As Americans become more reliant on imported food — in the past ten years the percent of domestic consumption jumped from 9 to 17 percent — food safety practices overseas are of increasing concern. According
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FDA Adds Mangoes Tied to Salmonella Outbreak to Import Alert List
Mangoes from Mexico linked to a nationwide Salmonella outbreak have been added to the federal import alert list – meaning that districts can detain them without inspection. Mangoes produced by Sinaloa, MX-based Agricola Daniella and…
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China Sneaks its Chicken in on Man’s Best Friend
The Chinese chicken saga continues… On July 18, I attended a meeting at the USDA to get an update on the status of poultry exports to the U.S. from the People’s Republic of China. When…
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California Company Will Keep Seafood Off Market
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says a California seafood importer and processor has agreed to shut down its operations while it corrects conditions in its processing facility, which is alleged to be contaminated with…
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Audit Finds Lapses in FDA Imported Food Recalls
Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have made some serious missteps trying to keep potentially hazardous imported food off the market, according to a new government audit.
The FDA did not always follow…
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FDA Unveils Strategy for Monitoring Imports
From tainted vegetable protein and pet food to peppers contaminated with Salmonella, unsafe food imports have posed a problem for the United States and the FDA, which has been able to inspect only about 1…
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New NOAA Policies Promote Domestic Aquaculture
The federal government is adopting new policies aimed at boosting aquaculture production in the U.S. at a time when Americans are eating more imported seafood than ever.
Foreign aquaculture accounts for around half of the…
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FDA: No Recent German Sprouts to U.S.
As the mysterious E. coli outbreak continues to unfold in Germany, U.S. public health officials are boosting surveillance of produce from Germany and Spain. Fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce remain suspects for the cause of…
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Canada Warns of Juice Imports with Phthalates
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public about the possibility of Di-Ethyl Hexyl Phthalate (DEHP) being added to certain foods and beverages imported from Taiwan.
Phthalates are a family of chemicals commonly…
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More Funding Pushed for FDA Seafood Oversight
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) Tuesday renewed her pledge to fight for more food safety funding after a new report found serious gaps in imported seafood oversight.
Monday, the Government Accountability Office released a 50-page report…
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