Daniel W. Kilgore, 52, will be home for Christmas. He might even be there for Thanksgiving. Kilgore is already out of federal prison. He’s at a half-way house run by the Residential Re-entry Management (RRM)
Continue Reading Only the Parnell brothers remain in prison for PCA crimes as Kilgore walks
Editor’s note: Steven Mandernach, AFDO executive director, presented these comments on the organization’s salmonella position earlier this fall.
Let me start by thanking Under Secretary Dr. Mindy Brashears and FSIS (USDA’s Food Safety and
Continue Reading Food and drug officials weigh in on federal Salmonella rules for poultry
Federal Judge Robert Pitman’s recent scheduling order for a jury trial of Blue Bell Creameries’ Paul Kruse on charges of conspiracy and fraud beginning Jan. 11 is instead likely to be stretched out until next
Continue Reading Jury trial for retired Blue Bell president not likely until late 2021
Editor’s note: The Alliance for a Stronger FDA recently offered this analysis of the Food and Drug Administration’s FY 2021 funding.
The current fiscal year (FY) 2021 Continuing Resolution runs through Dec. 11. So
Continue Reading Continuing funding for FDA complicated by congressional options
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 San Francisco food firm warned about foreign supplier violations
Three sushi firms operating from the bedroom of a house in Ireland have been closed down by authorities.
The unregistered online sushi takeaway restaurants were run from the home with breaches of legislation, food safety
Continue Reading Irish authorities shutter unregistered sushi operations run from bedroom
Four companies have been fined in Singapore in the past month for illegally importing food products.
All of the firms had penalties set in court. In October, CCL Impex Pte Ltd. was fined S$3,600 (U.S.
Continue Reading Firms fined for illegal food imports; some fines imposed, others pending
A mobile fish seller who forced customers to buy fish in England that was often unfit to eat has been jailed.
Between 2017 and 2019, John Mills used aggressive, unfair, and dishonest selling practices to
Continue Reading Man who sold poor quality fish jailed
The Dutch food agency does not have sufficient capacity to properly perform all of its tasks, according to a report.
Consultancy firm Deloitte looked at seven areas that involve the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product
Continue Reading Capacity issues impact effectiveness of Dutch food agency
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 FDA posts alerts against imports of cheese, seafood, juice, etc.
