Managing Editor Coral Beach is a print journalist with more than 35 years experience as a reporter and editor for daily newspapers, trade publications and freelance clients including the Kansas City Star and Independence Examiner.
In a Nov. 17 warning letter the Food and Drug Administration outlined problems at Bedner Growers Inc. of Boynton Beach, FL, which is the company that sold cucumbers traced to
The Food and Drug Administration has released additional information on several foodborne illness outbreaks in Executive Incident Summary Abstracts. Portions of the reports were redacted.
For an outbreak of Salmonella
Federal authorities are reducing the frequency of reports on the infant botulism outbreak traced to ByHeart powdered infant formula.
So far the outbreak has sickened 51 babies across 19 states.
U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, D-IL, and U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-CT, have reintroduced the Federal Food Administration Act.
The act is designed to streamline
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
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating a new outbreak of Salmonella infections.
The outbreak of Salmonella Africana has sickened 11 people. The FDA has not reported where the patients
Consumers' misunderstandings about food irradiation have discouraged its use in the United States despite it having been proven to be safe and effective in reducing foodborne illnesses.
