The COVID-19 global outbreak is hitting local health departments hard with some having to cut inspections of restaurants and other retail food establishments, according to new data from a national organization representing more than 3,000
Continue Reading Local health departments feeling the strain of coronavirus pandemic
After having to be rescheduled, this year’s Food Safety Summit is set for Oct. 19-22 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, IL.
Registration is now open for the summit, with early bird
Continue Reading Rescheduled Food Safety Summit to focus on impact of COVID-19 pandemic
An impressive sounding name — Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine — is not likely to make up for the advocacy group’s lack of scientific evidence for a new petition it has filed with USDA’s Food
Continue Reading Petition seeks COVID-19 testing, reporting, warnings for meat and poultry
Blue Bell’s former chief executive has waived physical appearance for his initial appearance in federal court on felony charges stemming from a 2015 Listeria outbreak.
The defendant, Paul Kruse, has posted bail and accepted conditions
Continue Reading Kruse waives physical appearance, posts bond, and remains free to assist in his defense
This year in the lead up to World Food Safety Day, June 7 2020, the Partnership for Food Safety Education is recognizing the people who keep us fed during the COVID-19 pandemic and every other
Continue Reading Recognizing food safety heroes around the world
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and the state of Iowa have finalized a Cooperative Interstate Shipment (CIS) agreement. It allows state-inspected meat and poultry products to be shipped across state lines.
The agreement
Continue Reading Iowa is 7th state to earn OK for interstate sales of state-inspected meat, poultry
The Organic Consumers Association has sued Smithfield Foods Inc. in Superior Court for the District of Columbia over allegedly “deceptive food safety marketing representations about pork products.
Smithfield, VA-based Smithfield Foods is accused of making
Continue Reading Food safety claims land Smithfield Foods Inc. in D.C. court
Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law. This
Continue Reading The meat industry’s grip on government — time for an overhaul?
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 sends warning letters to companies in New Jersey, California, and the UK
A Dutch court has found two companies liable in a 2017 fipronil egg scandal.
Chickfriend and Chickclean failed to fulfill agreements with poultry farmers in 2016 and 2017 for red mite control in chickens. In
Continue Reading Dutch firms found liable in fipronil scandal
