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Light weekend reading: FDA releases Reportable Food Registry report

Want to see what’s been going on with U.S. food safety? Check out the 3rd Annual Reportable Food Registry, which was released yesterday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The report, which covers from Sept. 8, 2011 to Sept. 7, 2012, sums up reports regarding food and feed safety made to the Registry. [...]

CDC: Campylobacter, Vibrio rise, other pathogens static

Although incidents of Campylobacter and Vibrio rose in 2012, infection rates for other pathogens such as E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella remained about the same.

In fact, Campylobacter rates in 2012 were the highest they’ve been since 2000 and are up 14 percent in 2012 from 2006-2008, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease [...]

Study shines light on microorganism hotspots

Think the door knobs and fridge handles are the germiest places in the kitchen? Think again.

A recent study by Michigan-based NSF International, a nonprofit that provides health standards and audits, found the vegetable and meat compartments refrigerators, blender gaskets, can openers and rubber spatulas were most likely to play host to bacteria, including potentially [...]

The Monday links: Tax Day edition

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Obama administration seeks FDA funding increase for FSMA implementation – Food Safety News

The White House’s budget includes a 20 percent increase for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to help [...]

Catching up on the news with the Monday links

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FDA seeks comments on IFT report on product tracing pilots – CFSAN constituent update

Comments on the study, which investigated ways to effectively and quickly track food, are due 30 days [...]

HACCP plans for certain poultry products to be reviewed, pathogen sampling program to expand

Facilities that produce not ready-to-eat (NRTE) chicken and turkey products must reassess their plans that help prevent hazards from entering their goods.

Along with defining NRTE comminuted (read: pulverized or broken down) products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) also plans to expand its Salmonella and Campylobacter verification program. A new NRTE comminuted poultry sampling [...]

CDC reports highlight foodborne illness trends

Pathogens on leafy greens and in dairy products sickened the most people, while pathogens from poultry caused the most deaths between 1998 and 2008, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The report investigated more than 4,500 foodborne illness outbreaks throughout 17 food categories. Of the 17, leafy greens contributed to 2.1 [...]

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Poultry vaccinations credited for U.K.’s big drop in Salmonella – Food Safety News

Just how big of a drop? Lab-confirmed cases fell from roughly 18,000 in 1993 to just more than [...]

New week, new stories: The Monday links

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ANSR™ for Salmonella receives added AOAC matrix approvals – Neogen

The extension expanded the matrices ANSR for Salmonella was approved for to include soy flour, cocoa powder, peanut butter, almonds, dry [...]

Boozy eggnog may knockdown Salmonella

Some bacteria just can’t hold their liquor.

Researchers at the Rockefeller University Laboratory of Bacterial Pathogenosis and Immunology have found that their traditional homemade eggnog isn’t a friendly home to the illness-causing bacteria, Good Morning America reports.

For the past six decades, the lab has been making eggnog – a mix of raw egg, cream, [...]