Food Safety News Wed 4/29/2020

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Wed 4/29/2020 4:02 AM

Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Salmonella back to main cause of incidents involving INFOSAN By Joe Whitworth on Apr 29, 2020 12:05 am The number of food safety incidents that involved an international network more than doubled in January to March this year compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. During the first quarter of 2020, the International Food Safety Authorities Network (INFOSAN) was part of 38 food safety events versus only 15 from October to December 2019.... Continue Reading Data shows connection between unpasteurized milk and infections By News Desk on Apr 29, 2020 12:03 am After reviewing details of brucellosis illnesses from recent years, including a 19-state outbreak, researchers are saying their findings show a link between raw milk and such infections. Although the researchers did not name the dairy farm associated with the multistate outbreak, the CDC and the FDA investigated the those illnesses, which occurred during the period... Continue Reading Researchers say new tests could speed up pathogen detection By News Desk on Apr 29, 2020 12:01 am Researchers at an Australian university have developed DNA tests that can identify the five most common Salmonella subtypes in the country. The tests can detect as few as 10 copies of DNA in eight minutes and work at a constant temperature unlike other methods that need specialized equipment for temperature cycling. They were developed using... Continue Reading Updated — Executive Order to meat Industry: No more closures By Dan Flynn on Apr 28, 2020 04:07 pm Updated content throughout — President Donald J. Trump has by Executive Order placed the American meat industry under the Defense Production Act to prevent meat shortages by keeping meat processing plants open. The Defense Production Act or DPA was passed by Congress in 1950 and signed into law by President Harry Truman. Under the DPA, the... Continue Reading