The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule to amend and improve its regulations on food facility registration. Facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold
Over the past two weeks, foods sold at a number of major retailers, including Target, Costco and Wegmans, have been recalled for containing spinach at risk of contamination with Listeria
Sabra Dipping Co. LLC of White Plains, NY, has recalled 30,000 cases of Sabra Classic Hummus due to the possible presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
After routine inspections at a
Update (April 8): Texas Star Nut and Food Co. is expanding its original recall to include three more macadamia nut products under the Nature’s Eats brand name:
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A Dutch meat trader is the first person sentenced to jail for the role he played in Europe’s horse meat scandal. Willy Selten, 45, will be jailed for 2.
(This article by Liz Bradshaw, a postdoctoral research scholar in NoroCORE, the Norovirus Collaborative for Outreach, Research, and Education based at NC State, is the fifth in a series leading
Propyl paraben is the latest focus in the debate concerning additives that are “generally recognized as safe,” or GRAS. The overall concern of the Environmental Working Group (EWG) and other
Blue Bell Creameries announced Tuesday that it is expanding its recall of products that were produced in the company’s Broken Arrow, OK, plant to include Banana Pudding Ice Cream
Food safety is so important to everyone around the world that the World Health Organization (WHO) dedicated this year’s World Health Day — celebrated each year on April 7 — to
People are often shocked to learn how little government oversight exists surrounding the way animals are slaughtered in the United States.
There are only about 148 (full-time equivalent) humane
The government’s plea agreement with Austin (Jack) DeCoster, his son Peter, and Quality Egg LLC leaves it “to the the Court’s discretion whether to impose a sentence of
In a week, Austin “Jack” DeCoster and his son, Peter DeCoster, will both face possible jail sentences stemming from a Salmonella outbreak caused by their Iowa egg farms in 2010.