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Food Safety Agencies Face Questions Over Conflicting Outbreak Naming
Original: Weekend Wrap-Up: FSIS Named Trader Joe’s Wraps in an Email to a Reporter While Its Table Still Calls the Product a Suspect. FDA’s Enforcement Report Named the Seed Company Its Advisory Still Calls the Seed Supplier. Virginia Counts 55 Oyster Illnesse
Food safety watchdogs are facing criticism over inconsistent communication during ongoing outbreak investigations. The USDA's FSIS identified Trader Joe's wraps in an email to a reporter while its public table still lists the product only as a suspect. Similarly, the FDA's enforcement report named a seed company that its advisory continues to describe only as the seed supplier. Virginia has also reported 55 illnesses linked to oysters.
Why now: People are talking about the gap between what regulators say privately and what they publish during active foodborne illness investigations.
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