USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) decision to declare Salmonella as an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products is not welcomed by the regulated industry.
“NCC (National Chicken Council) is concerned about the
Continue Reading National Chicken Council objects to USDA plan to name Salmonella as adulterant in some chicken products
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of 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
Continue Reading FDA steps up import controls on infant formula, cheese, seafood, dried fruits, etc.
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 Import companies in California and New York warned by FDA over violations
AUSTIN — When the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) first learned South Carolina found Listeria in two Blue Bell ice cream products, it suggested the company prepare a recall notice.
But in
Continue Reading Texas DSHS first wanted Blue Bell to recall ice cream related to infections
Denmark’s control system on live bivalve mollusks is not good enough, according to the European Commission.
DG Sante, the EU’s health and safety unit, held a remote audit in Denmark from April to May 2021.
Continue Reading Danish shellfish controls slammed by EU auditors
AUSTIN — It was a long but primarily quiet Monday as a 12-man, four-woman jury was selected to hear the United States v. Paul Krause.
Kruse is the retired president of Blue Bell Creameries who
Continue Reading Jury picked for trial of former Blue Bell president; opening arguments today
A decade of inspections at J.M. Smucker Company’s production facility in Lexington, KY, leaves questions about how Salmonella found its way into products and spread to consumers.
This May, the outbreak strain of Salmonella Senftenberg
Continue Reading A look at over 10 years of Smucker’s Kentucky facility’s inspections
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 Companies in Washington and California warned over import violations
Multiple recalls, Campylobacter and Listeria outbreaks, and a death from listeriosis all in the past two years, have earned Swan Bros. Dairy the attention of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Swan Brothers Dairy Inc.
Continue Reading FDA sends warning letter to food firm connected to death from listeriosis
An additional 200 outbreaks were recorded in Belgium in 2021 versus the year before, according to the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC).
There was a significant increase in the number
Continue Reading Belgium reports large rise in foodborne illness outbreaks in 2021