The Northwest Food Sanitation Workshop addresses basic sanitation as well as cutting edge issues related to food sanitation and food safety. Topics having broad interest are covered in the general sessions. More specific subjects are discussed in small breakout sessions. The event is co-sponsored by Washington State University Extension, the Northwest Food Processors Association, Oregon State University Extension Service and the University of Idaho Extension System. For more information or to register, visit http://ext.wsu.edu/foodsanitation/index.html.
The News Desk team at Food Safety News covers breaking developments, regulatory updates, recalls, and key topics shaping food safety today. These articles are produced collaboratively by our editorial staff.
The 2-year-old petition from Animal Partisan to the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), calling upon the agency to share its federal jurisdiction over animal abuse with state
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.
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The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has updated its public calendar to provide information about its meetings in March and April.
It lists meetings held by the
IAEA and FAO are to hold an event next year focusing on the use of nuclear technologies for food safety.
The International Symposium on Food Safety and Control will take
A company in England has been fined for labeling foods with false use-by and packing dates.
Gradegold Catering Limited, based in Greenford, supplies ready-to-eat fruit and vegetables to trade customers,
Four varieties of Pillsbury brand pizza pops are under recall in Canada because of contamination with E. coli. The products are associated with an ongoing outbreak of E. coli infections.
Direct Source Seafood LLC, of Bellevue, WA, is recalling 83,800 bags of frozen raw shrimp, imported from Indonesia, sold under the Market 32 and Waterfront Bistro brands because they
Following a consumer complaint, Olympia Provisions of Portland, OR, is recalling 1,930 pounds of ready-to-eat holiday kielbasa sausages that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the USDA’
