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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Petition seeks COVID-19 testing, reporting, warnings for meat and poultry By Dan Flynn on May 28, 2020 12:07 am An impressive sounding name — Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — is not likely to make up for the advocacy group’s lack of scientific evidence for a new petition it has filed with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). A statement from the FSIS said the Physicians Committee request for testing meat and poultry for... Continue Reading Follow-up dairy study shows less Salmonella; wild boar meat rules reviewed By News Desk on May 28, 2020 12:06 am A follow-up study on Salmonella prevalence among dairy cattle on a Swedish Island has found much lower levels. In late 2019, the National Veterinary Institute (SVA) and Swedish Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket), did an anonymous national milk tank survey for antibodies against Salmonella. Milk samples from all the dairy herds tested showed a generally low... Continue Reading Belgium reports record high number of outbreaks By Joe Whitworth on May 28, 2020 12:06 am Belgium has recorded the highest number of foodborne outbreaks in a year since recordkeeping began. This past year, 571 outbreaks were reported to the National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Outbreaks (LNR-TIA). A total of 2,457 people fell ill and 28 were hospitalized. Data on outbreaks have been collected by Sciensano, the Belgian Institute for Health,... Continue Reading Kruse waives physical appearance, posts bond, and remains free to assist in his defense By Dan Flynn on May 28, 2020 12:05 am Blue Bell’s former chief executive has waived physical appearance for his initial appearance in federal court on felony charges stemming from a 2015 Listeria outbreak. The defendant, Paul Kruse, has posted bail and accepted conditions of his continued freedom. U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Lane cited the current coronavirus pandemic for accepting the waiver of a... Continue Reading WGS aided detection of parallel Salmonella outbreaks in Germany By News Desk on May 28, 2020 12:04 am Whole genome sequencing helped identify concurrent outbreaks of a rare Salmonella serotype in Germany in 2017, according to a study. Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of Salmonella Kottbus isolates revealed three co-circulating clusters in the country between June and August 2017. A total of 69 infections were identified in 13 German states. Median age was 55... Continue Reading Letter to The Editor: Is contributing author HACCP trained? By John Munsell on May 28, 2020 12:01 am Opinion Editor’s note: We want to hear from our readers. Letters to the Editor can be submitted via the Contact Us link on our website. Dear Editor, I am responding to Brianna Leach’s article released by Food Safety News on May 26. She includes comments on the USDA’s implementation of its HACCP rule in 1995. For those who... Continue Reading Recognizing food safety heroes around the world By News Desk on May 27, 2020 03:36 pm This year in the lead up to World Food Safety Day, June 7 2020, the Partnership for Food Safety Education is recognizing the people who keep us fed during the COVID-19 pandemic and every other day of the year. They are asking for help as they try to shine a light on Food Safety Heroes. ... Continue Reading