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Austin federal court makes it official: Blue Bell owes record $17.25 million in criminal penalties

A federal court in Texas sentenced ice cream manufacturer Blue Bell Creameries L.P. to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated products linked to a

By News Desk

/ 18 Sep 2020

Austin federal court makes it official: Blue Bell owes record $17.25 million in criminal penalties

U.S. regulatory update on food safety to be featured in IAFP virtual meeting

The International Association for Food Protection 2020, A Virtual Annual Meeting will feature a “U.S. Regulatory Update on Food Safety,” from Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy

By News Desk

/ 17 Sep 2020

U.S. regulatory update on food safety to be featured in IAFP virtual meeting

OSHA fines JBS beef plant in Colorado for failing to protect employees from virus

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a second large meat production company for failing to protect employees from exposure to the

By News Desk

/ 14 Sep 2020

OSHA fines JBS beef plant in Colorado for failing to protect employees from virus

Smithfield appeals OSHA fine for not protecting meat plant employees from COVID-19

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp. in Sioux Falls, SD, for failing to protect employees from exposure

By News Desk

/ 12 Sep 2020

Smithfield appeals OSHA fine for not protecting meat plant employees from COVID-19

Study finds Salmonella program was cost effective in Hungary

An analysis of a Salmonella control program has found it was cost-effective in Hungary, according to researchers. The authors conducted a retrospective analysis of the Hungarian Salmonella Control Program (HSCP)

By News Desk

/ 12 Sep 2020

Study finds Salmonella program was cost effective in Hungary

Most people in UK don’t check takeaway hygiene ratings

Only one fifth of British people always check the hygiene rating of a takeaway restaurant before ordering, according to new research. A survey of 1,000 adults in the United

By News Desk

/ 12 Sep 2020

Most people in UK don’t check takeaway hygiene ratings

Wisconsin reports first human death from the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus

A Wisconsin woman in her 60s has succumbed to the eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) virus, state laboratory testing has confirmed. She is one of two known human cases of the

By News Desk

/ 11 Sep 2020

Wisconsin reports first human death from the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus

WHO to update foodborne disease estimates; FERG experts sought

The World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to update figures on the burden of foodborne diseases by 2025. At a meeting of the WHO Executive Board in February in Switzerland,

By News Desk

/ 11 Sep 2020

WHO to update foodborne disease estimates; FERG experts sought

Federal alerts include milk products from China, aquaculture seafood

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

By News Desk

/ 11 Sep 2020

Federal alerts include milk products from China, aquaculture seafood

USDA puts inspectors on egg “patrol” and gives egg producers more flexibility

Federal egg inspections are getting an update for the first time in 50 years, according to USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The new egg inspection rule will

By News Desk

/ 10 Sep 2020

USDA puts inspectors on egg “patrol” and gives egg producers more flexibility

State prosecutor acts in Backer beer contamination incident

Public prosecutors in a Brazilian state have filed a complaint against certain employees from a brewery that sold contaminated beer linked to the deaths of 10 people. The action by

By News Desk

/ 10 Sep 2020

State prosecutor acts in Backer beer contamination incident

Lithuanian officials seize poultry meat due to Salmonella

Lithuanian authorities have seized more than 40 tons of imported poultry meat due to potential Salmonella contamination in the space of three months. From June to August of this year,

By News Desk

/ 9 Sep 2020

Lithuanian officials seize poultry meat due to Salmonella

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Austin federal court makes it official: Blue Bell owes record $17.25 million in criminal penalties

U.S. regulatory update on food safety to be featured in IAFP virtual meeting

OSHA fines JBS beef plant in Colorado for failing to protect employees from virus

Smithfield appeals OSHA fine for not protecting meat plant employees from COVID-19

Study finds Salmonella program was cost effective in Hungary

Most people in UK don’t check takeaway hygiene ratings

Wisconsin reports first human death from the Eastern Equine Encephalitis virus

WHO to update foodborne disease estimates; FERG experts sought

Federal alerts include milk products from China, aquaculture seafood

USDA puts inspectors on egg “patrol” and gives egg producers more flexibility

State prosecutor acts in Backer beer contamination incident

Lithuanian officials seize poultry meat due to Salmonella