FSIS Quarterly Enforcement Report cites criminal actions related to food safety
By Dan Flynn on Nov 24, 2020 12:05 am Criminal convictions top the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS’s) final quarterly enforcement report for 2020. Flavor Trade LLC and owner Shannon Kimball, of Kansas City, MO,; and, New England Meat Packing LLC, and HAACP manager Debbie Smith, and president Memet Beqiri of Stafford Springs, CT, entered guilty pleas. Flavor Trade and Kimball pleaded guilty... Continue Reading
Study looks at data from first documented E. coli flour outbreak in Canada
By Joe Whitworth on Nov 24, 2020 12:03 am Researchers have described the first outbreak linked to flour in Canada that occurred a few years ago. It was also the first national outbreak associated with a non-O157 strain of E. coli, according to the study published in Epidemiology and Infection. In December 2016, a cluster of six E. coli O121 cases were identified in Canada.... Continue Reading
IAFP opens nominations for 2021 awards
By News Desk on Nov 24, 2020 12:01 am The International Association for Food Protection has opened nominations for its 2021 awards and travel grants. The deadline is Feb. 16, 2021. Officials from IAFP are scheduled to present the awards and recognize travel grant recipients at the annual association meeting, set for July 18-21 in Phoenix. All members of the International Association of Food... Continue Reading
Smoked beef pastrami recalled because of possible Listeria
By News Desk on Nov 23, 2020 04:50 pm Levitts Foods (Canada) Inc. is recalling Compliments brand smoked beef pastrami from the marketplace because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was possibly distributed nationally, but distribution has been confirmed for the provinces of Alberta, Nova Scotia and Ontario., This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) test results. The CFIA is... Continue Reading
By Dan Flynn on Nov 24, 2020 12:05 am Criminal convictions top the Food Safety and Inspection Service’s (FSIS’s) final quarterly enforcement report for 2020. Flavor Trade LLC and owner Shannon Kimball, of Kansas City, MO,; and, New England Meat Packing LLC, and HAACP manager Debbie Smith, and president Memet Beqiri of Stafford Springs, CT, entered guilty pleas. Flavor Trade and Kimball pleaded guilty... Continue Reading
Study looks at data from first documented E. coli flour outbreak in Canada
By Joe Whitworth on Nov 24, 2020 12:03 am Researchers have described the first outbreak linked to flour in Canada that occurred a few years ago. It was also the first national outbreak associated with a non-O157 strain of E. coli, according to the study published in Epidemiology and Infection. In December 2016, a cluster of six E. coli O121 cases were identified in Canada.... Continue Reading
IAFP opens nominations for 2021 awards
By News Desk on Nov 24, 2020 12:01 am The International Association for Food Protection has opened nominations for its 2021 awards and travel grants. The deadline is Feb. 16, 2021. Officials from IAFP are scheduled to present the awards and recognize travel grant recipients at the annual association meeting, set for July 18-21 in Phoenix. All members of the International Association of Food... Continue Reading
Smoked beef pastrami recalled because of possible Listeria
By News Desk on Nov 23, 2020 04:50 pm Levitts Foods (Canada) Inc. is recalling Compliments brand smoked beef pastrami from the marketplace because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was possibly distributed nationally, but distribution has been confirmed for the provinces of Alberta, Nova Scotia and Ontario., This recall was triggered by Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) test results. The CFIA is... Continue Reading
