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Food
Safety at a
Glance February 4,
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Rhode
Island Firm Expands Recall Of Italian Sausage Products
Due To Possible Salmonella
Contamination
Daniele
International Inc., an establishment with operations in
Pascoag and
Mapleville, R.I., is expanding its
January 23 recall to include
approximately 17,235
pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) varieties of
Italian
sausage products, including salami/salame,
that may be contaminated with
Salmonella, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and
Inspection
Service (FSIS) announced today.
FDA
Statement on the Investigation into the Salmonella
Montevideo Outbreak
Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:12:00
-0600
The Food and Drug Administration, along
with the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is
working
closely with the Rhode Island Department of
Health and other states in the
investigation of an
outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infection
associated
with certain salami products
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 FDA Statement on the Investigation
into the Salmonella Montevideo
OutbreakThe Food and Drug Administration, along with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, is working closely with the
Rhode Island Department of Health and other states in
the investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella
Montevideo infection associated with certain salami
products.
The CDC reports that 202 people have been
infected with a matching strain of Salmonella Montevideo
in at least 42 states and the District of Columbia.
Recently, the CDC and public health officials in
multiple states conducted an epidemiologic study by
comparing foods eaten by 41 ill and 41 well persons.
Preliminary analysis of this study has suggested
pepper-coated salami as a possible source of illness: http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/montevideo/index.html.
On
Jan. 23, 2010, Daniele International Inc. recalled
ready-to-eat varieties of Italian sausage products,
including salami, which is regulated by the USDA: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/News_&_Events/Recall_006_2010_Release/index.asp.
The recalled meat products have an extended shelf life
up to one year.
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 Revised Risk Assessment Methods for
Workers, Children of Workers in Agricultural Fields, and
Pesticides with No Food
Uses
See link for
document: http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/health/revisedRAmethods.pdf
Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of
Pesticide
Programs Source:
Federal Register: December 9, 2009 (Volume 74, Number
235)
Comments Due By: April
12, 2010
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Peanut
Outlook: Impacts of the 2008-09 Foodborne Illness
Outbreak Linked to Salmonella in
Peanuts
Organization: USDA Economic
Research Service (ERS)
Source: Outlook Report
No. (OCS-10a-01) 18 pp, February 2010
The 2009 foodborne illness outbreak linked to
Salmonella in peanut products resulted in one of the
largest food safety recalls ever in the United States.
The source of the outbreak handled a small share of the
U.S. peanut supply, but the scope of the recalls was
magnified because the peanut products were used as
ingredients in more than 3,900 products. Consumer
purchases of peanut-containing products initially slowed
during the recalls, but retail purchases soon returned
to normal and peanut processing held steady. The recalls
do not appear to have had a lasting impact on peanut
demand and production
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