Food Safety News Tue 3/31/2020

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Tue 3/31/2020 4:01 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Federal court orders property seized in immigration raid returned to Koch Foods By Dan Flynn on Mar 31, 2020 12:05 am Koch Foods’ property seized in August 2019 by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from the company’s chicken processing plant in Morton, MS, must be returned, according to U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves. Koch was one of several USDA-inspected poultry processors in Mississippi targeted in this past summer’s immigration raid, the largest of... Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak traced to food ordered online By Joe Whitworth on Mar 31, 2020 12:03 am Ten people were sickened by Salmonella from chicken legs in a Chinese city after eating food ordered online in mid-2018, according to a new report. Researchers said the investigation highlights the role of online food delivery platforms as a new mode of foodborne disease transmission. Collaboration between public health agencies and online food delivery platforms... Continue Reading Cantaloupes, seafood top list of enforcement modifications By News Desk on Mar 31, 2020 12:02 am The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the links to view the full alerts. Import Alert Description URL... Continue Reading EFSA assesses health risks of aflatoxins in food By News Desk on Mar 31, 2020 12:01 am The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a risk assessment on aflatoxins in food. The report evaluates toxicity of aflatoxins to humans, estimates dietary exposure of the European Union population to these mycotoxins, and assesses the human health risks due to estimated dietary exposure. The risk assessment by the Panel on Contaminants in the... Continue Reading