Food Safety News Sat 11/9/2019

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Tiger Brands mulls sale of processed meats operations By Joe Whitworth on Nov 09, 2019 12:05 am Tiger Brands is considering selling its processed meats business that was identified as the source of the South African Listeria outbreak in 2017 and 2018. The company said as part of a strategic review it had been looking at the possibility of selling its Value Added Meat Products (VAMP) business, which includes Enterprise Foods, in... Continue Reading FSIS issues public alert because of recalled vegetable ingredients By News Desk on Nov 08, 2019 09:53 pm Ready-to-eat entrees, including some packaged for Quick & Easy and others for amazon go, are the subject of a public alert from the USDA because they contain vegetables recalled by Mann’s Packing because of potential Listeria contamination. The alert from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) tonight says the products contain recalled ingredients... Continue Reading Company recalls imported fish; inspectors say catfish labeled as tilapia By News Desk on Nov 08, 2019 09:29 pm A New York importer is recalling an undetermined amount of frozen catfish that is incorrectly labeled as tilapia. Some of the fish has sell by dates as far away as January 2021. Inspectors from the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service discovered the problem during routine surveillance activities, according to the recall notice posted by the... Continue Reading CDC says mystery Listeria outbreak is over in U.S.; Canada says chicken was cause there By Coral Beach on Nov 08, 2019 07:06 pm A deadly, international Listeria outbreak that Canadian officials linked to diced chicken appears to be over in the U.S., according to federal officials who will not name any entity or food as having any connection with the 13-state outbreak. Two people died in the United States during the 18-month outbreak. It sickened at least 24... Continue Reading