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Hard-Boiled Eggs Link in Multi-State Listeria Outbreak

Bill Marler

Listeria specimens from ill people were collected from April 10, 2017, to November 12, 2019. FDA reports that these samples were taken during a routine inspection of the Almark Foods facility. These results provide additional evidence that people in this outbreak got sick from eating hard-boiled eggs produced by Almark Foods.

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CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL AGREES TO PAY $25 MILLION FINE AND ENTER A DEFERRED PROSECUTION AGREEMENT TO RESOLVE CHARGES RELATED TO FOODBORNE ILLNESS OUTBREAKS

Bill Marler

Chipotle also agreed to pay the $25 million criminal fine, the largest ever in a food safety case, as part of the DPA. The FDA will hold food companies accountable when they endanger the public’s health by purveying adulterated food that causes outbreaks of illness,” said Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen M.

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What is it with Cantaloupe and Bacteria?

Bill Marler

December 2017 – At least 20 people are sick with Salmonella Newport infections linked to pre-cut watermelon and cantaloupe that was sold up to and including today at various grocery stores. April 2023 – The FDA is reporting that an August 2022 outbreak that sickened almost 90 people was linked to cantaloupe from three farms in Indiana.

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New food safety laws take effect in Texas

Food Safety News

The 88th Texas Legislature passed two bills impacting food establishments with Sept. The new laws benefit the 55,000 food service establishments in the Lone Star State that employ more than 1.4 This is similar to language in the 2017 FDA Food Code, Section 6-201.17(B): 1 implementation dates.

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10 AgriFoodTech Battles of 2024: Hard Lessons Learned and Insights for the Industry

Forward Fooding

Ohio State Universitys life cycle assessment of SciFi Foods hybrid burger found that the meat analog generates 87% less emissions and requires 39% less energy, 90% less land use, and 96% less water use than conventional beef patties. Akua Founded: 2017 Total Funding: Raised approximately $5.4M in a seed round led by Vibrant Ventures.

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A Salmonella, Hepatitis A and E. coli weekend

Bill Marler

Based on available traceback data, the FDA requested that industry voluntarily withdraw romaine lettuce grown in Salinas, California from the market and is requesting that the industry withhold distribution of romaine for the remainder of the growing season in Salinas. This is the fifth E. and Canadian consumers in the last two years.

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#LifeOrDeathRecipe Challenge and ‘A Woman’s Place’

Modern Restaurant Management

In 2017, at its annual Stars of the Industry Gala, the Restaurant Association of Maryland presented Plamondon with the Brice & Shirley Phillips Lifetime Achievement Award. He began his life-long career in the hospitality business at the food service division of Stouffer in Newark, N.J., He married Lorraine Pietryka on Aug.

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