Food Safety News - 10/09/2020

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FSIS does not see need for changing veal terminology By Dan Flynn on Oct 09, 2020 12:06 am The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has denied a 4-year-old petition filed on behalf of the American Veal Association. The petition sought an FSIS rulemaking to establish regulatory definitions for veal and other immature cattle to be consistent with industry practices. Specifically, the petition requested: That FSIS define “veal” as “any immature bovine having... Continue Reading Experts assess use of genome sequencing in multi-country outbreaks By Joe Whitworth on Oct 09, 2020 12:03 am Experts have discussed the major obstacles to adopting whole genome sequencing (WGS) for surveillance and monitoring of foodborne diseases in Europe. The “Next Generation Sequencing to Tackle Foodborne Diseases in the EU” event was originally planned for March at the Istituto Superiore di Sanità in Italy but was moved online and to late September because... Continue Reading FDA ready to help food producers hit by Hurricane Delta By U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Oct 09, 2020 12:01 am contributed Among those in Hurricane Delta’s path in the Gulf Coast and the Southeast U.S. are farmers and their fields of crops grown for human consumption. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition has several resources to help growers who may be affected by the impacts to their crops... Continue Reading Registration opens for Virtual Food Safety Summit — South Africa By News Desk on Oct 09, 2020 12:00 am Registration is now open for the Virtual Food Safety Summit 2020 South Africa, scheduled for 3rd November 2020. This event is a joint venture hosted by Food Focus and Anelich Consulting. It will be hosted by professor Lucia Anelich, director of Anelich Consulting, and Linda Jackson, director of Food Focus. With 2020’s widespread global disruption... Continue Reading Officials say international Salmonella outbreak linked to onions is over in U.S. By Coral Beach on Oct 08, 2020 08:59 pm The CDC says a Salmonella outbreak linked to fresh onions appears to be over and the FDA says it has concluded it’s traceback investigation, which showed the onions came from Thomson International Inc. in California. Canadian officials recently reported the outbreak on their side of the border was over, saying the same company’s onions were... Continue Reading