Food Safety News Fri 5/29/2020

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Food Safety News
Fri 5/29/2020 4:02 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Poland’s Salmonella poultry problem continues By Joe Whitworth on May 29, 2020 12:05 am A variety of European countries have issued nearly 100 warnings about Salmonella in chilled and frozen poultry from Poland since the start of March this year. Data from the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) portal shows alerts from Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Italy, France and Romania. Most notifications... Continue Reading Local health departments feeling the strain of coronavirus pandemic By Coral Beach on May 29, 2020 12:04 am The COVID-19 global outbreak is hitting local health departments hard with some having to cut inspections of restaurants and other retail food establishments, according to new data from a national organization representing more than 3,000 local governments. Staffing issues caused by responses to the pandemic have stripped bare the bones of city and county health... Continue Reading Rescheduled Food Safety Summit to focus on impact of COVID-19 pandemic By News Desk on May 29, 2020 12:03 am After having to be rescheduled, this year’s Food Safety Summit is set for Oct. 19-22 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL. Registration is now open for the summit, with early bird pricing available before Aug. 31. The Food Safety Summit is the country’s leading interactive forum on food safety with an... Continue Reading Letter the The Editor: Commercial — not backyard — flocks are the food safety risk By Guest Contributor on May 29, 2020 12:00 am Opinion Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website. Dear Editor, Your article stating 100 people in 28 states have been sickened by Salmonella from backyard poultry flocks is incorrect and misleading. The exposures you describe are from commercial hatchery operations... Continue Reading