The Food and Drug Administration is requesting 7.4 percent more for its budget for fiscal year 2025 than it received for the current year, which began on Oct. 1, 2023, and runs through Sept. 30
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Managing Editor Coral Beach is a print journalist with more than 30 years experience as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers, trade publications and freelance clients including the Kansas City Star, the Independence Examiner and Land Line Magazine. Before joining Food Safety News, Beach was a reporter for The Packer newspaper, an online and broadsheet trade publication covering the fresh produce industry in North America. During her time at The Packer, Beach specialized in food safety topics related to legislation, regulation, recalls and foodborne illness outbreaks. A Jayhawk by birth and education, Beach earned her bachelor’s of science in journalism from the University of Kansas.
FDA warns consumers to throw out certain ground cinnamon in wake of lead poisoning outbreak
In response to the problem with elevated levels of lead in cinnamon in children’s applesauce and recalls of products in the fall of 2023, the FDA initiated a review of ground cinnamon and has issued…
Continue Reading FDA warns consumers to throw out certain ground cinnamon in wake of lead poisoning outbreakFDA confirms contamination of children’s applesauce; theorizes it was intentional
The FDA has confirmed that lead chromate is the source of lead and chromium in cinnamon applesauce marketed for children and imported from Ecuador.
Leaders at the FDA continue to believe the contamination was intentional.…
Continue Reading FDA confirms contamination of children’s applesauce; theorizes it was intentionalRAW FARM lifts recall of unpasteurized cheese despite ongoing E. coli outbreak
The FDA and CDC continue investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to unpasteurized, raw milk cheese from RAW FARM LLC, formerly known as Organic Pasteurs.
As this investigation continues, the Food and…
Continue Reading RAW FARM lifts recall of unpasteurized cheese despite ongoing E. coli outbreakPatient count continues to grow in outbreak of lead poisoning traced to applesauce
More children have been identified as patients in an outbreak of lead poisonings traced to certain cinnamon applesauce products.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention there are now 468 patients spread across…
Continue Reading Patient count continues to grow in outbreak of lead poisoning traced to applesauceUSDA investigated six outbreaks in FY 2023; none resulted in recalls or public warnings
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has released its outbreak report for fiscal year 2023 and detailed the six investigations carried out during that time.
The report covers Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 2023…
Continue Reading USDA investigated six outbreaks in FY 2023; none resulted in recalls or public warningsFDA releases list showing hundreds of retailers that received tainted products
Hundreds of stores received more than 110 recalled products related to an outbreak of Listeria Monocytogenes linked to products from Rizo Lopez in Fresno, CA.
The Food and Drug Administration has published a list of…
Continue Reading FDA releases list showing hundreds of retailers that received tainted productsFDA reports on Salmonella outbreak linked to red onions
A recent report from the Food and Drug Administration has found that a sheep farm was likely a contributing factor in the contamination of onions.
The finding came when investigators searched for the cause of…
Continue Reading FDA reports on Salmonella outbreak linked to red onionsPatient count nears 90 in Salmonella outbreak linked to charcuterie meats
Forty more patients have been identified as part of a Salmonella outbreak linked to charcuterie meat products.
As of Feb. 15 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was reporting 87 patients across 30 states.
Continue Reading Patient count nears 90 in Salmonella outbreak linked to charcuterie meatsRaw Farm cheese linked to multi-state outbreak of E. coli infections
A new E. coli outbreak under investigation by federal officials has been traced to cheese produced by a dairy that has been linked to outbreaks and recalls in the past.
The Food and Drug Administration…
Continue Reading Raw Farm cheese linked to multi-state outbreak of E. coli infections