Food Safety News - 10/30/2021

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Food safety tips for this Halloween with food safety expert Robert Gravani By Jonan Pilet on Oct 30, 2021 12:06 am Halloween has a different look in many communities this year. Outdoor Halloween parties, car trunk trick-or-treating events and more masks than ever are in the mix. With all these changes, it doesn’t hurt to brush up on some important food safety basics for Halloween festivities. Food safety expert and Cornell Professor Emeritus of Food Science ... Continue Reading Four children infected with E. coli after attending fair in Georgia By News Desk on Oct 30, 2021 12:05 am Georgia state health officials are investigating whether E. coli was spread at the Georgia National Fair held earlier this month. Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health said they have confirmed four cases of the illness among children who were at the event from Oct. 7 to Oct. 17, news outlets reported. Three of... Continue Reading Patient count in Salmonella outbreak related to onions exceeds 800 By Coral Beach on Oct 29, 2021 06:31 pm Since its most recent update on Oct. 18, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added more than 100 people to its patient count in a Salmonella outbreak linked to onions from Mexico. There are now 808 confirmed patients in the outbreak, 156 more than the previous report from the CDC. In addition... Continue Reading Dole recalls bagged salads from 10 states because of positive listeria test By News Desk on Oct 29, 2021 05:09 pm Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is recalling garden salads because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This recall is being issued because of a sample of garden salad which yielded a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes in a random sample test conducted by the Department of Agriculture in Georgia, according to the company’s recall notice posted by... Continue Reading UPDATED: Third death reported in hepatitis A outbreak linked to restaurant chain By Coral Beach on Oct 29, 2021 02:35 pm UPDATE: Late this afternoon public health officials reported a third patient has died in this outbreak. No further details were released on the patient. Another person has died in an outbreak of hepatitis A among patrons of a chain of restaurants in the Roanoke, VA, area. State officials confirmed the death today but declined to... Continue Reading