The U.S. Food and Drug Administration determined that the facility was operating under insanitary conditions, including the presence of rodent excreta, rodent urine, and bird droppings in areas where medical devices, drugs, human food, pet food, and cosmetic products were held.
The Portuguese Economic and Food Safety Authority (ASAE) conducted several inspections covering animal origin products to verify compliance with legal requirements regarding traceability, freezing procedures and packaging in meat product cutting rooms around Faro.
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.
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Listeria infections fell but Salmonella cases climbed in South Africa in 2024, according to recently released statistics.
Data comes from the Germs-SA annual review, which is compiled by the National
Consumers are being warned about the risks of buying spices abroad after a case of lead poisoning in England.
The alert comes after a Northolt resident fell ill with high
Twenty years later, the State of Oklahoma is coming away with the win, but without as much as it sought over the years to clean up waters polluted by poultry waste.
Dutch health officials have flagged an increase in Salmonella infections and high levels of E. coli.
Figures come from the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment’s (RIVM)
My same Food Safety Elves helped weigh in on the Naughty List. Honestly, during the joyous season, I tend to think more nice thoughts, but these on the Naughty List were hard to ignore.