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The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is continuing its sampling plan and has published updates for the 2025 fiscal year.
The plan is designed to leverage technological and
In response to a report from the Government Accountability Office, the FDA says the biggest stumbling block to conducting inspections of food facilities is understaffing.
The Food and Drug Administration
The FDA has developed a new strategy to prevent the contamination of fresh and frozen berries with viruses such as hepatitis A and norovirus.
“Collaboration between regulators, the global berry
The Connecticut Department of Agricultural has issued a “stop sale” and recall on raw milk from Nature View Dairy because of two cases of illness tied to the dairy’s
The Food and Drug Administration this week banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in foods, meeting requirements of the 1960 Delaney Clause of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic
To help combat the nation’s chronic disease crisis, the FDA has announced a proposal for a rule that would require front-of-package labeling for nutritional information.
If finalized, the proposed
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has published its report on inspection practices used by the agency in relation to the deadly 2024 Listeria outbreak traced to
An FDA inspection report shows that Taylor Farms violated food safety regulations at the Colorado plant that processed slivered onions linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak.
The raw onions
An outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections traced to imported cucumbers has ended with 113 patients confirmed.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the first outbreak patients developed
An outbreak of E. Coli O157:H7 infections traced to romaine lettuce has been declared over without the name of the lettuce supplier being released to the public.
The outbreak,
As 2025 begins, the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to investigate outbreaks of foodborne illnesses that started in 2024.
Overall, the Centers for
