Food Safety News Fri 7/17/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Thousands of poultry price-fixing victims are a challenge for the court By Dan Flynn on Jul 17, 2020 12:05 am Poultry price-fixing has thousands of victims, making it impossible to notify them individually or accord all of their rights contained in the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA). Department of Justice (DOJ) attorneys Heather Call and Michael Koenig are therefore asking the U.S. District Court for Colorado to permit a “reasonable alternative notification procedures for notifying... Continue Reading Alaska resident dies of paralytic shellfish poisoning By News Desk on Jul 17, 2020 12:04 am The Alaska State Medical Examiner’s Office has confirmed that the death of an Alaska resident is consistent with paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP). Officials have yet to release personal information. Warnings have been issued to the community by email, fax, radio and social media after blue mussel samples collected from the beach on the same day... Continue Reading Spain plans to tighten rules for marketing of unpasteurized milk By Joe Whitworth on Jul 17, 2020 12:03 am Spanish scientists have proposed additional requirements for the marketing of raw milk but have not gone as far as to ban it. European regulation allows unpasteurized milk for direct human consumption to be placed on the market without treatment to kill bacteria, parasites and viruses. The current situation in Spain follows this legislation with no... Continue Reading COVID-19 pushes conference off the in-person stage into virtual realm By News Desk on Jul 17, 2020 12:01 am One of the year’s largest food safety conferences is now planned to be a virtual event, according to an announcement from the organizers of the Food Safety Summit. The event, annually set in the first week of May, was postponed earlier this year because of the coronavirus outbreak. It was rescheduled for Oct. 19-22 in... Continue Reading Researchers identify biofilm hotspots, document danger zones By News Desk on Jul 17, 2020 12:00 am Scientists in Austria have investigated where biofilms hide and what bacteria can be found in them. Biofilms are proven sources of contamination in the food industry. They can cause additional costs in production and can be a danger to consumer health. Researchers at the unit of food microbiology at Vetmeduni Vienna looked at biofilms in... Continue Reading