Food Safety News Fri 5/8/2020

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Fri 5/8/2020 4:01 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Sonny Perdue’s predictions about meat production recoveries could be coming true By Dan Flynn on May 08, 2020 12:06 am Meat production this week is up about 3 percent compared with the previous week, according to market reports by SiriusXM’s Rural Radio. That’s still off by as much as a third from a year ago. The numbers are causing some retailers to ration fresh meat purchases or risk selling out their entire supplies. The beef,... Continue Reading Beach Beat: FDA posts less than half the number of food recalls during pandemic By Coral Beach on May 08, 2020 12:04 am A few weeks ago many government agencies announced they would be following public health recommendations and have non-essential employees stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the staff activities and services suspended by the FDA were certain random tests of food and inspections of domestic and foreign food facilities, which includes the entire food... Continue Reading Study reveals foodborne illness burden in Taiwan By News Desk on May 08, 2020 12:01 am One in six Taiwanese people suffered from foodborne illness annually during a four year period studied by researchers. From 2012 to 2015, almost 3.9 million foodborne illnesses and 50 deaths occurred annually in the country. Scientists said the study, published in the Journal of the Formosan Medical Association, provided the first national estimates on the... Continue Reading