Food Safety News Thu 6/11/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Move from response to prevention for virulent Newcastle disease (vND) By News Desk on Jun 11, 2020 12:05 am A year ago the poultry sickness that is known as virulent Newcastle disease (vND) was spreading like wildfire in California’s backyard flocks and state and federal agricultural officials were deploying tactics to limit the spread. This month, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is transitioning efforts in Southern California from response to prevention... Continue Reading Oil slick off coast of Labrador threatens food chain By News Desk on Jun 11, 2020 12:03 am A food chain important to Inuit in Northeastern Canada has been poisoned by a fuel slick off the coast of Labrador, potentially causing short and long-term food safety concerns. Even when lethal impacts are not observed, oil can make fish and shellfish unsafe for humans to eat. Officials are trying to determine the cause of... Continue Reading IAEA details food safety work in Uganda and Costa Rica By News Desk on Jun 11, 2020 12:01 am The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has marked World Food Safety Day this month by highlighting food safety efforts in Uganda and Costa Rica. The IAEA and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) build country capacity in the use of nuclear, isotopic and analytical techniques to determine the safety and quality of food,... Continue Reading Tesco’s chicken Campylobacter results above FSA target By Joe Whitworth on Jun 11, 2020 12:00 am The mega-supermarket chain Tesco has reported 9 percent of chickens tested in the first quarter this year had the highest level of Campylobacter contamination. This is above the Food Standards Agency (FSA) target of 7 percent and Tesco’s own benchmark of 5 percent of birds with more than 1,000 colony forming units per gram (cfu/g)... Continue Reading