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CDC FoodNet:  2019 was not the best year in Food Safety

Bill Marler

Infantis moved from the ninth most common Salmonella serotype among infected persons during 1996–1998 to the sixth most common in 2019. Typhimurium moved from the most common serotype during 1996–1998 to the third most common in 2019. With COVID-19, what will 2020 bring? The incidence of some serotypes has declined.

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Measuring KPIs for Food Safety Success in Holiday Menu Items, Off-Premise Catering, LTOs, and Beyond

Modern Restaurant Management

Why Measure Food Safety Performance? Achieving food safety excellence should be a continual goal. Therefore, a restaurant's food safety goals should evolve along with these changes. To begin measuring food safety performance, an organization first needs to establish its KPIs.

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Defining Healthy Menus – What Restaurants Need to Know

Modern Restaurant Management

On September 27, 2019, Dr. Susan Mayne, director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), said the FDA is “close” to proposing its new definition for “healthy” labeling claims on food products.

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Canada moves to protect citizens from E. coli-tainted romaine lettuce from the Salinas Valley

Bill Marler

The temporary requirements add an extra level of control to the food safety measures already in place under the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations Act (SFCA) and the Safe Food for Canadians Regulations (SFCR). From 2016 to 2019, romaine lettuce from California was linked to outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7.

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USDA Economic Research Service: Salmonella accounted for nearly 80 percent of pathogen violations in U.S. food imports from 2002 to 2019

Bill Marler

import refusals caused by pathogen/toxin contamination and which pathogens accounted for those safety violations. From 2002 to 2019, 22,460 pathogen/toxin violations were discovered among imported shipments. percent of the total pathogen/toxin violations from imported foods over the period.

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Owner of Connecticut Meat Supplier Who Fabricated E. coli Test Results is Sentenced

Bill Marler

Between November 3, 2016 and September 9, 2017, Beqiri authorized the preparation and submission in the company’s Lab Sample Report binder, which the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) reviews, a total of 36 documents relating to 52 separate carcass swabs and ground beef samples on behalf of New England Meat Packing.

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Ensuring honey authenticity: the role of NMR spectroscopy

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Case study: Estonia introduces measures to protect the honey industry In 2019, the Estonian government declared NMR as the official testing method of honey products in Estonia. Food Safety. Food Adulteration and Traceability Tests Using Stable Carbon Isotope Technologies. v] EU Coordinated Action. March 22, 2023.