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Georgia Food Manufacturers Not Following ‘Red Flag’ Reporting Law: Audit

Food manufacturers in Georgia may be dodging a first-of-its-kind law requiring that they inform state food inspectors when their products test positive for contamination, according to an audit of the state’s food inspection service. An audit released this summer offers …

HCC Specialty Offers Excess Product Contamination Coverage

HCC Specialty’s Crisis Management Division will begin offering excess product contamination limits for large U.S. food and beverage companies. The company’s “Super Excess” facility will allow the company to participate on an excess basis on high-limit layered programs for which …

Death Toll from U.S. Cantaloupe Listeria Outbreak Rises to 28

The death toll linked to listeria-contaminated cantaloupes in the United States has climbed to 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday. Whole or pre-cut Rocky Ford-brand cantaloupe from Colorado-based Jensen Farms have been traced as the cause …