Food Safety News Thu 3/19/2020

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Food Safety News
Thu 3/19/2020 4:01 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Approval of genetically engineered soy protein for ‘Impossible Burger’ challenged By News Desk on Mar 19, 2020 12:05 am The Center for Food Safety has the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to review a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decision to approve soy leghemoglobin as a color additive for use in ground beef analog products. The advocacy group claims that the FDA’s decision was not based on “convincing evidence” that is required by... Continue Reading Crowdsourcing expands beyond food safety just in time for Corvid-19 experiences By Dan Flynn on Mar 19, 2020 12:04 am Patrick Quade, the crowdsourcing expert who founded iwaspoisoned.com has expanded beyond food safety with a health and safety community issue-reporting site that captures the public’s Covid-19 experiences. Safety HQ is Quade’s second crowdsourcing platform. It operates separately from iwaspoisoned.com and it is collecting COVID-19 information from the public. Anyone signing on to the Safety HQ... Continue Reading Magrudis owner and son provisionally released in Spain By Joe Whitworth on Mar 19, 2020 12:03 am The owner of a Spanish company linked to a large Listeria outbreak this past summer and his son have been provisionally released from custody. The judge of a court in Seville agreed to the conditional release without bail of the pair that have been held since late September 2019. Both defendants are being investigated for... Continue Reading FDA officials repeat message to remain calm about food safety during outbreak By Coral Beach on Mar 18, 2020 05:55 pm Americans shouldn’t worry about the safety of their food during the coronavirus outbreak. They should watch the FDA website’s FAQ section for up-to-the-minute information, according to agency officials who spoke today. Offering more generalities than specifics, three top administrators spoke to “stakeholders” during a half-hour session this afternoon “to discuss food safety and food supply... Continue Reading