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FoodNet Shares Lessons From More Than a Decade of Data

5/11/2012

FoodSafetyNews.com

Numbers are usually called trends after a year. After more than a decade, numbers can point up real problems or they just become more interesting.

That may be why FoodNet, the collaborative 10-state surveillance program, took a step back from its annual "Vital Signs" report to fill an entire supplemental issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases to examine more than a decade's worth of data.

Like its last annual report, the supplemental also finds Salmonella to be on fire in the U.S.

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10 Infected with Campylobacter from Raw Milk in California

5/11/2012

FoodSafetyNews.com

At least 10 people infected with Campylobacter in California reported drinking Organic Pastures raw milk prior to becoming ill, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) said Thursday.

Raw milk, raw skim milk (non-fat), raw cream and raw butter produced by the Fresno County dairy have been recalled and are subject to a quarantine order imposed by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Whiteford.

Whiteford issued the quarantine order after Campylobacter was detected in Organic Pastures raw cream, according to a news release.

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Hepatitis A Alert for Restaurant Diners in Indiana

5/11/2012

FoodSafetyNews.com

People who ate at the Lone Star Restaurant in Evansville, IN from April 27 to May 3, 2012 may have been exposed to the hepatitis A virus, according to a news release Thursday from the Vanderburgh County Health Department.

County officials said they are working with the Indiana State Department of Health in investigating a case of hepatitis A in a food worker at the restaurant, which is located in the Eastland Plaza Shopping Center in Evansville.

"We've been in contact with Lone Star and we wanted to let people know that they may have been exposed," Dr. Ray Nicholson, Health Officer for the Health Department, wrote in the prepared statement.

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Consumers Trust Food Biotechnology, Food Safety, Survey Finds

5/11/2012

FoodSafetyNews.com

While criticism of genetically modified foods has received widespread media attention in the past few years, consumers remain generally supportive of food biotechnology, according to an industry-funded survey released Thursday.

The evaluation - conducted by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) - found that 38 percent of consumers have a somewhat or very favorable opinion towards plant biotechnology, up from 32 percent in 2010. A smaller 26 percent were neither favorable nor unfavorable, and 20 percent were either somewhat or very unfavorable.

The majority of the consumers also found no need to change the way foods produced with biotechnology are labeled. Current FDA standards require that only changes to nutritional content or composition of a food or a food safety issue must be identified on packaging.

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Jonlly Fruits Inc. Issues Allergy Alert On Undeclared Allergens In Several Products

5/11/2012

US Food & Drug Administration

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - May 10, 2012 - Jonlly Fruits Inc., Bayamón, PR, is alerting consumers about their brands Jonlly Fruit and Natural Tropic: China (Orange), Acerola (Wild Cherry), Uva (Grape), Parcha (Passion Fruit), Fruta (Fruit Punch), Limón (Lemon), Toronja (Grapefruit), Guava-Piña (Guava-Pineapple), Guanábana (Soursop), China Light (Orange Light), Mandarin (Mandarina), and China-Zanahoria (Orange-Carrot) because it may contain undeclared sodium caseinate (a milk derivative). People who are allergic or are severely sensitive to milk run the risk of a serious or a life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.

Jonlly Fruits and Natural Tropic brand beverages were distributed through supermarkets, bakeries and retails stores throughout the island. The products are coded with expiration dates from March 1, 2012 to July 2, 2012 and were packed in plastic containers (1 gal) and bottles (64 oz).

The recall was initiated after it was discovered during an FDA inspection that products were distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of milk derivative ingredient. The formulation was adjusted to eliminate the use of the ingredient and provisional labels declaring the allergens were prepared to re-label products already available for distribution.

For the complete recall notice, please visit http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm303832.htm?source=govdelivery

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