Nearly 1 million bottles of wine sold at Costco stores are being recalled after reports of the bottles shattering, leading to at least one laceration injury, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC).
F&F Fine Wines International Inc. has received 10 reports of the bottles shattering or breaking…
Continue Reading Kirkland Signature wine sold at Costco stores recalled because of shattering bottles; injury reportedThe Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Campylobacter infections linked to unpasteurized, raw milk.
The department has not named a specific dairy but has issued a general warning about the dangers of raw milk. The department said the implicated raw milk is from a common source…
Continue Reading Outbreak of Campylobacter infections traced to raw milk in IllinoisThe FDA has expanded its investigation into an outbreak of Salmonella Richmond illnesses to include Africa Imports moringa powder supplement.
The agency already named Maker’s Mark moringa summlements marketed at Sam’s Club stores as a cause of the outbreak. The Food and Drug Administration has identified a single lot —…
Continue Reading More moringa powder linked to outbreak of Salmonella infectionsThe FDA has updated its public alert about cinnamon with an additional product, Venzu Traders cinnamon (dalchini) powder, that contains elevated levels of lead.
The Food and Drug Administration collected samples of the product at a retail establishment and tested it for lead levels. The Venzu Traders cinnamon is the…
Continue Reading More cinnamon added to FDA’s public alert because of elevated levels of leadState-inspected meat and poultry sold on the internet could soon be crossing state lines, as the federal government embraces “direct to consumer” sales.
Direct-to-consumer sales are favored by the nascent “Food Freedom” movement for reducing food safety concerns. Many state and local statutes use the technique in scaling back food…
Continue Reading GOP senators want to allow direct sales of state-inspected meat and poultry on the webAll 10 defendants in the Brazilian Backer beer trial have been acquitted.
In a Belo Horizonte court, Judge Alexandre Magno de Resende Oliveira said the accused were acquitted because of a lack of evidence.
An indictment by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Minas Gerais (MPMG) charged the defendants with responsibility…
Continue Reading Defendants cleared in beer contamination caseThe Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications…
Continue Reading FDA increases scrutiny of imported seafood, papaya, candy and moreThe annual report of a system that helps ensure safe trade involving Europe has revealed the scale and reasons for rejected shipments.
TRACES is the online platform of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG Sante) in the European Commission, used for sanitary, phytosanitary and food safety certification. 2024…
Continue Reading EU publishes annual report on food trade platformJFE Franchising Inc. of Houston, TX, is recalling peach salsa products containing California-grown yellow and white peaches because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
This action is in response to the Oct. 29 recall issued by Moonlight Companies, whose peaches were supplied to retailer partners, used as ingredients in…
Continue Reading Peach salsa recalled from Kroger stores because of Listeria contaminationThe USDA’s first and only inspection grant is complete for a large-scale cultivated meat factory in North Carolina, that’s ready to open.
Along with a USDA blessing for the company’s product label, Believer Meats now has all the approvals it needs to produce and sell its cell-cultured product in the…
Continue Reading Factory producing cell-cultured chicken about to start production in North Carolina









