Food Safety News Tue 9/29/2020

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Food Safety News
Tue 9/29/2020 4:03 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Letter From The Editor: ‘The Social Dilemma’ By Dan Flynn on Sep 29, 2020 12:05 am Opinion Not since the scientists working for J. Robert Oppenheimer began having second thoughts about setting off the A-bombs they made to end World War II have I run across anything quite like “The Social Dilemma.” Since Sept. 9, the 89-minute film has been available on Netflix. It is the first documentary to be the top pick... Continue Reading Consumer group calls Magrudis fine an ‘insult’ to outbreak victims By News Desk on Sep 29, 2020 12:03 am A consumer rights group has called a fine imposed on the company behind a Listeria outbreak in Spain in 2019 an “insult” to those who died. The sanction proposed by Seville Council on Magrudis of €2,000 ($2,330) was revealed by the Diario de Sevilla newspaper. It could have set a penalty of from €1,501 to... Continue Reading OVID-19 dominated World Food Safety Day By Joe Whitworth on Sep 29, 2020 12:00 am The COVID-19 pandemic dominated World Food Safety Day events, according to a new report. The second UN World Food Safety Day in June saw initiatives reshaped for a “new normal” that looks set to affect food safety and food systems for the foreseeable future. World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the... Continue Reading JBS Food Canada recalls its Provigo ground beef over E. coli contamination By News Desk on Sep 28, 2020 03:27 pm JBS Food Canada has recalled its Provigo brand ground beef products from the market because of possible E. coli O157 contamination. The recall warns the public against consuming theses recalled products: Variable size Provigo Medium ground beef club packs with UPC codes that begin with 0 213026 bearing Best Before dates of 16.SE2020 or 17.SE2020... Continue Reading