Grand International Import & Export Inc. is recalling enoki mushrooms in Canada because government testing showed them to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The Mount Kumgang brand enoki mushrooms were sold in Alberta and British Columbia. The recalled mushrooms are sold in 200-gram clear plastic bags with green borders.

Consumers…

County health officials said Friday they are investigating a report of a hepatitis A infection in a worker at Tam O’Shanter restaurant in the Atwater Village area in Los Angeles, and warned residents of possible exposure.

No other hepatitis cases associated with the restaurant employee have been identified, according to…

Federal and state officials are investigating an outbreak of infant botulism traced to ByHeart brand formula powder.

As of Nov. 8, there were 13 confirmed patients across 10 states: Arizona, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington. No death have been reported as yet.

The…

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…

The 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…

The 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 —…

The 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…

State-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…

All 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…

The 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 to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.

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