The CFIA is preparing a draft regulation requiring importers of romaine from California’s Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito and Monterey counties to provide a certificate of analysis for each shipment to demonstrate that the product does not contain detectable levels of E. coli O157:H7. The CFIA draft regulation said the measure will be in effect from Oct. 5 to Dec. 31. The announcement caught the industry by surprise. The measures are new temporary and preventative in nature and not in response to any current E. coli contamination.“While we recognize and share government’s commitment to ensuring the safety of Canada’s food supply, these measures were developed without consultation, are not achievable in the timeframe provided, and are resulting in significant impacts on Canadian industry and consumers and, of course, on the entire romaine growing community in the affected U.S. counties,” Proctor (VP of policy and issue management at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association) said. Many organization related to the produce industry have major concerns related to the regulation, especially about publishing it 8 days before it goes into effect. @ https://www.thepacker.com/article/surprise-canadian-plan-romaine-import-requirements-raises-alarm
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Rhode Island consumers are urged to avoid consuming any juices, smoothies, or sea moss gel bought from Health is Wealth Nutrition Center in Cranston, RI. Inappropriate processing and storage control of the products could lead to the presence of Botulism in the products. Defective processing could allow Clostridium botulinum to survive. The following products are under investigation: Health is Wealth Sea Moss drink: Sold in 12 and 16oz containers in a variety of flavors including blackberry, fruit punch, soursop guanabana, strawberry, passion fruit, pineapple, mango, guava guayaba, and tamarind.
Health is Wealth Sea Moss smoothie: Sold in 12 and 16oz containers. Flavors include pina coloda, peanut punch, soursop/guanabana, cinnamon vanilla, and mango. Health is Wealth Sea Moss gel: Sold in 16oz containers in flavors such as sea moss bladderwrack aloe vera gel, sea moss bladderwrack gel, and sea moss gel. Health is Wealth Sea Moss protein shakes: Sold in 12 and 16 oz sizes in flavors including peanut and cinnamon.@ https://patch.com/rhode-island/cranston/cranston-nutrition-drinks-recalled-over-botulism-concerns
Certain smoothies, juices and other products are being investigated over concerns of improper handling.
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A study led by Nikhil Malvankar, an assistant professor at Yale University’s Microbial Science Institute in Connecticut, found that Geobacter – a ubiquitous, groundwater-dwelling bacteria “inhale” organic waste and “exhale” electrons, generating a small electric current in the process. Geobacter breathes through a “snorkel” that is called a nanowire. Though these tiny, conductive filaments are 100,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, they can shuttle electrons hundreds to thousands of times the length of an individual Geobacter microbe’s body. The study published August 17 in the journal Nature Chemical Biology, Malvankar and his colleagues has figured out how to combine that energy into a potent, microbial power grid. The study had uncovered the “secret molecule” that allows Geobacter to breathe over tremendously long distances previously unseen in bacteria. Stimulated by the electric field, the microbes assemble into dense biofilm interlinked piles of hundreds of individual microbes, moving electrons through a single shared network. When stimulated by an electric field, Geobacter produces a previously unknown nanowire made of a protein called OmcZ. It was known that bacteria could make electricity, but nobody knew the molecular structure, and this study found it. With this new research, scientists now know how to manipulate microbial nanowires to make them stronger and more conductive. @ https://www.sciencealert.com/bacteria-in-mud-breathe-through-giant-snorkels-that-conduct-electricity/amp
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The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said that JBS Food Canada recalls Provigo brand ground beef products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157 contamination. The products have been sold at Provigo Hull, 1 du Plateau, Gatineau, Quebec. The recalled products include the company triggered Provigo brand Medium ground beef club pack in variable sizes, Provigo Lean ground beef fresh club packs in various sizes, This recall. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a food safety investigation. There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of these products. @ https://www.inspection.gc.ca/food-recall-warnings-and-allergy-alerts/2020-09-27/eng/1601246978544/1601246984482
JBS Food Canada is recalling Provigo brand ground beef products from the marketplace due to possible E. coli O157 contamination.