Red meat, fish, alcohol and wild shellfish have been highlighted as high risk and vulnerable to food crime in Scotland.
Food Standards Scotland’s Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit (SFCIU) said these areas of concern
Continue Reading Four sectors identified as vulnerable to food crime in Scotland
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
Continue Reading Lack of inspections, heavy metals cited in FDA enforcement updates
Editor’s note: 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
Continue Reading Warning letter sent to Texas company over import violations
New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) reveals that consumers may not know how to safely cook frozen foods, which can put families at risk of getting foodborne illness in their homes.
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Continue Reading Frozen doesn’t mean thaw and eat; dangers lurk in the freezer
Howard Mora and Alan Buxbaum, co-owners of Stein Meat Products Inc. in Brooklyn, NY, are scheduled to be sentenced next year after recently entering guilty pleas for a scheme to turn “Choice” beef into “Prime.”
Continue Reading Guilty pleas lead to January 2021 sentencing date in the ‘Choice’ turned into ‘Prime’ beef scheme
When the U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week issued a proposed rule naming certain high-risk foods, it also settled a 2018 lawsuit with the Center for Food Safety that requires FDA to
Continue Reading FDA action on ‘high risk’ foods settles lawsuit brought by Center for Food Safety
The Meat & Poultry Daily News recently did a question and answer session with Paul Kiecker, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Administrator since last March 12. It’s worth reading in its entirety at
Continue Reading Letter from the Editor: Kiecker speaks out after rising to the top as FSIS Administrator
“Beef, it’s what’s for dinner” was a Beef Checkoff campaign almost 30 years ago that is still recognized by 88 percent of the public. And the program’s legitimacy was settled in 2005 in a 6-3
Continue Reading R-CALF sues USDA over Beef Checkoff — again
A project funded by the European Union is helping to improve food safety in Armenia.
The effort is being implemented by the International Trade Centre (ITC) and funded by the European Union under its EU4Business
Continue Reading EU funded project helps boost food safety in Armenia
The
Continue Reading USDA food safety agencies announces plan to reduce Salmonella
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 Warning sent to company in California because of import violations
