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The Food and Drug Administration is continuing to investigate several outbreaks, but is reporting little information on most of the investigations.
For an outbreak of Listeria infections the FDA has
The Alliance to Stop Foodborne Illness, a program of the nonprofit consumer advocacy group Stop Foodborne Illness, proudly announces its annual list of 40 Under 40 Food Safety Professionals, Class
Effective Oct. 31 the FDA will require import certifications for all shrimp and spices within certain parts of Indonesia because of the risk of radioactivity.
The move comes after levels
Some of the Food and Drug Administration’s activities will be disrupted by the government shutdown that began Oct. 1, despite the commissioner’s earlier promise that it would be
The FDA continues to investigate foodborne illness outbreaks and has updated patient numbers for several. The agency has also closed one investigation.
The outbreak updates will cease after this week
Consumers’ confidence in food safety in the United States is at an all time low, according to a Gallup Poll.
The poll revealed that only 12 percent of U.S.
Recently published research shows that Salmonella caused the highest number of multi-state intestinal disease outbreaks in 2023.
The report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the
The USDA has issued a public health alert about Marketside brand pasta with meatballs sold at Walmart stores nationwide because of a possible link to a deadly Listeria outbreak.
The
The Food and Drug Administration has launched a new transparency policy for the reporting of foodborne illness outbreak investigations.
As part of the initiative the public, industry stakeholders and other
The Food and Drug Administration has updated information for four foodborne illness outbreaks.
For an outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg that the FDA first posted on June 13, the agency has
The contamination of shipping containers with radioactive material that has resulted in several recalls of frozen shrimp has been traced to an accident in Indonesia.
Inspectors from the U.S.
Federal officials are investigating two new foodborne illness outbreaks, but have not yet been able to identify a source of the pathogens.
One outbreak, from Salmonella Lomalinda, has sickened 30
