Food Safety News Tue 5/19/2020

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Food Safety News
Tue 5/19/2020 4:01 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Rottenberg’s last 6 months were busy, and were over before the storm By Dan Flynn on May 19, 2020 12:05 am In March, when Mindy M. Brashears became the fifth Senate-confirmed USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety and Paul Kiecker moved up to be theUSDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator, it’s likely neither could have imaged the meat industry crisis that was in store for them. But just as former FSIS Administrator Carmen Rottenberg left... Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak linked to cafe; mushroom poisonings also reported By News Desk on May 19, 2020 12:03 am More than 30 people have fallen ill from Salmonella poisoning in a suburb of Melbourne, Australia. Officials are investigating a link to Lincoln Bakery Café in Carlton. The shop was closed on May 8. A total of 36 people who are thought to have eaten there before onset of symptoms are affected with enquiries ongoing... Continue Reading Food safety award from NACCHO for 2020 goes to Southern Nevada Health District By News Desk on May 19, 2020 12:01 am The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), the voice of the nation’s nearly 3,000 local governmental health departments, announced that the Southern Nevada Health District in Nevada is the recipient of the 2020 Samuel J. Crumbine Consumer Protection Award for Excellence in Food Protection at the local level. This award is given... Continue Reading EFSA: Ochratoxin A in food likely poses health risk; licorice cited By News Desk on May 19, 2020 12:00 am Ochratoxin A in food poses a health concern for most consumer groups, according to a European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) assessment. Ochratoxin A (OTA) is a mycotoxin naturally produced by molds that can be found in foodss such as cereals, preserved meats, fresh and dried fruit, and cheese. Data available since an opinion in 2006... Continue Reading