Food Safety News Thu 4/23/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. France allows changes to raw milk regulations because of coronavirus By Joe Whitworth on Apr 23, 2020 12:05 am French authorities have eased rules around the sale of raw milk because of the coronavirus pandemic. The country’s Ministry of Agriculture has temporarily adopted measures making it easier for producers to market their unpasteurized, raw milk for direct sale. The agency also made it clear it was the operator’s responsibility to ensure the safety of... Continue Reading CDC says outbreak traced to raw clover sprouts has come to an end By News Desk on Apr 23, 2020 12:04 am The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation of an outbreak of E. coli 0103 in clover sprouts has been completed, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has declared that the outbreak is over. The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, investigated 51 illnesses caused by E. coli 0103 associated with the... Continue Reading Señor Moose restaurant in Seattle is again open after Hepatitis A scare By News Desk on Apr 23, 2020 12:02 am Since April 15, Public Health for Seattle and King County, WA, has learned of three people from three separate meal parties becoming ill with jaundice, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, fever, and fatigue after consuming food from the Señor Moose restaurant between Feb. 24 and 26. There is no indication that any current employees of the... Continue Reading Study on Swedish farms widens E. coli knowledge By News Desk on Apr 23, 2020 12:01 am New knowledge about transmission and persistence of E. coli O157:H7 between and within farms has been revealed by a researcher at a Swedish university. Lena-Mari Tamminen’s doctoral dissertation at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) identified possible target areas for on farm measures to reduce prevalence of the deadly pathogen. In Sweden, domestic transmission... Continue Reading Publisher’s Platform: So, why whack Chipotle for $25,000,000 but only send a nasty letter to Jimmy Johns? By Bill Marler on Apr 22, 2020 11:17 pm We learned yesterday from a U.S. Attorneys’ Office Press Release that Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. will pay $25 million to resolve criminal charges related to the company’s involvement in foodborne illness outbreaks that sickened more than 1,100 people between 2015 and 2018. A criminal information filed in federal court in Los Angeles charges Chipotle with... Continue Reading