Food Safety News Mon 9/14/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. OSHA fines JBS beef plant in Colorado for failing to protect employees from virus By News Desk on Sep 14, 2020 12:06 am The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a second large meat production company for failing to protect employees from exposure to the coronavirus. Nearly 300 JBS employees in Greeley, CO, were infected with the COVID-19 virus since March and seven died. Six worked in the beef plant and a... Continue Reading Tune into these important food safety tips for cooked potatoes By Cookson Beecher on Sep 14, 2020 12:05 am Analysis How often have you plopped a left-over baked potato, sill tightly wrapped in foil, on your kitchen counter, thinking you could heat it up or for a meal the next day or cut it up for a potato salad for an afternoon picnic. STOP. Don’t do that. Why? Because that still-wrapped potato can actually... Continue Reading Study investigates large STEC rise in Switzerland By Joe Whitworth on Sep 14, 2020 12:03 am Researchers have assessed the factors behind an increase in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) infections in Switzerland. Since 2015, a large rise in cases has been observed. This coincided with introducing multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) panels for stool analyzes in standard laboratory practice in Switzerland suggesting that the increase in notified patients was because of a... Continue Reading