Food Safety News Tue 9/1/2020

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Food Safety News
Tue 9/1/2020 4:01 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Sodexo Management Inc. faces punitive damage claims after Marine E. coli outbreak By Jonan Pilet on Sep 01, 2020 12:05 am A district court has ruled that victims of an E. coli outbreak on a Marine Corps base have sufficiently alleged that Sodexo Management Inc. exercised a conscious disregard of risk, which is the standard for punitive damages under California law The court in the Southern District of California was tasked to consider whether the proposed amendments... Continue Reading Food poisoning drops significantly at youth camps in Belgium By Joe Whitworth on Sep 01, 2020 12:03 am The Belgian food safety authority has had to step in less this summer at youth camps following outbreaks of food poisoning. The Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) intervened twice in youth camps following incidents related to food poisoning in 2020, which is four times less than the three previous years.... Continue Reading Registration opens for IAFP 2020 virtual annual meeting By News Desk on Sep 01, 2020 12:02 am Registration Is now open for the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) 2020 event, “A Virtual Annual Meeting,”scheduled for Oct. 26-28. “Join thousands of food safety professionals from around the world for three days of sharing, learning, and networking – safely and remotely,” association officials said in a news release. When the Annual Meeting was... Continue Reading Officials probe rise in GBS infections in Singapore By News Desk on Sep 01, 2020 12:01 am Authorities in Singapore are investigating an increase in Group B Streptococcus (GBS) cases. GBS infections had previously been associated with eating raw freshwater fish and the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore Food Agency (SFA) advised those who consume ready-to-eat (RTE) raw fish to exercise caution. In July 2020, the MOH received reports of 50... Continue Reading