Jerome Yoon has been with USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for just over one year, serving as branch chief for the Office of Management’s (OM) Safety & Physical Security Branch (SPSB). In this role
Continue Reading Faces of Food Safety: Meet Jerome Yoon of the FSIS
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 to sprouting operation after inspection initiated by Salmonella outbreak
It’s been 10 years in the making, but the FDA has announced final guidance on the levels of arsenic in apple juice, seen as crucial for children’s safety.
The new guidance sets the level at
Continue Reading FDA adopts decade-old draft guidance for arsenic in apple juice
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Congress is putting a toe in the nation’s child labor scandal but its action looks to be more about re-visiting old ground than opening new investigations. A so-called “oversight effort” led by
Continue Reading Senate child labor oversight looks to be a rehash of the mostly known information
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report on a four state outbreak that sickened 20 people. The implicated Salmonellas were linked to the same brand of cashew brie.
In keeping with
Continue Reading CDC confirms that cashew brie caused multistate Salmonella outbreak
The European Commission’s health and safety unit has revealed progress has been made in India’s controls of Salmonella in sesame seeds but more needs to be done.
A DG Sante audit in November 2022 covered
Continue Reading EU audit covers ethylene oxide and Salmonella in sesame seeds from India
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed an atypical case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in an approximately five-year-old or old beef cow at a slaughter plant in South Carolina. BSE is a neurologic
Continue Reading USDA announces case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in South Carolina beef cow
The number of foodborne illness cases continues to be kept at low levels in Singapore, according to authorities.
Data comes from statistics on the country’s food supply and food safety for 2022 published by the
Continue Reading New report in Singapore reveals food safety situation in 2022
A lack of resources and the COVID-19 pandemic continued to impact the ability to do official controls, according to a report published by the European Commission.
The document covers EU countries’ official controls and the EU
Continue Reading COVID-19 and resource gap impact on food safety official controls in Europe
Recent controls in Austria have found Campylobacter in raw milk, Salmonella in chicken, and Hepatitis E in raw pork liver.
Earlier this year, a campaign checked raw milk from vending machines for germs and residues
Continue Reading Austria reveals results showing pathogens in raw milk and meat