Food Safety News Sun 5/24/2020

[daveomak.fs]

Food Safety News
Sun 5/24/2020 4:01 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. COVID-19: Can the restaurant industry step up to the plate? By Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA) on May 24, 2020 12:05 am Opinion The foodservice industry is remarkable for many reasons, the hard work, the long hours, the fierce competition, and the sheer number of operations. Making a go of a restaurant has many challenges; around 60 percent of new restaurants fail within the first year. And nearly 80 percent shutter before their fifth anniversary. This is... Continue Reading Dutch firms found liable in fipronil scandal By Joe Whitworth on May 24, 2020 12:03 am A Dutch court has found two companies liable in a 2017 fipronil egg scandal. Chickfriend and Chickclean failed to fulfill agreements with poultry farmers in 2016 and 2017 for red mite control in chickens. In this period, about 250 poultry farmers, or 20 percent of such farms in the Netherlands, had cleaning done with Dega-16... Continue Reading Continuing consumer complaints spur Conagra to recall more Healthy Choice meals By News Desk on May 23, 2020 04:33 pm Conagra Brands is recalling more than 270,000 pounds of Healthy Choice brand chicken and turkey bowl products because of consumer complaints about rocks in the products. The recall follows an initial recall on April 20 when Conagra recalled more than 130,000 pounds of similar products that have different date and production codes. As of the... Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: CDC punts on recommending food service worker vaccinations – CDC, low risk perhaps, but at times, at a very high cost By Bill Marler on May 23, 2020 01:55 pm Opinion Yesterday it was reported that a food handler at the White Steamer diner in Washington, Indiana who worked last week has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A. The Daviess County Health Department says while it is rare for restaurant patrons to get contract the disease due to an infected food handler, anyone who consumed food... Continue Reading