Food Safety News Fri 9/18/2020

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Fri 9/18/2020 4:01 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Tesco and Asda improve Campylobacter in chicken results By Joe Whitworth on Sep 18, 2020 12:03 am The percentage of chickens at Tesco and Asda testing positive for Campylobacter at the top level of contamination in the second quarter of 2020 has fallen below the FSA target. The two supermarkets had recorded levels above the Food Standards Agency (FSA) threshold of 7 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony forming units... Continue Reading China refuses imports from Fort Smith and Springfield poultry plants in U.S. By News Desk on Sep 18, 2020 12:03 am For the second time since June, China has suspended imports from a U.S. poultry plant where employees became infected with the coronavirus. First to face suspension was poultry from a Tyson Foods plant in Springdale, AR, which was suspended by the Chinese government in June for similar reasons. The second such action came a few... Continue Reading Austin federal court makes it official: Blue Bell owes record $17.25 million in criminal penalties By News Desk on Sep 18, 2020 12:02 am A federal court in Texas sentenced ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries L.P. to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak. The Brenham, Texas-based Blue Bell is an iconic 113-year old ice cream maker whose product was once only available in the Lone Star State.... Continue Reading