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Heavily Infested Warehouse Raided
On April 12, a warehouse in Ridgewood, New York was under the raid of US Marshals after the FDA reported that it was heavily infested with rodents. The warehouse is used for the manufacture and distribution of kosher food products. The seizure of the warehouse, which is currently under the ownership of V.I.P. foods, was…
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Selecting the Right Supplier
The process of food manufacturing has undergone tremendous changes. If compared to the operations of twenty years ago, one would notice a 360-degree transformation. Those same changes have affected how manufacturers choose their suppliers. Twenty years ago, one would choose a supplier based on simple factors such as location, the price they put at the…
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Organic Juices Recalled for Patulin Mold
Two store brands of organic juices were recalled last week by a grocery store in uptown New York. The recall occurred after it was realized that the juices were contaminated with mycotoxins. Mycotoxins are a natural chemical that are produced by fungi, for example mushrooms or even mold, such as the green mold that grows…
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Virus Created to Inhibit Housefly Reproduction
Experimental research is currently on-going to come up with a virus that inhibits the reproduction rate among germ-carrying, bacteria–spreading houseflies. Scientists at the USDA are currently looking into the salivary gland hypertrophy virus, which when it infects female houseflies they cannot lay eggs while the male flies cannot mate. By curbing their reproduction rate, the…
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The Germiest Items in Your Household
A recent list published by NSF International, contained information stating that kitchen appliances are most notorious for harboring germs. According to the study they carried out, the ‘germiest’ of all tools in the kitchen were the can opener, vegetable and meat trays, the rubber spatulas and the blender. They are definitely not the first appliances…
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Food Safety Among Farmer’s Markets
At the University of Vermont Londa Nwadike, a food safety expert, recently held a webinar discussing concerns about food safety among vendors at food markets, as well as managers. The discussion was quickly steered to focus on food safety as an advertising tool for farmers, as she stressed the fact that no service provider wants…
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Cucumber Related Food-Borne Outbreaks
According to a report issued by the CDC, the Salmonella Saintpaul (as it is referred to) has infected a total of 73 people from 18 states, with the state majorly affected being Wisconsin. Of the people infected with the strain, 27% are in hospital and luckily no one has succumbed to the salmonella related illness.…
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Antibiotics Report from EWG
In a recent report released by the EWG (Environmental Working Group) it was revealed that farmers’ antibiotics in animal feed was blamed for the rise of bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics. However, they left out the key issues concerning food safety that warrant the use of the antibiotics in the feed, in the first…
