Food Safety News Tue 8/4/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Line speeds become a cause in the coronovirus pandemic era By Dan Flynn on Aug 04, 2020 12:05 am Line speeds for those with waivers from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service don’t increase the speeds all that much, but the issue has reached celebrity status thanks to COVID-19 In the last month, however, line speeds for meat and poultry products are being blamed by the union representing 250,000 meatpacking and food plant workers... Continue Reading FSA: Not viable to compare foodborne illness data between countries By Joe Whitworth on Aug 04, 2020 12:03 am It is not possible to accurately compare foodborne disease rates between countries, according to the Food Standards Agency (FSA). The agency, which covers England, Wales and Northern Ireland, said this is because of different methodologies and recording systems. The FSA estimates there are about 2.4 million cases of foodborne illness every year in the United... Continue Reading Norway notes Campylobacter, E. coli and Salmonella rise By News Desk on Aug 04, 2020 12:01 am The number of Campylobacter, E. coli, and Salmonella infections all increased in Norway this past year. Overall, there were more food and waterborne infections in 2019 compared to 2018, according to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet). For information on outbreaks see our previous article. Campylobacteriosis went past 4,000 cases and, as in previous... Continue Reading San Diego man files suit against fresh produce company in Salmonella outbreak By News Desk on Aug 03, 2020 07:42 pm A California man is seeking damages from Thomson International Inc. contending he was poisoned with Salmonella from the company’s onions. He is part of a multi-national outbreak that has sickened more than 500. Keith Robert Willis, 58, bought and ate the implicated onions in June and fell ill on July 1, according to a civil... Continue Reading