Food Safety News Sat 7/18/2020

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Food Safety News
Sat 7/18/2020 4:02 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Thousands sick in E. coli outbreaks reported in Japan and South Korea By News Desk on Jul 18, 2020 12:03 am Officials in Korea are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has affected 100 people while more than 3,000 students and teachers recently got food poisoning in Japan, according to media reports. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has been investigating an Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) outbreak with the local municipality and relevant ministries... Continue Reading Illegal colors, Salmonella, pesticides among reasons for changes to alerts By News Desk on Jul 18, 2020 12:01 am The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the links to view the full alerts. Import Alert Description URL... Continue Reading Chicken samosas recalled for lack of federal inspection By News Desk on Jul 17, 2020 08:57 pm Houston-based Hafiz Foods, Inc. has recalled approximately 675 pounds of chicken samosas that contain poultry produced without the benefit of federal inspection, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The ready-to-cook, frozen chicken samosas were produced from May 2020 to June 29, 2020. The following products are subject to... Continue Reading