Food Safety News Sat 8/15/2020

[daveomak.fs]

Food Safety News
Sat 8/15/2020 4:02 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. FSA: Tech is useful but cannot replace physical inspection By Joe Whitworth on Aug 15, 2020 12:08 am Remote food safety assessments are useful but cannot replace a physical inspection, according to the Food Standards Agency. Virtual food hygiene inspections are being used in the United Kingdom but local authorities cannot give a business a food hygiene rating based only on a digital overview. Michael Jackson, head of the FSA’s Regulatory Compliance Division,... Continue Reading Brazil responds to Coronavirus positive chicken claims By News Desk on Aug 15, 2020 12:04 am A government agency, industry association and the affected company in Brazil have responded to Chinese claims that a chicken wing sample has tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. Health authorities in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, noted the detection of coronavirus nucleic acid on the surface of a frozen chicken wing sample from a batch... Continue Reading Cyclospora cases from bagged salad mix continue on the upswing By News Desk on Aug 14, 2020 09:35 pm The outbreak of parasitic infections linked to Fresh Express bagged salad mix has grown by 49 new laboratory-confirmed cases of Cyclospora, upping the total to 690 people, up from 641. The latest report is current as of Aug. 12, 2020, and it updates the previous report of July 24, 2020. Laboratory-confirmed Cyclospora infections associated with this outbreak... Continue Reading Recall in NZ after raw milk link to Campylobacter infection By News Desk on Aug 14, 2020 03:11 pm Lindsay Farm is recalling raw drinking milk in New Zealand after one person needed hospital treatment for a Campylobacter infection. Rachel Eyre, Hawke’s Bay medical officer of health, said illness from the raw milk was Campylobacter, but more tests were being undertaken by the Institute of Environmental Science and Research (ESR) to identify the strain. Dr.... Continue Reading Farms growing red cabbage and iceberg lettuce for Fresh Express are suspects in Cyclospora outbreak By News Desk on Aug 14, 2020 02:34 pm A traceback investigation by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has identified several farms in the U.S. that may have provided products used in the Fresh Express salads that were recalled over Cyclospora. Multiple farms in Florida were identified in the FDA traceback. FDA analyzed water samples from two public access points along a regional... Continue Reading

​

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

​

​