Food Safety News Fri 1/31/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Lettuce research, pathogen control pursued on academic, industry fronts By Coral Beach on Jan 31, 2020 12:05 am On one hand, leafy greens growers, including romaine growers, are exploring food safety mitigation for lettuce and other greens grown in open fields. On the other hand, the USDA has given $2.7 million to Michigan State University for research into indoor growing techniques. The two moves are not related, but they touch on the same... Continue Reading Tiger Brands CEO to retire; replacement identified By News Desk on Jan 31, 2020 12:04 am The chief executive officer of Tiger Brands is to leave the role beginning at the end of this month. Lawrence MacDougall will retire from the company effective Jan. 31, having reached the firm’s mandatory retirement age of 63. MacDougall has been at the helm of Tiger Brands since May 2016. Prior to that he was... Continue Reading Food safety game plan for your Super Bowl Sunday By News Desk on Jan 31, 2020 12:03 am Super Bowl LIV is set to kick off this Sunday at 6:30 EST. The Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will be facing off for the Lombardi Trophy in Miami. This game should be a classic matchup of a great offense against a great defense. But if you’re hosting a Super Bowl party,... Continue Reading EFSA: All STEC subtypes may cause severe illness By Joe Whitworth on Jan 31, 2020 12:02 am All Shiga toxin-producing E. coli strains are pathogenic and potentially associated with severe illness, according to an EFSA scientific opinion. While serotype is important in epidemiological tracking, including incidence, emergence of new clones, and detection and investigation of outbreaks, it is not possible to exclude pathogenicity or possibility of severe illness based on this information,... Continue Reading