countries to report outbreaks saw the number of requests fall in 2020 compared to the year before. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) hosts the Epidemic Intelligence Information System for food- and waterborne diseases (EPIS-FWD) platform, which includes Urgent Inquiries. Urgent inquiries (UI) are launched by countries or ECDC... Continue Reading Scottish survey finds low contamination in ground beef By Joe Whitworth on Jun 28, 2021 12:02 am A survey on ground beef in Scotland has found low levels of Campylobacter, Salmonella and Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). The work, funded by Food Standards Scotland, was done in 2019 with 1,009 samples of fresh ground beef, also known as minced beef, on retail sale across the country. For 33 samples country of origin was unknown. Of the... Continue Reading Food firms in Texas and California warned over import violations By News Desk on Jun 28, 2021 12:01 am As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company... Continue Reading