Food Safety News - 10/20/2020

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Food Safety News
Tue 10/20/2020 4:04 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Chemicals in food are a main safety concern for majority of Americans By News Desk on Oct 20, 2020 12:03 am Seven in 10 Americans are concerned about the presence of chemical products in food, according to a survey. The poll by Mérieux NutriSciences and bioMérieux found 70 percent of respondents were troubled about this topic that covers pesticides, antibiotics and additives. Two thirds were concerned about bacteria such as Salmonella and Listeria in food and 61... Continue Reading Chain expands pizza dough recall involving razor blade tampering By News Desk on Oct 20, 2020 12:01 am Hannaford Supermarkets has expanded a pizza dough recall to include all Portland Pie products while doubling down on warnings to consumers about “malicious tampering” involving metal objects. “Hannaford has removed all Portland Pie products from all store shelves and has paused replenishment of the products indefinitely,” according to the Oct. 11 expanded recall notice posted... Continue Reading Food Safety Summit attendees get detail on sectors’ COVID-19 response By Joe Whitworth on Oct 19, 2020 05:27 pm ROSEMONT, IL — The opening session today of the virtual Food Safety Summit covered what a range of sectors did in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Epidemiology, regulatory, distribution, manufacturing, foodservice and retail sectors were represented. Lee-Ann Jaykus, from North Carolina State University, spoke about the SARS-COV 2 virus in general, giving attendees the background and... Continue Reading South Carolina using ‘virtual food safety checks’ to inspect restaurants By Dan Flynn on Oct 19, 2020 02:57 pm ROSEMONT, IL — Food safety inspections for the past 100 years or so have generally fallen into one or the other of just two categories. Meat inspection since the 1906 Federal Meat Inspection Act has been a USDA service provided by it’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) personnel who are assigned to about... Continue Reading