Organic food news

• Alice Cunningham: Food for Thought: What does World Food Day Look Like in 2030?

  19-10-2016 16:28
  
  If you're reading this, it's likely you've heard about the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. In 2015, nearly 200 world leaders committed to work toward 17 SDGs in a collective effort to end extreme poverty and achieve sustainable growth. In particular, Goal 2 has the laudable benchmark of ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture by 2030. Read more: Food, World Food Day, Sustainability, Agriculture, Shumei, Sdg, Sustainable De
  
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• Listeria patient dies; Foody World store remains closed

  19-10-2016 07:01 via feeds.lexblog.com
  
  A grocery store specializing in Asian food remains closed as Canadian officials continue to investigate a Listeria outbreak that has hospitalized at least six people, one of whom has died.
  Public health officials from Vancouver Coastal Health told CBC News on Monday that they had not yet determined if Listeria monocytogenes infection caused the death because the victim had other underlying serious health issues.
  The specific source of the Listeria contamination at Foody World in Richmond, Britis
  
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• Norovirus outbreak closes shellfish beds in Cape Cod town

  19-10-2016 07:00 via feeds.lexblog.com
  
  After receiving reports last week of about 75 norovirus cases, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries closed down shellfish beds in the Town of Wellfleet on Cape Cod.
  State food protection officials also notified businesses to recall any affected shellfish harvested in the area on or after Sept. 26, according to a public health advisory issued Oct. 13.
  The areas temporarily closed to shellfish harvesting are CCB11, CCB12, CCB13 and CCB14.
  
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• Center for Produce Safety reveals 10 research grants for 2016

  19-10-2016 07:00 via feeds.lexblog.com
  
  Ten of the good guys and gals in the battle to defeat foodborne illness just got $2 million from the Center for Produce Safety to help with seek-and-destroy efforts focused on pathogens’ pathways to people via produce.
  While fresh fruits and vegetables are undeniably vital for good health, many of them pose a greater risk for foodborne illness than other food groups — partly because they are often eaten raw.
  “Fruits and vegetables consumed raw are a particular concern,” a
  
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• Vast carbon residue of ocean life

  19-10-2016 01:41
  The oceans hold a vast reservoir -- 700 billion tons -- of carbon, dissolved in seawater as organic matter, often surviving for thousands of years after being produced by ocean life. Yet, little is known about how it is produced, or how it's being impacted by the many changes happening in the ocean.
  
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