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Attached is the Silliker Information
Update
In this issue:
1.0 FOOD SAFETY & SCIENCE NEWS
Codex adopts new food safety standards
BSE confirmed in Canadian dairy cow
2.0
INDUSTRY NEWS
2.1 BUSINESS BRIEFS
Campbell Soup / Premier Foods / Danone /
Tyson / Kraft / Saputo / McCain
2.2 DAIRY
Campylobacter outbreak linked to
unpasteurized cheese curds
Soluble fiber may supplement nutritional
content of cheese
Nestlé selects Indiana for new facility
2.3 MEAT & POULTRY
ConAgra seeks alternative slaughter
method for poultry
2.4 PRODUCE
New packaging to extend shelf-life of
fresh-cut produce
Food safety guidelines issued for fresh
tomato supply chain
CFIA issues cantaloupe safety guidelines
3.0
REGULATORY UPDATE
Korea to form new food safety agency
FSIS amends suitable ingredient list
4.0
RECALLS & ALERTS
Recall notices for EU, US
5.0
CURRENT LITERATURE
Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in
butter
Consumer handling practices regarding
Listeria in frankfurters
Microbiological profiles of Greek table
olives
Quantification of GMOs in processed
foods
6.0 ENDNOTES
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