Food Safety News - 08/20/2021

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Amos Miller has not paid his $250,000 fine and he’d like that amount reduced By Dan Flynn on Aug 20, 2021 12:05 am Amos Miller claims his Miller’s Organic Farm has come into compliance with food safety regulations. It should no longer be necessary for him to pay that $250,000 fine imposed on him for contempt of court, he says. Miller, who has until Monday to pay the fine, filed court documents Friday pleading with the federal judge... Continue Reading Seafood imports to Norway from non-EU countries mostly safe By Joe Whitworth on Aug 20, 2021 12:03 am The majority of seafood products imported into Norway were compliant with food safety rules, according to a new report. The report summarizes the monitoring program for seafood imported to Norway from countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area in 2020. Samples were collected at Norwegian border inspection posts and the Institute of... Continue Reading CDC investigation of 2020 Salmonella infections leads to pet hedgehogs By News Desk on Aug 20, 2021 12:01 am The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified a cluster of 17 Salmonella Typhimurium infections linked to pet hedgehogs. The cluster was detected in July 2020 by PulseNet, the national molecular subtyping network for enteric disease surveillance. The isolates were closely related genetically to each other by whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis and related... Continue Reading