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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Consumer Reports suggests USDA take action to address COVID-19 risks
Consumer Reports Tuesday sent out some suggestions for USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to ensure the safety and availability of meat, poultry and other food products during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CR’s sent the advice
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Federal court orders property seized in immigration raid returned to Koch Foods
Koch Foods’ property seized in August 2019 by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from the company’s chicken processing plant in Morton, MS, must be returned, according to U.S. District Court Judge Carlton W. Reeves.
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Cantaloupes, seafood top list of enforcement modifications
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 alerts, as
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Warning letters sent to companies because of Salmonella and Listeria
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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Italy reveals results of food and drink controls
Most issues with food and beverages in Italy involved products of animal origin and were microbiological, according to a recent report from authorities.
In 2018, almost 50,500 samples of food products were taken from all
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DG Sante finds improved Polish meat controls but areas of concern remain
A follow-up audit in Poland of meat controls has found the situation has gotten better but there is still room for improvement.
The audit in March and April 2019 by DG Sante, the European Commission’s
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Comments on Salmonella as adulterant petition will be accepted for 60 more days
An additional 60 days is available for public comments on a petition seeking to declare 31 Salmonella strains as adulterants in meat and poultry.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service added the time to
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FDA warns companies about failure to follow federal food safety laws
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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Warning letters cite Nashville airline caterer, noodle company in China
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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Coronavirus stops FDA from conducting foreign food safety inspections
The FDA isn’t conducting food safety inspections overseas through at least April because of the coronavirus, but the move has more to do with the federal government’s travel restrictions than it does food.
Although the
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