Food Safety News Sat 8/8/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. EU plans to include food safety culture in regulation By Joe Whitworth on Aug 08, 2020 12:04 am The European Commission has published draft legislation that includes food safety culture. A revision of Regulation (EC) No 852/2004 on food hygiene also covers allergen management, and redistribution of food. The Codex Alimentarius Commission is expected to adopt a revision of its standard on General Principles of Food Hygiene in the next few months. This... Continue Reading Italy records nearly 80 HUS cases in 12 months By News Desk on Aug 08, 2020 12:02 am Almost 80 hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) cases were registered between July 2019 and June 2020 in Italy. The 77 patients came from 17 regions in the country while one person contracted HUS while abroad. Notification rates varied by region but were highest in Aosta Valley and higher than 1 case per 100,000 in Basilicata, Calabria,... Continue Reading Public health alert for sausages that USDA thinks are no longer on the market By News Desk on Aug 07, 2020 07:22 pm The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert because Bluegrass Provisions Co., a Crescent Springs, Ky. establishment, produced sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. A recall was not requested because it is believed that all products are no longer in commerce and are... Continue Reading First indictments of poultry managers stemming from last year’s big poultry raid By Dan Flynn on Aug 07, 2020 06:58 pm A Federal Grand Jury in the Southern District of Mississippi has indicted four managers or supervisors or human resource officers stemming from the raid last August that saw 680 illegal alien employees detained. The indictments were based on information collected through criminal and administrative search warrants that were executed during the highly publicized raid of Mississippi... Continue Reading Contaminated red onion source named as Salmonella Newport outbreak infects 879 By News Desk on Aug 07, 2020 04:09 pm The Food and Drug Administration’s traceback investigation is ongoing but has identified Thomson International, Inc. of Bakersfield, CA as a likely source of the recent potentially contaminated onions. FDA and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) along with state and local agencies are also investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Newport infections.... Continue Reading A magistrate judge won’t say why, but denies poultry price-fixing defendant’s safari request By Dan Flynn on Aug 07, 2020 01:42 pm Federal Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix denied defendant Mikell Fries request to go on an African safari before his trial next year for price-fixing, but she’s made her ruling a restricted document. Why Mix’s motion denying the defense request for Fries to travel internationally will remain a secret is not known. It means the judge... Continue Reading