Food Safety News Wed 12/11/2019

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Safely sending and receiving food gifts this holiday season By News Desk on Dec 11, 2019 12:04 am Subscription meal kits, mail order food, and home-delivered groceries offer convenience and can make for great holiday gifts. But, it’s important to make sure food safety is part of the gift. Whether food is shipped to your home or delivered by a local service, it needs to stay at a safe temperature to prevent the... Continue Reading STEC and Campylobacter infections rise in the Netherlands By Joe Whitworth on Dec 11, 2019 12:03 am There was a rise in Shiga toxin-producing E. coli infections in the Netherlands this past year, according to an annual report. The State of Zoonoses 2018 report published by the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) also found a rise in Campylobacter infections,... Continue Reading FDA modifies import alerts for French cheese, fruit, spices, fish, honey and more By News Desk on Dec 11, 2019 12:02 am The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the links to view the full alerts. Import Alert Description URL... Continue Reading New Zealand says food strategy will help focus resources By News Desk on Dec 11, 2019 12:01 am New Zealand has unveiled a strategy and action plan to help focus resources so it can quickly respond to current issues and prepare for emerging threats. The strategy sets out a plan of action to 2024 and includes five priorities: to ensure the country’s food safety system remains robust, support consumers to make informed food... Continue Reading Second retailer named in update on outbreak linked to blackberries By Coral Beach on Dec 10, 2019 07:16 pm Two more patients have been confirmed and a second retailer has been named in relation to an outbreak of hepatitis A associated with fresh blackberries. The implicated blackberries, sold by Fresh Thyme Farmers Market grocery stores, were also sold at Woodman’s Market, according to an update today from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The... Continue Reading Wisconsin finds E. coli O157 in bagged Fresh Express romaine from California’s Salinas Valley By News Desk on Dec 10, 2019 06:03 pm Wisconsin officials have found E. coli O157:H7 in an unopened bag of pre-washed, chopped romaine collected from an ill person’s home. Laboratory testing is pending to determine if the E. coli matches a strain causing one of the ongoing multi-state outbreaks linked to romaine lettuce. The Wisconsin findings are part of the investigation into a multistate outbreak... Continue Reading