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NEWS SCAN: Campylobacter linked to raw milk, ground beef consumption, ESBL E coli exposure, H5N1 in India

 

NEWS SCAN: H5N1 invasion of CNS, low-path H5 in Australia, viral co-evolution, E coli O104 in Turkey

Jan 27, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: 'Downer' law overturned, California pertussis progress

Jan 24, 2012

 

NEWS SCAN: Salmonella in Mexican food and in tomatoes, anti-infective shortages

Jan 20, 2012

 

USDA: Poultry inspection shift will boost safety, save money

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a plan today to spend less time visually inspecting poultry carcasses and more time checking other safety variables, saying this will simultaneously improve food safety and save money for taxpayers and poultry companies.

Robert Roos
 

Training gaps cited in update on lab-linked Salmonella outbreak

(CIDRAP News) – Gaps in biosafety training likely played a role in a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to lab exposure that sickened 109 people in 38 states, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said yesterday.

Lisa Schnirring

NEWS SCAN: Chicken-liver Salmonella wrap-up, drug-resistant TB terms, ameba moves north

Jan 12, 2012

 

Auditor gave cantaloupe farm high marks before Listeria outbreak

(CIDRAP News) – A private food-safety auditor gave Jensen Farms in Colorado a "superior" rating a few weeks before cantaloupes from the farm were linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak, according to a report from a US House committee.

Robert Roos
 

USDA to trim food safety offices in economy move

(CIDRAP News) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) plans to close five of its 15 district Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) offices to save money and boost efficiency, a move that officials said will not impair meat and poultry plant inspections.

Robert Roos
 

NEWS SCAN: Salmonella outbreak update, drug supply security, rotavirus vaccine safety

 

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