Food Safety News Fri 7/3/2020

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Food Safety News
Fri 7/3/2020 4:02 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Publisher’s Platform – Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish By Bill Marler on Jul 03, 2020 12:08 am CNN reported this week that Coca-Cola is shutting down the juice and smoothie brand Odwalla at the end of July. Coca-Cola purchased the brand in 2001. Coca-Cola made the call “given a rapidly shifting marketplace and despite every effort to support continued production,” John Hackett, president of Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid business unit, which includes the company’s juice... Continue Reading Fauci says nothing to fear so far from new G4 Swine flu virus By Dan Flynn on Jul 03, 2020 12:05 am “Pandemic potential” or “pandemic-on-pandemic” are scary concepts these days and Chinese and British scientists are using those very terms to describe the threat from a new swine flu virus. Not to worry, in one regard, because human-to-human transmission does not occur with the new swine flu virus. That might be more comforting if other... Continue Reading Five children hospitalized in backyard poultry Salmonella outbreak By Joe Whitworth on Jul 03, 2020 12:03 am Five children needed hospital treatment in an Australian state as part of a Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry. Queensland Health is investigating Salmonella Typhimurium infections predominantly among young children that had contact with backyard chickens. As of June 26, there had been 17 cases reported across the state. Thirteen of these were children aged... Continue Reading Food safety goes hand-in-hand with COVID-19 safety this year By U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Jul 03, 2020 12:01 am Planning to enjoy a picnic, barbecue, or meal under the summer sun on this holiday weekend? In addition to food safety, remember to practice social distancing — stay 6 feet apart from others you don’t live with — and follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s safety precautions to protect yourself and others from... Continue Reading State recalls, quarantines raw milk because of Campylobacter By News Desk on Jul 02, 2020 03:48 pm California officials have recalled and quarantined raw milk from Valley Milk Simply Bottled because tests have shown it to be contaminated with Campylobacter jejuni. State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones announced the recall and quarantine today in a public alert. She warned consumers about the dangers in the alert. There is concern that some people may... Continue Reading