FDA investigating new Salmonella outbreak
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USDA move to decommission Beltsville Research Center sparks food safety and legal concerns
The USDA’s plan to decommission the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) and disperse its research units, including the Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory (EMFSL), is drawing criticism from
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IFC guide aims to help with food safety assessment
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has produced a guide to support the analysis of four aspects of national food systems, including food safety. The Scan Guide covers food safety, food
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License for Canadian ice cream company suspended because of food safety violations
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has suspended the license of a Quebec frozen dessert company because of violations of food safety laws. The agency’s move against Abe’s Frozen
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Big Sky botulism case goes Montana's to High Court
A report confirms that a Cascade County case was a foodborne botulism case with an unknown food vehicle.
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Court gives judgement in Aldi pest control case
Repeated findings of rodent activity are enough to show European food hygiene rules have been breached, according to a court verdict. The Court of Justice of the European Union also
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Belgium puts focus on domestic food safety
A similar campaign has been launched in France
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EU plans to ban meat exports from Brazil
Rules on imports will apply beginning Sept. 3, 2026
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Whole Foods soup recalled because of undeclared shrimp
Kettle Cuisine of Lynn, MA, is recalling 24-ounce cups of Whole Foods Market Kitchen Minestrone Soup which may contain undeclared shrimp. People who have allergies to crustacean shellfish, including shrimp,
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FDA investigating new Salmonella outbreak
In other outbreak news, the agency has initiated a foreign inspection in relation to an outbreak traced to cantaloupe
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Coral Beach
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Publisher’s Platform: After over 30 years suing food companies, here’s what I won’t eat
After all of those cases, after all of those depositions and funerals, you stop thinking of food safety as an abstraction.
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Bill Marler
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IFC guide aims to help with food safety assessment
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has produced a guide to support the analysis of four aspects of national food systems, including food safety. The Scan Guide covers food safety, food
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