Food Safety News Sat 10/3/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. EU gets project to look at future of food safety By News Desk on Oct 03, 2020 12:03 am A three-year project with 23 partners from 12 countries is going to look at the future of the European food safety system. The effort, dubbed “FOODSAFETY4EU,” will be coordinated by the Consiglio Nazionale Delle Ricerche (CNR) in Italy. Work is set to run from the start of 2021 until the end of 2023 with a... Continue Reading Person-to-Person sub-classes emerge in COVID-19 classifications By Jim Mann on Oct 03, 2020 12:00 am Opinion The CDC states that the death-dealing virus that causes COVID-19 spreads predominantly from person to person (P>P). A deeper dive into assessing this transmission route — and its presence in the food industry — may help sharpen intervention tactics. This assessment starts with a look at an infected person’s cough, sneeze, singing and talking,... Continue Reading Canada requires E. coli test for some California romaine lettuce imports By News Desk on Oct 02, 2020 06:42 pm File this one under: can you blame them? Canada acknowledges it enjoys fresh produce year-round because of imports. But, according to an announcement today, starting on Oct. 7, 2020, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is requiring importers to either provide proof that romaine lettuce destined for import into Canada does not originate from counties in... Continue Reading Country Fresh watermelon chunks recalled over Listeria By News Desk on Oct 02, 2020 05:52 pm Country Fresh is recalling watermelon chunks from select stores because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall affects product codes of watermelon items shipped directly to Walmart and RaceTrac’s stores in Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas. Listeria monocytogenes was detected on equipment used in packing this product during a recent FDA inspection. The product... Continue Reading