Food Safety News Wed 7/1/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Raw milk purchased at retail in 5 states found loaded with antimicrobial-resistant genes By News Desk on Jul 01, 2020 12:05 am University of California-Davis food scientists found raw milk purchased at retail stores can hold a large amount of antimicrobial-resistant genes if left at room temperature. Their findings are published in the journal Microbiome. The UC Davis researchers collected 2,034 samples of unpasteurized milk from retail stores in California, Idaho, Arizona, South Carolina and Maine. ... Continue Reading FAO and WHO publish draft on microbiological risk assessment By News Desk on Jul 01, 2020 12:03 am The FAO and the WHO have put out draft guidance on microbiological risk assessment for food for public comment. It is intended to provide guidance and a framework for carrying out each of the four components of a microbiological risk assessment, whether as part of a full risk assessment, as part of other evaluations, or... Continue Reading France and Serbia Trichinella outbreak linked to backyard pigs By Joe Whitworth on Jul 01, 2020 12:01 am Meat from backyard pigs was the source of a trichinellosis outbreak in France and Serbia in 2017. Three patients were exposed in Serbia and took pork back to France where they shared it with relatives and friends. About 47 people were given the meat in France and Serbia and 20 cases of trichinellosis were reported,... Continue Reading Foreign food problems include Aflatoxin, Salmonella, pesticides By News Desk on Jul 01, 2020 12:00 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