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Key Takeaways from the 2022 FDA Food Code

Modern Restaurant Management

Let’s examine the key new provisions of the 2022 Food Code. The Food Code is updated to reflect best safety practices while taking account of societal changes and practical realities at food establishments. Many of the key changes in the 2022 Food Code relate to food allergens.

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Norovirus sweeps the country; CDC says Northeast particularly hard hit

Food Safety News

In some cases, severe dehydration, malnutrition, and even death can result from norovirus infection, especially among children and among older and immune-compromised adults in hospitals and nursing homes. To sign up for a free subscription to Food Safety News, click here) How do you diagnose a norovirus Infection?

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A Salmonella, Hepatitis A and E. coli weekend

Bill Marler

There have been over 50 hospitalizations, with at least 10 with acute kidney failure. Of 15 people with available information, 9 (60%) were hospitalized. In interviews, ill people answered questions about the foods they ate and other exposures in the 2 to 7 weeks before they became ill. No deaths have been reported.

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Educating the Public on Food-Related Health Risks: The Critical Role of Nutritionists

Food Safety Tech

Some work with patients one-on-one, but they can also work in corporate settings, athletic facilities, food manufacturing centers, government organizations, hospitals, physician’s offices, schools, and more. The Connection Between Food Safety and Nutrition Food safety and nutrition are inherently linked.

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FSA assesses the use of Listeria guidance after the outbreak

Food Safety News

Most hospitals and social care sites are aware of Listeria guidance from the Food Standards Agency (FSA) but an analysis has found several challenges around implementation. In a 2019 outbreak associated with pre-packed sandwiches supplied to hospitals in England, seven patients died of listeriosis.

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The Litigated Dish: Top foodborne pathogens

Food Safety News

I hope this will drive more traffic to my law firm’s many existing websites and blogs — we even have this newspaper: Food Safety News. I could contribute by answering the Internet’s most-asked food safety questions. I’m a food safety lawyer at the only firm in the world doing this for the last 30 years.

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31 sick, with 2 deaths: Listeria Outbreak “over” in US, without a source, but in Canada the link was made to chicken – produced in the US

Bill Marler

Of 23 ill people with information available, 22 hospitalizations were reported. Six individuals were hospitalized. Rosemount cooked diced chicken was supplied to institutions (including cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes) where many of the individuals who became sick resided, or visited, before becoming ill.