Food Safety News Tue 3/24/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Foreign food facilities dominate FDA’s registration list — again By News Desk on Mar 24, 2020 12:03 am Food facilities from around the world are required to register with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration if they want a piece of the U.S. market, and once again foreign food producers outnumber the domestic ones. The latest numbers are provided by Hampton, VA-based Registrar Corp., a leading provider of FDA compliance assistance since 2003. Registrar Corp.... Continue Reading Scottish study boosts understanding of non-O157 STEC By Joe Whitworth on Mar 24, 2020 12:02 am Researchers in Scotland have increased knowledge of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in the country as part of work on severity of illness caused by these strains. Food Standards Scotland commissioned a study to improve understanding of non-O157 STEC. It provides a resource for surveillance and during future outbreaks of infection. Non-O157 STEC accounts... Continue Reading Spate of salad recalls in Australia due to Salmonella By News Desk on Mar 24, 2020 12:01 am A number of salad products have been recalled in an Australian state because of Salmonella contamination. Recalls in Western Australia involve the Loose Leaf Lettuce Co., Supreme Salads, Fresh Frontier and Quality Produce International. There have been no reports of illness associated with the products. The Loose Leaf Lettuce Co. recalled Asian Salad Mix and Special... Continue Reading Another company recalls imported enoki mushrooms for Listeria By News Desk on Mar 23, 2020 10:35 pm A California company is recalling fresh mushrooms imported from Korea after state testing returned positive results for Listeria monocytogenes. The company, Guan’s Mushroom Co. of Commerce, CA, is recalling all cases of its 200-gram/7.05-ounce packages of enoki mushrooms, according to a recall notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration. Guan’s sent the implicated mushrooms... Continue Reading