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USDA issues public health alert for Ryding-Regency raw beef products
By News Desk on Oct 17, 2019 12:05 am The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for raw non-intact beef products derived from imported beef from Ontario, Canada, that has been recalled by Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. because of possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Ryding-Regency recalled beef products in Canada on Oct. 8. A number... Continue Reading
Researchers find new form of Listeria monocytogenes in China
By Joe Whitworth on Oct 17, 2019 12:03 am Researchers have detected a highly virulent new form of pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes. It was identified as the cause of serious diseases in sheep in a remote area of the Chinese province Jiangsu. An international research group led by the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) said it had found the... Continue Reading
Salmonella outbreak involves restaurant with excellent record
By News Desk on Oct 17, 2019 12:01 am Prior food safety inspections and the current rating for the Al Basha Restaurant in Seattle were excellent, but Seattle-King County Public Health has associated the establishment with a September Salmonella outbreak. The outbreak involves three confirmed cases, one hospitalization, and no deaths. The Salmonella illnesses followed meals served by Al Basha about one month ago... Continue Reading
Importer expands recall because of poisoning risk from frozen tuna
By News Desk on Oct 16, 2019 06:22 pm A Florida company is expanding its recall of tuna because the fish poses the risk of scombroid poisoning. Mical Seafood Inc. imported the tuna from Vietnam and sent it to 23 states. The recall includes frozen, wild-caught yellowfin tuna loins, tuna poke, tuna steaks, tuna ground meat, and tuna Saku, according to the company’s recall... Continue Reading
Thu 10/17/2019 4:09 AM
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USDA issues public health alert for Ryding-Regency raw beef products
By News Desk on Oct 17, 2019 12:05 am The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a public health alert for raw non-intact beef products derived from imported beef from Ontario, Canada, that has been recalled by Ryding-Regency Meat Packers Ltd. because of possible E. coli O157:H7 contamination. Ryding-Regency recalled beef products in Canada on Oct. 8. A number... Continue Reading
Researchers find new form of Listeria monocytogenes in China
By Joe Whitworth on Oct 17, 2019 12:03 am Researchers have detected a highly virulent new form of pathogenic Listeria monocytogenes. It was identified as the cause of serious diseases in sheep in a remote area of the Chinese province Jiangsu. An international research group led by the Institute of Medical Microbiology at the Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) said it had found the... Continue Reading
Salmonella outbreak involves restaurant with excellent record
By News Desk on Oct 17, 2019 12:01 am Prior food safety inspections and the current rating for the Al Basha Restaurant in Seattle were excellent, but Seattle-King County Public Health has associated the establishment with a September Salmonella outbreak. The outbreak involves three confirmed cases, one hospitalization, and no deaths. The Salmonella illnesses followed meals served by Al Basha about one month ago... Continue Reading
Importer expands recall because of poisoning risk from frozen tuna
By News Desk on Oct 16, 2019 06:22 pm A Florida company is expanding its recall of tuna because the fish poses the risk of scombroid poisoning. Mical Seafood Inc. imported the tuna from Vietnam and sent it to 23 states. The recall includes frozen, wild-caught yellowfin tuna loins, tuna poke, tuna steaks, tuna ground meat, and tuna Saku, according to the company’s recall... Continue Reading
