Scottish officials are investigating a number of recent E. coli infections that have affected children.
E. coli O157 has sickened an unrevealed number of young people in the East Lothian area of Scotland.
A multi-agency
Continue Reading Children sick in Scottish E. coli outbreak
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by The Regulatory Review and is republished here with permission.
Insurance underwriters can help farmers manage the risk of microbial contamination in their fields.
Foodborne illness is a
Continue Reading Using insurance to regulate food safety and save growers from rainy days
Lyons Magnus has announced that following continued collaboration and consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Company is expanding its July 28, 2022, recall of nutritional and beverage products because of potential microbial
Continue Reading Lyons Magnus expands recall of Oatly, Stumptown and other beverages over microbial contamination
After just five days of trial testimony, the United States v Paul Kruse is now in the hands of a Texas jury.
Trial testimony in the federal court of the Western District Court in Austin
Continue Reading Jury deliberates over charges against Paul Kruse in Blue Bell criminal case
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) renewed a cooperative agreement with a formal signing on Aug.1.
The FSIS workforce is viewed as critical
Continue Reading USDA gets employee safety training and OSHA gets access to food facilities under new MOU
Researchers have detailed the first widespread Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry in Australia.
Between May and August 2020, an outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infection was investigated. In total, 38 cases with an age range of less than
Continue Reading Poultry contact behind Australian Salmonella outbreak; median age of 5 reported
Federal officials report that the number of patients in an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite have increased by more than a dozen in the past week.
The Food and Drug Administration says there
Continue Reading Cyclospora patient count grows in outbreak of unknown origin
Public health officials in Michigan are warning residents of rising cases of E. coli infections.
Officials in Ottawa County report that they are tracking nine cases of Shiga-toxin producing E. coli. Four patients have been
Continue Reading Michigan tracking E. coli cases
Any hope that the U.S. Senate would confirm Jose Emilio Esteban as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety before the late summer break is gone.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry has not
Continue Reading Senate sits on Esteban nomination as USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety
The jury continues to hear witnesses at the trial of retired Blue Bell president Paul Kruse while behind-the-scenes work continues on the instructions they’ll get before deliberations.
Jury instructions continue to be a work-in-progress as
Continue Reading Jury instructions are important in Kruse’s trial as the law gets applied to the facts in Blue Bell case