The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Long Phung Food Products, Houston, Texas recalled an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat pork products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes. These items were shipped to distributors and retail locations nationwide. The FSIS was notified on October 22, 2018, of a cluster of listeriosis illnesses that were closely related. FSIS determined that there is a link between the Listeria monocytogenes illnesses and ready-to-eat pork products produced by Long Phung Foods. The epidemiologic investigation identified a total of four listeriosis confirmed illnesses between July 1, 2017, and October 24, 2018. On November 19, 2018, whole genome sequencing of investigative samples collected from Long Phung showed that the samples were closely related genetically to Listeria monocytogenes from ill people. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-116-2018-release
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165368 C. Corporation, doing business as Long Phung Food Products, a Houston, Texas establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat pork products that may be adulterated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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CDC is advising U.S. consumers not eat any romaine lettuce, and retailers and restaurants not to serve or sell any, until we learn more about the new outbreak. As of November 20, 2018, 32 people infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli O157:H7 have been reported from 11 states (California, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York), with most cases (10) in California. Of 26 people with information available, 50% were hospitalized, including one person who developed hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure. No deaths have been reported. The Public Health of Canada has identified 18 ill people infected with the same DNA fingerprint of E. coli O157:H7 in two Canadian provinces: Ontario (2) and Quebec (15). Six individuals have been hospitalized, and one individual suffered from hemolytic-uremic syndrome (HUS). Most of the individuals who became sick in Ontario and Quebec reported eating romaine lettuce before their illnesses occurred. Individuals reported eating romaine lettuce at home, as well as in prepared salads purchased at grocery stores, or from menu items ordered at restaurants and fast food chains. @ https://ask-bioexpert.com/all/dont-eat-romaine-lettuce-due-to-e-coli-cdc-warns/
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Almost seven months after being nominated by President Trump, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry will finally conduct a public nomination hearing on Nov. 28 for Mindy Brashears to become USDA’s under secretary for food safety. The hearing on Nov. 28, might lead to a confirmation in mid-December, finally filling the position after five years since someone has been in the Under Secretary for Food Safety job. The Senate will focus on Brashears and two other Trump appointees who are up for top USDA jobs. The other two are Naomi Earp who is nominated as assistant secretary of agriculture for civil rights, and Scott Hutchins as under secretary of agriculture for research, education, and economics. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue has urged the Senate to confirm all of the USDA nominees. The Secretary of Agriculture and 12 other top jobs at USDA require both a Presidential nomination and Senate confirmation. The Senate has only confirmed seven of USDA’s top 13 posts. Observers say Senate Democrats have worked to delay confirmation of Trump appointments. The process can be slowed down if senators demand the maximum time for floor debate before votes occur. According to the Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service, the Senate has confirmed only 377 of 702 “key” presidential appointees. Currently, 182 Trump appointees are waiting for a Senate confirmation vote. The president has not yet nominated people for 134 of the “key” jobs. @ https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2018/11/senate-finally-moves-to-fill-usdas-long-vacate-top-food-safety-post/
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry will finally conduct a public nomination hearing on Nov. 28 for Mindy Brashears to become USDA’
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced that Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC, a Barron, Wisconsin recalled ~147,276 pounds of raw ground turkey products that may be associated with the illness outbreak of Salmonella Reading, reported earlier. The products were shipped to retail locations nationwide. FSIS, and its public health partners, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Arizona Department of Health Services, has been conducting traceback activities for a sample of Jennie-O brand ground turkey in an intact, unopened package from a case-patient’s home. The patient tested positive for Salmonella Reading and the sample from the ground turkey matches the outbreak strain. FSIS, the CDC, and state public health and agriculture partners have been working together on an illness cluster involving 164 case-patients in 35 states. Patients have reported eating different types and brands of turkey products purchased from many different stores, handling raw turkey pet food and/or raw turkey, or working with live turkeys or living with someone who handled live turkeys. @ https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-112-2018-release
Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC, a Barron, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 91,388 pounds of raw ground turkey products that may be associated with an illness outbreak of Salmonella Reading.