Food Safety News Tue 1/21/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. FSIS policy, precedent means Salmonella petition faces tough sledding By Dan Flynn on Jan 21, 2020 12:05 am A petition to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service asking for the listing of 31 Salmonella strains as meat and poultry adulterants raises a question. How did FSIS respond the last time someone wanted to list Salmonella as an adulterant? That someone was the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which spent much of... Continue Reading Vietnam and Hong Kong investigation finds forged health certificates By News Desk on Jan 21, 2020 12:03 am Vietnamese authorities have identified eight forged health certificates related to one meat processing plant. The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) in Hong Kong found discrepancies in serial numbers of health certificates issued by Vietnamese authorities when processing data during modifications to the import food information system. Suspected forged health certificates were used by a Vietnam... Continue Reading Letter to the Editor: Swine inspections from the Canadian perspective By Guest Contributor on Jan 21, 2020 12:00 am Opinion Dear Editor, As a former CFIA ( Canadian Food Inspection Agency) inspector, I have been following this story regarding the change in inspections on the hog plants with great interest. Change is hard but it doesn’t mean the job is eliminated. For the hog program to have the plant do the inspections is a... Continue Reading Beach Beat: The faces behind the petition By Coral Beach on Jan 20, 2020 02:18 pm Opinion If you haven’t heard, a Seattle attorney is petitioning the USDA to make it illegal to sell meat and poultry that is contaminated with Salmonella. Yep, as of right now — and who knows how much longer — it is perfectly legal to sell you hamburger, whole hogs, turkey legs, chicken strips, and any... Continue Reading