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February 2012

  • Posted: February 23rd, 2012 - 9:49pm

    Abstract: A novel type of environmentally friendly packaging with antibacterial activity was developed from lauric arginate (LAE)-coating of polylactic acid (PLA) films after surface activation using a corona discharge. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM)-based analysis of the LAE/PLA films confirmed the successful coating of LAE on the PLA surface.

    Date Published: 
    21.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Journal of Food Science, Volume 77, Issue 2, pages M142–M149
    Listeria, Salmonella  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 23rd, 2012 - 9:48pm

    OTTAWA -- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Charcuterie La Tour Eiffel are warning the public not to consume the Tour Eiffel brand Parisian Cooked Ham described below because the product may be contaminated with dangerous bacteria or parasites.

    Date Published: 
    21.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    CFIA
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:23am

    The translation is rough and details sketchy, but Focus is reporting a 6-year-old girl from Hamburg died over the weekend from the effects of EHEC, which probably means some strain of shiga-toxin producing E. coli.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    E. coli  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:22am

    The Packer, the produce trade journal always on the cutting edge, has decided after 55 outbreaks in 14 years sickening about 15,000 and killing dozens, that sprouts may be to risky to serve.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:21am

    Founder Jimmy ‘Jimmy John’s’ John Liautaud told the world via Facebook that after five sprout-related outbreaks at Jimmy John’s outlets since 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are “bullying” the sandwich company adding, “Anyway, gov is no longer here to serve us we are here to serve them and those who vote for them.

    Date Published: 
    21.feb.12
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:20am

    Duke University (located in Durham, NC), is home of the Blue Devils, Mike Krzyzewski and now norovirus. Duke prides itself on medical research, but can't get preventative infection control on their campus right - and their housekeeping department's policy on water conservation might be a factor in norovirus spread.

    Date Published: 
    21.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Norovirus  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:20am

    Health Canada has finally – finally – made an explicit, evience-based public statement about ensuring the safety of cooked food with no piping hot or juices run clear nonsense: “The only reliable way to ensure that your food has reached a safe internal cooking temperature is by using a digital food thermometer.” I’d add tip-sensitive.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Thermometers  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:19am

    TMZ reports Elton John had a crappy weekend after the Rocket Man came down with a nasty case of food poisoning. E.J. was supposed to perform at Caesars Palace in Vegas this past Friday and Saturday night, but the singer had to back out when something he ate backfired. No details on suspect food or drink or symptoms.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    barfblog
    Celebrity  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:18am

    In some ways, it looks like a small thing — President Obama’s latest budget proposes cutting a $5 million research program at the Department of Agriculture. But the elimination of the Microbiological Data Program, which tests fruits and vegetables for disease, is an alarming setback in the fight to keep the food supply safe.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    New York Times
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:17am

    Breaches of food safety standards in Stonnington's cafes and restaurants have doubled over the past year. Stonnington council issued orders against 40 restaurants and cafes in 2011 for food safety breaches, ranging from pest control to cleanliness and food handling practices. In 2010 a similar number of inspections by environmental health officers found just 20 breaches.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Melbourne Weekly
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:16am

    Chandigarh -- All food business operators in Haryana are now required to be registered or licenced in accordance with the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Financial Express
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:15am

    The Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) today conducted the largest-ever inspection campaign in Abu Dhabi, encompassing 80 food establishments in the Al Zayani Area in Abu Dhabi in a single day.

    Date Published: 
    19.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Trade Arabia
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:14am

    Twenty-five students of Government PG College hostel, Saifabad, were admitted to hospital on Monday with symptoms of gastroenteritis. They were suffering from food poisoning since dinner at the hostel on Saturday, the students said.

    Date Published: 
    21.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Deccan Chronicle
  • Posted: February 22nd, 2012 - 11:13am

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Food Control
  • Posted: February 20th, 2012 - 1:41pm

    The newest food safety infosheet, a graphical one-page food safety-related story directed at food businesses, is now available at www.foodsafetyinfosheets.com Food Safety Infosheet Highlights: - 21 attendees of a catered lunch reported diarrhea and vomiting - Toxin associated with Clostridium perfringens was isolated from some of the attendees

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    bites
  • Posted: February 20th, 2012 - 1:41pm

    Jovial to his last stick of jerky, Peter Lawson said goodbye to The Original Longview Beef Jerky Saturday. What is arguably Alberta’s most famous cured-meat company — distributed nationally — is shutting down in the face of ever-stringent Canadian Food Inspection Agency regulations and related expenses.

    Date Published: 
    18.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Calgary Sun
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 20th, 2012 - 1:40pm

    Sofia -- The Bulgarian Food Safety Agency seized 248,000 eggs from Poland at the end of last week. Half of them hold the respective stamps, while the other half do not. The eggs come from two farms in Poland, agency director Yordan Voynov said at a press conference on the occasion of the agency’s first anniversary, FOCUS News Agency reported.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    FOCUS
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 20th, 2012 - 1:39pm

    The Ministry of Health's Food Unit head, Samuela Bolalailai, said his office often received complaints from people on foreign objects in food. "Cigarette butts in bread, fishing hooks in fresh fish, hair strands and insects in cooked food in restaurants are common complaints received," he said.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Fiji Times Online
    Food Safety Policy  |  Comments
  • Posted: February 20th, 2012 - 1:38pm

    ABU DHABI -- Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority (ADFCA) conducted on Sunday the largest-ever inspection campaign in Abu Dhabi, encompassing 80 food establishments in Al Zayani area of Abu Dhabi in a single day.

    Date Published: 
    20.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    The Gulf Today
  • Posted: February 20th, 2012 - 1:38pm

    Abstract

    Date Published: 
    18.feb.12
    Source Title: 
    Food Control