Food Safety News Tue 10/6/2020

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Email not displaying properly? View it in your browser. Salmonella patient count up as outbreak traced to wood ear mushrooms continues By Coral Beach on Oct 06, 2020 12:06 am Federal officials continue to report new illnesses in a 10-state Salmonella outbreak linked to imported, contaminated wood ear mushrooms, also known as kikurage or black fungus. Officials reported yesterday there have been 43 patients confirmed in the outbreak, up from 41 in previous reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s epidemiologists and investigators... Continue Reading Botulism suspected as 35 sick in Italy By News Desk on Oct 06, 2020 12:05 am More than 30 people have needed hospital treatment in Italy for suspected botulism intoxication. The 35 patients seen at the emergency department of the Giglio Foundation hospital in Cefalù, a city in northern Sicily, had the same meal in a canteen. Currently, 24 patients are being looked after in three Sicilian hospitals with seven in... Continue Reading Finland records fewer outbreaks and people sick in 2019 By Joe Whitworth on Oct 06, 2020 12:03 am The number of people sick in foodborne outbreaks declined in 2019 compared to the year before, according to the Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto). A report on food safety in Finland has the results of regulatory control related to food safety, official controls and monitoring programs on food and feed, as well as research and risk... Continue Reading eFoodAlert publisher and food safety author publishing new book By Dan Flynn on Oct 06, 2020 12:01 am Retired food safely microbiologist and author Phyllis Entis, a long-time Food Safety News contributor and collaborator, is announcing the update of her 2007 book. “Tainted” is scheduled to be released in ebook and paperback editions on or about Dec. 2 this year. It is her third book, following “Food Safety: Old Habits, New Perspectives” and “Food... Continue Reading Iconic images used on recalled sanitizer; packaging looks like food By News Desk on Oct 05, 2020 08:31 pm In strong language the manufacturer of hand sanitizer is recalling products decorated with images of children’s toys because they can be mistaken for food. Consumers in the U.S. and Canada are urged to destroy the pouches. The recall notice did not specify what states, provinces or retailers received the recalled sanitizer. Ahstel Studios posted the... Continue Reading Seneca recalls apple chips for Salmonella risk in ingredient By News Desk on Oct 05, 2020 02:37 pm Seneca Snack Co. is recalling Seneca Cinnamon Apple Chips and Clancy’s Cinnamon Apple Chips because of possible Salmonella contamination. This recall is for Clancy’s product sold by ALDI and Seneca products sold through Amazon and Gemline. This recall was prompted after Seneca was notified by an ingredient supplier that one lot of ingredients containing cinnamon... Continue Reading Country Fresh expands Walmart cut fruit recall because of Listeria By News Desk on Oct 05, 2020 01:48 pm Country Fresh is extending their Oct. 2 recall of watermelon chunks to include various containers of “Freshness Guaranteed“ cut and/or sliced apples, grapes, mangos, pineapples, and cantaloupe sold at Walmart because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall affects product codes of items shipped directly to Walmarts in Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma,... Continue Reading