OPINION — By Darin Detwiler

“The 2015 sentencing of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) executives was a seismic event in the food industry — a moment many believed would usher in a new era of corporate accountability in food safety. A decade later, I asked a variety of food safety experts: ‘Did it?’”

The contamination of shipping containers with radioactive material that has resulted in several recalls of frozen shrimp has been traced to an accident in Indonesia.

Danish public health officials have reported two outbreaks and a general increase in Campylobacter cases.

Since July, two outbreaks of Campylobacter jejuni have been registered at the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). Half of the patients in both outbreaks have been hospitalized.

Chinese scientists have investigated the presence of a rare but dangerous bacteria in mushroom products.

Burkholderia gladioli pathovar cocovenenans can cause lethal poisoning. Most cases have been reported in China, primarily from fermented cereal products.