Food Safety News Tue 5/5/2020

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Food Safety News

Tue 5/5/2020

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Democrat leaders in food sector and Consumer Reports hatch plan for Sonny Perdue By News Desk on May 05, 2020 12:06 am Two senior U.S. Representatives, two former Secretaries of Agriculture, a chef, and Consumer Reports have sent USDA an “action plan” to safeguard America’s food supply during the COVID-10 pandemic. They’ve sent the plan with a cover letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue The plan reportedly includes detailed steps USDA should immediately take, including diverting... Continue Reading Researchers find arsenic in rice risk for UK infants By News Desk on May 05, 2020 12:03 am Scientists have found half of rice varieties they tested exceeded maximum arsenic limits for young children in the United Kingdom. A team at the University of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food found 28 of 55 rice samples sold in the U.K. contained levels of arsenic that exceeded European Commission regulations for rice for infants or... Continue Reading Large E. coli increase recorded for Europe in 2018 By Joe Whitworth on May 05, 2020 12:01 am The Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infection rate in Europe jumped by 40 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year, based on data from ECDC’s annual surveillance report. After a stable period from 2014 to 2017, the rate increased by 41 percent in 2018. This made STEC the third most common zoonosis in Europe after... Continue Reading