Food Safety News Thu 6/4/2020

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Food Safety News
Thu 6/4/2020 4:01 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Pilgrim’s CEO among 4 poultry executives indicted by federal grand Jury By Dan Flynn on Jun 04, 2020 12:05 am The chief executive officer of the nation’s second-largest poultry producer is summoned to appear today at 2 p.m in U.S. District Court to face the indictment by a federal Grand Jury in Colorado. Jayson Jeffrey Penn, CEO of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp., is accused of having “entered into and engaged in a continuing combination and conspiracy... Continue Reading Blue Bell’s CEO took a long road to criminal charges By Guest Contributor on Jun 04, 2020 12:03 am Opinion Blue Bell Creameries pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that they distributed adulterated ice cream products and will pay a criminal fine and forfeiture amount totaling $17.25 million. According to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Press Release, Blue Bell also agreed to pay an additional $2.1 million to resolve civil False Claims Act allegations... Continue Reading Online meeting for European food safety project By Joe Whitworth on Jun 04, 2020 12:03 am Editor’s note: This article, Part 2 of 2, summarizes oral and poster presentations from a three-day meeting of the One Health European Joint Program. A European project involving foodborne zoonoses research held its annual meeting virtually recently because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The second annual scientific meeting of the One Health European Joint Program (OHEJP) on foodborne... Continue Reading USDA proposes to define yak as an exotic animal By News Desk on Jun 04, 2020 12:02 am The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is proposing to amend regulations to define yak as an “exotic animal.” This change would make yak eligible for voluntary inspections and the USDA voluntary mark of inspection. Exotic animal products are not amenable to mandatory inspection under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and therefore... Continue Reading