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Did you know that FSIS has a zero tolerance for Salmonella in beef served to school kids, but not for the rest of us?

Bill Marler

Some of that chicken is purchased through typical commercial channels, but schools can also obtain it via the Poultry Products Purchase Program, which is administered by USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). established by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Previous research (Ollinger et al.,

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“Sproutbreak” – Punitive Damages claim levied against JIMMY JOHN’s, LLC, an Illinois Limited Liability Company, and INSPIRE BRANDS, INC., a Delaware corporation

Bill Marler

After purchasing and consuming a Billy Club Sandwich from D&L’s restaurant on February 21, 2020, Plaintiff Travis Knorr began to develop symptoms consistent with a STEC O103 infection and within the typical STEC incubation period on February 26, 2020. purchased a majority share of Jimmy John’s, LLC. In late 2019, an outbreak of E.

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2 sick in New York, 7 sick in Massachusetts and 1 dead in Florida from Listeria tainted Deli Meat

Bill Marler

Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) reported that they are investigating a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections. State and local public health officials interviewed ill people about the foods they ate in the month before they became ill.

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It has nearly been six years since over 1,000 people were sickened and over 200 died from Listeria-tainted Polony in South Africa

Bill Marler

I new journal article on the polony tragedy was just published: “Cost estimation of listeriosis (Listeria monocytogenes) occurrence in South Africa in 2017 and its food safety implications.” Productivity losses attributed to listeriosis for humans and export value losses for food processors were in excess of US$ 15 million.

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Milestones in Food Safety: 2010-2023

Food Quality & Safety

Editor’s note: As Food Quality & Safety celebrates 30 years of publication, we think it’s fitting to examine the major food safety events of the period and to highlight the extraordinary efforts to make food safer over the last three decades. FSMA’s basic tenet is a proactive approach to food safety.

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Police probe three deaths linked to mushroom poisoning

Food Safety News

The Food Safety Information Council regularly warns people to be extremely careful around wild mushrooms because of the poisoning risk. In 2012, two people died after eating these mushrooms at a New Year’s Eve party in Canberra and in 2014 four people in the ACT were seriously poisoned.

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Arkansas Ice Cream Company Recalls Product After Not Declaring Egg on the Label

Penn State Food Safety Blog

Customers who have purchased this product may return the product to the store it was purchased from for a full refund. The company was owned and operated by four generations of the Yarnell’s family and was purchased in November 2011 by Schulze & Burch Biscuit Company, with operations in Chicago and Searcy.