Food Safety News Fri 7/10/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Fatal Listeria outbreak linked to trout in the Netherlands By Joe Whitworth on Jul 10, 2020 12:03 am At least two people have died in a Listeria outbreak linked to chilled smoked trout fillets in the Netherlands. All six sick people have been hospitalized and two died from their infections. Another person has died but no information about the cause of death was given. Patients became ill between the beginning of February and... Continue Reading Researchers report impact of safety video on use of food thermometers By Coral Beach on Jul 10, 2020 12:03 am You can show consumers a food safety video, and give them food safety tools, but you can’t make them use food thermometers all of the time. Study results just published by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service show consumer behavior related to the use of thermometers when cooking ground turkey patties. “An Observational Study... Continue Reading Two Brazilian meat firms lose case against EU import ban By News Desk on Jul 10, 2020 12:02 am A court in the European Union has dismissed a case brought by two Brazilian meat companies about a 2018 decision to ban imports of their products into the EU because of public health reasons. The Brazilian companies BRF SA and SHB Comércio e Indústria de Alimentos SA are part of the group BRF Capital. They... Continue Reading UPDATED: Fresh Express’s cyclospora outbreak now spans eight states and three provinces By News Desk on Jul 09, 2020 12:25 pm Editor’s note: Late this afternoon the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its patient count for this outbreak. The U.S. patient count has topped 500, now standing at 509. A troublesome Cyclospora outbreak continues to grow in North America with 37 confirmed cases in Canada added to 206 in the midwest United States.... Continue Reading