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Food safety is a significant concern for both consumers and the food service industry. Ensuring that the food we consume is safe to eat is of utmost importance, and
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the
A deadly outbreak of infections from Listeria is under investigation by state and local officials in Washington.
As of late today five patients had been identified. All five required hospitalization
Another patient has been identified in an ongoing outbreak of hepatitis A infections traced to frozen organic strawberries.
As of its update posted July 20, the Centers for Disease Control
Almost half of respondents to a survey in Northern Ireland have been served raw or undercooked meat at a barbecue.
The poll revealed 45 percent of barbecue-goers in summer
Four people have been infected with Listeria in Norway after eating smoked fish from one producer.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (FHI) reported that three women and one man
Federal public health officials continue to identify more patients in four ongoing outbreaks of foodborne illnesses.
In an outbreak of E. Coli infections from an unknown source, the patient count
The much anticipated streaming of the documentary “Poisoned” hits Netflix on August 2. The film, based in part on a best selling book by the same name, has been in
TORONTO — IAFP 2023 in Toronto this week was not his first rodeo.
We are talking about Jose Emilio Esteban, our new USDA Undersecretary for Food Safety.
This week’s International
TORONTO — Last night, the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) announced its award winners at its annual meeting’s Awards Banquet.
IAFP presented awards recognizing excellence in food safety to
Spanish health officials are investigating four confirmed and three probable foodborne botulism cases.
The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) said cases have occurred in several different regions.
TORONTO – Using crowdsourced data for foodborne outbreak investigations can work but poses a number of challenges, according to a session at the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) conference.
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