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... consumption of food contaminated with salmonella can cause salmonellosis, one of the most common bacterial food borne illnesses ... giant food has received no reports of illness associated with consumption of this product till date

... health officials say americans suffered a bit less food poisoning last year ... but overall food poisoning rates have been flat now for more than five years ... rates of food-borne illnesses fell more dramatically from the mid-1990s until the early 2000s

... this is the second product contamination by salmonella this week, with supplies of hydrolysed vegetable protein (hpv), manufactured by basic food flavors inc, testing positive to the bacteria ... the fda expects that this risk profile will provide vital information to risk management decision-makers and will help them determine the best way mitigate food-borne illness issues associated with spices ... salmonella is one of the most serious food-borne illnesses, capable of causing serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems

... congressional investigators say the food and drug administration should pay more attention to the safety of some food ingredients, including one involved in a widespread recall this week ... story continues below ↓ advertisement | your ad here dap('&pg=nbcmsh&ap=1089','300','250'); other substances "generally recognized as safe" include salt, trans fats found in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils, spices, artificial flavors, emulsifiers, binders, vitamins, minerals and preservatives intended to enhance a food's taste, texture, nutritional content or shelf life, according to the report, which notes increasing public concern about salt and trans fat ... click for related content search the database for recalled products the recall involves hydrolyzed vegetable protein made by las vegas-based basic food flavors inc ... no illnesses or deaths have been reported ... click for related content fda orders widespread food recall food-borne illnesses cost u

... experts from unilever, the food standards authority (fsa), national center for food safety and technology (ncfst) have mapped out future threats to food safety and strategies to tackle them in a new study ... writing in the international journal of food microbiology, scientists from both sides of the atlantic pulled together their expertise to give an overview of the trends in technology, consumption, and trade that are likely to affect the prevalence of food-borne illness in the coming year ... the researchers concluded that the most important factors set to increase the burden of food-borne disease in the next few decades are increased global demand for food, international trade, and greater consumption of high-value foods like meat and poultry and fresh produce ... risk factors the study authors wrote: “overall, increased consumption of certain food commodities known to be associated with food borne microbial harzards will increase food borne illness with a reasonably high degree of certainty ... ” increased demand for refrigerated foods and extended shelf life products, fueled by greater desire for convenience, was also identified as a potential threat to food safety ... with the risk of food borne illnesses expected to rise, the authors set out the policies and tools needed to contain food safety threats ... here, the scientists said the ability to first detect and investigate a food safety issue and then to develop effective control measures is crucial

... the canadian food safety system is a fragmented patchwork of regional structures that has failed to keep pace with advances in knowledge, according to research published this week ... problems in the country’s food safety system are “deeply rooted”, while the government has been slow to learn a number of lessons, said richard holley in the canadian medical association journal (cmaj) ... surveillance of food-borne illnesses the study points out that there is no national surveillance programme for the estimated 11 million cases of food-borne illnesses annually in the country ... the country’s food safety system, which is operated by three levels of government, needs to be more proactive and manage prioritised risk ... methods to collect information on food vehicles and agents responsible for food outbreaks should be introduced to match those in europe, the united states and australia ... food inspection the study highlights the difference in standards between national, provincial and municipal governments as a cause for concern ... the national body, the canadian food inspection agency (cfia), is responsible for overseeing the registering of food processing facilities whose goods are traded between provinces, imported or exported ... food service organisations operate within a third tier, with each province and department having their own staff and sometimes practices ... quality versus quantity canada’s size, regional differences in population densities and varying levels of infrastructure “complicate” the country’s ability to implements a uniform food safety programme ... the paper raises the issue that food safety inspection is not just about the number of visits carried out but about their quality ... “the rigor of food inspection and surveillance for food –borne illness are linked,” said the study ... “smarter inspection will improve food safety in canada ” by richard a holley phd cmaj 2010

... elanco has announced plans to launch a food safety division focused on the meat and poultry sectors in response to heightened concerns over foodborne pathogens ... the us-based company said its elanco food solutions will work to develop new technologies for meat packing and processing plants ... the unit will look at ways of helping those in the food chain tackle foodborne pathogens such as e ... elanco, a major player in the animal health segment, admitted there was no magic bullet on addressing the problem of food contamination in the meat industry ... “consumers have high expectations for their food to be safe, so elanco food solutions is providing technologies to reduce food-borne pathogens in packing and processing plants,” said k ... douglas miller, phd, director of elanco food solutions ... ” the company said it would introduce a number of food safety technologies for beef and poultry packers and processors “in the coming months” ... major political issue its announcement comes as food safety has becomes a major political issue in the us and the reputation of the nation’s meat industry has come under scrutiny in the face of a near constant stream of product recalls ... food-borne illnesses cost the us between $5 billion and $22 billion annually, with salmonella and e ... in line with the increased concerns and heightened regulation over the past few years, food safety has become a growth market ... rival company neogen reported last month that its food safety business had driven an 18-per-cent growth in its q2 revenue to $4 ... financial consultants deloitte also said in a recent report that food safety would be a major engine for growth ... benchmarking in its announcement this week, elanco said it will also offer a proprietary benchmarking system - known as food safety knowledge solutions - that uses statistical process control methodology to help packers and processors manage pathogen control systems

... 1 on the list of consumers most memorable food stories in 2009, while childhood obesity took the no ... according to the survey, the issue of food safety was the biggest story of the year—from e ... coli in ground beef to salmonella poisoning in nuts, thousands of americans have been sickened, prompting food recalls of everything from baby food to green onions ... the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc) estimates 76 million cases of food borne illnesses occur annually in the united states; more than 300,000 persons are hospitalized and 5,000 die ... when americans were asked to recall the top food stories of the decade, nutritional concerns and food safety garnered the top spots ... the ftc and the department of health and human services (hhs) continue to urge food companies to develop products that are more nutritious and to review and revise their marketing practices

... in another step to boost food and product safety in the united states, the u ... food and drug administration (fda) opened its mexico city post on dec ... these collaborations will include, for example, information-sharing on the respective regulatory systems and joint workshops on the safety of food and medical products ... agencies in both governments also will make efforts to find opportunities for joint training on food-borne illnesses and the oversight of food traded internationally

... the use of bisphenol a (bpa) in can linings is both safe and vital for food protection, a host of industry bodies and companies have said in rejecting the conclusions of a report calling for a ban on the chemical ... the north american metal packaging alliance (nampa), the american chemistry council (acc), as well as food giants such as del monte, campbell and general mills have dismissed a study by the us-based consumer union that claimed potentially hazardous levels of bpa were leaching into foods from the epoxy linings of cans ... regulatory approval all the groups and firms, including del monte foods, emphasised that bpa has been confirmed as safe for use in food contact materials by the world’s major regulatory agencies – the us food and drug administration (fda) and the european food safety authority (efsa) among them ... both efsa and the uk food standards agency told foodproductiondaily ... food safety industry opinion was also united in stressing that all food contact materials, including epoxy can linings, met current rules as laid down by the fda ... they also said that use of bpa-based linings actually enhanced food safety and extended product shelf life ... "bpa-based epoxy coatings in metal packaging provide real, important and measurable health benefits by reducing the potential for the serious and often deadly effects from food-borne illnesses,” said nampa chairman dr john rost ... he added: “this packaging enables the high temperature sterilisation of food products when initially packaged and continuously protect against microbial contaminants ... according to fda records, there has not been an incidence of food-borne illness resulting from a failure of metal packaging in the u ... “any prospective new coating will take between two and three years to qualify, due to the shelf life of the food products these coatings interact with and protect