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FSIS Updates Research Priorities to Address Emerging Food Safety Concerns
12/6/2013
USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service
WASHINGTON, December 6, 2012 – USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has updated its research priorities to keep pace with ever-changing issues and opportunities in food safety and public health related to the meat, poultry and egg products FSIS regulates. Scientific research and resources from outside the agency complement internal efforts to ensure that food safety inspection aligns with existing and emerging risks across the farm-to-table continuum.
"Our goal is to effectively use science to understand foodborne illness and emerging trends," said USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen. "External research is critical to our public health mission and ultimately serves as another tool at our disposal to protect the food supply for over 300 million Americans."
The agency's priorities are presented as suggestions for researchers interested in pursuing food safety objectives that are relevant to FSIS regulated products. This list provides useful guidance to researchers that are preparing grants for submission to agencies that fund food safety research, such as USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture, scientific academies and private foundations. The list also provides suggestions for academic faculty and students that are looking for relevant food safety research topics. Although FSIS is not a research-funding organization, the list of agency priorities helps promote exploration into those areas.
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/NR_120612_01/index.asp
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USDA Announces New Prevention-based Efforts to Improve Safety of Poultry Products and Protect Consumers
12/5/2013
USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service
WASHINGTON, December 5, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) today announced new steps to protect consumers by improving the food safety plans required for companies that produce poultry products.
Companies producing raw ground chicken and turkey and similar products will be required to reassess their Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) plans. The HACCP reassessment, which establishments must conduct in the next 90 days, must account for several Salmonella outbreaks that were associated with those types of products.
"HACCP reassessments improve a company's ability to identify hazards and better prevent foodborne illness," said USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety Dr. Elisabeth Hagen. "Incorporating information obtained from Salmonella outbreaks will enhance food safety efforts, helping to avoid future outbreaks and ensure a safer food supply for consumers."
For the complete notice, please visit http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/NR_120512_01/index.asp
200 sickened after dining at Vegas restaurant
5/10/2013
Michelle Rindels
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A new report shows 200 people who dined at one of Las Vegas' most popular restaurants about a block off the Strip have reported food poisoning symptoms, making it the largest outbreak southern Nevada health officials have seen in at least a decade.
Sick patrons who dined at Firefly, a tapas restaurant on Paradise Road in late April hailed from 20 different states and two foreign countries, according to a report released Friday by the Southern Nevada Health District. There are likely many more cases that have gone unreported.
"Usually we think of people who are identified as just the tip of the iceberg," said Linh Nguyen, an epidemiologist with the health district and the lead investigator on the case.
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Mercury Reaches Unsafe Levels in Gulf Fish from Texas Coast
5/8/2013
News Desk
FoodSafetyNews.com
In the first consumption advisory issued by Texas since last September, when it warned the public not to eat Blue marlin caught in state coastal waters, the TDSHS said women of childbearing age, including women who are nursing and children under 12, should not consumer certain other species of fish caught off the coast. The new advisory recommends women past childbearing age and men limit their consumption of fish from all waters off the Texas coast to no more than one or two meals per month. For purposes of the warnings, TDSHS figures a meal includes no more than an 8-ounce serving. The advisory was issued after testing revealed that fish examined from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico contained mercury at concentrations that exceed TDSHS health guidelines of 0.7 mg/kg in the following species: shark (all species), black fin tuna, blue marlin, little tunny, crevalle jack, kind mackerel, swordfish and wahoo.
For the complete news item, please visit http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/05/mercury-levels-in-gult-fish-off-texas-unsafe-for-much-eating/
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California Firm Recalls Ready-To-Eat Smoked Pork Sausage Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection
5/7/2013
USDA Food Safety & Inspection Service
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2013 – Tibor’s Gourmet, a Palmdale, Calif., establishment, is recalling approximately 200 pounds of ready-to-eat smoked pork sausage products because they were produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The following Tibor’s Gourmet products are subject to recall: [Labels (PDF Only]
“Ready To Eat” Gourmet Hungarian Brand Mild Smoked Sausage "Ready To Eat” Gourmet Hungarian Brand Spicy Smoked Sausage
Each package bears the establishment number "EST. 44866" inside the USDA mark of inspection. The products were produced between Feb. 25, 2013, and May 2, 2013, and shipped to a retail chain in Los Angeles and Orange counties.
For the complete recall notice, please visit http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_033_2013_Release/index.asp
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