Food Safety News has learned that brothers Stewart and Michael Parnell are quietly working for “compassionate release” under the First Step Act, which is a Trump-era prison reform that has seen thousands released from
Continue Reading Parnell brothers are also asking for ‘compassionate release’
Four people have been convicted in England for making a false holiday food poisoning claim.
Two men and two women from Middlesbrough were sentenced to four months in prison, after issuing fraudulent compensation claims for
Continue Reading Four convicted for fake food poisoning claim
Editor’s note:
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 modifications to FDA’s import
Continue Reading Problems put seafood, papaya, pet treats, etc. on U.S. alert list
Temporary rules covering official controls in Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic have been extended for the fourth time. The implementing regulation covers a variety of activities to ensure food and feed law, as well
Continue Reading EU extends changes to control rules again because of COVID-19
Many European countries are struggling to perform all their planned checks on businesses because of resource issues, according to a report.
The analysis covers national and EU Commission controls during 2017 and 2018 on food
Continue Reading EU countries battling lack of resources for food controls
Editor’s note:
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 modifications to FDA’s import
Continue Reading Alerts include concerns about seafood, food colorings, sulfites
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 Three New Jersey food firms on notice from FDA because of import violations
Inspection personnel from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) had a busy first quarter of the fiscal year 2021. Livestock inspections totaled 43.3 million with 66, 875 carcasses condemned. And there were more than
Continue Reading FSIS reports strong start to fiscal year 2021
Editor’s note:
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 modifications to FDA’s import
Continue Reading Import alerts include problems with cheese, shrimp, misbranding, pesticides
An Irish website selling a weight loss aid that may have been sold in the United States has been closed.
The website was marketing capsules containing 200 milligrams of 2,4-Dinitrophenol (DNP) using an address that
Continue Reading Irish website selling DNP shut down; recall issued
The FDA’s Inspection Observation Data for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, depicting how frequently particular violations were found during food facility inspections between October 2019 and September 2020, are out.
Hampton, VA-based Registrar Corp. did
Continue Reading FDA’s data for 2020 shows top five violation categories at food facilities
