Food Safety News Tue 8/18/2020

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Food Safety News
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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Tiger Brands to sell processed meat division traced to deadly outbreak By Joe Whitworth on Aug 18, 2020 12:05 am Tiger Brands is to sell its processed meats division, which includes the business implicated in the Listeria outbreak in South Africa in 2017 and 2018. The transaction includes two separate deals — Molare Proprietary Ltd. will buy the abattoir business at Olifantsfontein and Silver Blade Abattoir Proprietary Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Country Bird Holdings,... Continue Reading Should fed’s dietary guidelines recommend plant-based meats? By Cookson Beecher on Aug 18, 2020 12:03 am ANAlysis If you want to see a lot of people become unhinged, try floating this: why not include meat alternatives such as plant-based burgers to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommended foods? Especially, since the recently released report from the 2020 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee extols the health benefits of eating a lot of vegetables... Continue Reading EU Commission warns Romania and Czech Rep on food safety rules By News Desk on Aug 18, 2020 12:01 am The European Commission has warned Romania and Czech Republic about failing to follow food safety rules. Romania is in trouble for not telling the Commission about draft food hygiene legislation and its exclusion criteria for products of animal origin. Czech Republic has failed to comply with EU rules on official controls to ensure verification of compliance... Continue Reading