As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent.
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Operations in Portugal lead to seizures of various food products
Recent enforcement actions in Portugal have covered products including eggs, shellfish, meat, and oils.
The Food and Economic Safety Authority’s (ASAE) central regional unit recently inspected egg classification and packing centers in Leiria and Ansião.…
Continue Reading Operations in Portugal lead to seizures of various food productsIceland and Norway continue work to address audit findings
According to the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA), animal by-product controls need to improve in Iceland. At the same time, Norway continues to work on a range of audit recommendations.
Iceland and Norway are part of…
Continue Reading Iceland and Norway continue work to address audit findingsFDA warns juice company in California about various regulatory violations
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent.
Continue Reading FDA warns juice company in California about various regulatory violationsFDA acts against foreign firms for foods containing Salmonella, heavy metals
The Food and Drug Administration continues using import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts…
Continue Reading FDA acts against foreign firms for foods containing Salmonella, heavy metalsAmos Miller wants to cross state lines to sell his Pennsylvania-made raw milk
It’s been said that recent outbreaks of illness in the United States are raising renewed concerns about selling and consuming raw milk and raw milk products.
One defense is a federal law prohibiting raw milk…
Continue Reading Amos Miller wants to cross state lines to sell his Pennsylvania-made raw milkFish controls assessed in Spain and Saudi Arabia
The European Commission’s health and safety unit has published two reports looking at controls of fishery products in Spain and Saudi Arabia.
An audit in Spain in February and March 2023 by DG Sante made…
Continue Reading Fish controls assessed in Spain and Saudi ArabiaTossed line speed case is coming back
The federal case of The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) v. Sonny Perdue was dismissed in late February after hanging around for four years.
HSUS and other animal activists, on Feb. 25, 2020…
Continue Reading Tossed line speed case is coming backState anti-cruelty enforcement doesn’t need to be bound by federal authority, prosecutors say
An organization for all prosecutors, including appointed and elected and their deputies and assistants, supports the pending Animal Partisan petition. The Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) is a private non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.…
Continue Reading State anti-cruelty enforcement doesn’t need to be bound by federal authority, prosecutors sayFDA issues warning letter to bakery regarding improper allergen labels
As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent.
Continue Reading FDA issues warning letter to bakery regarding improper allergen labels