Food Safety News Thu 7/2/2020

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Food Safety News
Thu 7/2/2020 4:02 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. UK repeats desire to protect food standards in U.S. trade talks By News Desk on Jul 02, 2020 12:05 am The second round of trade talks between the United States and United Kingdom has ended with food standards, including safety, still high on the agenda. Negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA) took place from June 15 to 26 with the next session planned for the end of July. They began in May with U.S.... Continue Reading Spinach suspected in Norwegian Yersinia outbreak By Joe Whitworth on Jul 02, 2020 12:01 am The source of a national Yersinia outbreak in recent weeks in Norway that affected 23 people is believed to have been salad with spinach or baby spinach. The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) said the Yersinia enterocolitica O3 outbreak was considered to be over. It started in mid-May and people fell sick from mid... Continue Reading Consumers in Hawaii urged to check homes for recalled shrimp poke By Coral Beach on Jul 01, 2020 06:29 pm Safeway and other retailers in Hawaii received shrimp poke that is now under recall for Listeria monocytogenes contamination, which causes infections that can take up to 70 days to show up. Norpac Fisheries Export sent the implicated poke to stores, including many Safeway stores, on four of the Hawaiian Islands, The Big Island, Maui, Oahu,... Continue Reading Listeria tests prompt recall of cheese stuffed pasta By News Desk on Jul 01, 2020 05:52 pm A Texas company has recalled cheese stuffed shells after laboratory tests showed Listeria monocytogenes in the finished product. Garland Ventures Ltd. of Garland, TX, has stopped production of the implicated product, according to a company recall notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration. The recalled “Five Cheese Stuffed Shells” product was distributed nationwide in... Continue Reading