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A revolution is on the way in how apples are harvested

Gentle suction mixed with the dependable pull of gravity. That’s the basic principle behind a new way of harvesting apples. In what some would call a transformative system, it

By Cookson Beecher

/ 24 Aug 2026

A revolution is on the way in how apples are harvested

FDA warns California raw pet food maker after Listeria found in products

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

By News Desk

/ 24 Aug 2026

FDA warns California raw pet food maker after Listeria found in products

High-risk food linked to fatal Belgian E. coli outbreak

By Joe Whitworth

/ 24 Aug 2026

High-risk food linked to fatal Belgian E. coli outbreak

Home-delivered meals linked to UK Listeria death

An outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes infections, which resulted in one death, was caused by contaminated home-delivered meals, according to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). In mid-April 2025,

By Joe Whitworth

/ 24 Aug 2026

Home-delivered meals linked to UK Listeria death

The Sunday Edition: GMOs

Just last week, USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service asked for public comments on yet another GMO. It wants input about a petition to deregulate a type of soybean, developed using genetic engineering to control certain lepidopteran pests.

By Dan Flynn

/ 23 Aug 2026

Sprout company recalls products linked to 15-state outbreak

Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli

By News Desk

/ 22 Aug 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-One Outbreaks Is a Normal Year. Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Sick From One of Them Is Not.

What none of this is, at any point, is a consumer behavior problem. The field for next summer gets planted in a few months. Nobody chooses what is living in the water when it does, and washing will not help then either.

By Bill Marler

/ 22 Aug 2026

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-One Outbreaks Is a Normal Year. Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Sick From One of Them Is Not.

Patient count for parasite outbreak linked to lettuce tops 10,000

The sick people are spread across 17 states

By Coral Beach

/ 21 Aug 2026

Patient count for parasite outbreak linked to lettuce tops 10,000

Sprouts outbreak grows to 55 patients in 15 states; company declines to issue recall

UPDATE: After an initial decline to issue a recall, the company announced a recall. See https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2026/08/sprout-company-recalls-products-linked-to-15-state-outbreak/ for details.

By Coral Beach

/ 21 Aug 2026

Scientists push for toxoplasmosis recognition

Scientists have called for toxoplasmosis to be listed as a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Toxoplasma parasite can cause ocular toxoplasmosis, an eye infection that

By Joe Whitworth

/ 21 Aug 2026

Scientists push for toxoplasmosis recognition

IAEA project to look at edible insect safety

Another project is trying to improve the uptake and application of food irradiation

By Joe Whitworth

/ 21 Aug 2026

IAEA project to look at edible insect safety

Publisher’s Platform: There Is No Premarket Approval for Food, Says the Senior Food Adviser at HHS. Ten Days Earlier His Own Secretary Called the Exception to It a Loophole That Industry Hijacked.

A recall is not proof the system worked. It is a notice, sent after the fact, usually by the company that failed, telling you that something already went wrong and you may have eaten it. Calling this a good year for recalls is not a defense of the FDA. It is an insult to the people counted in it.

By Bill Marler

/ 20 Aug 2026

Publisher’s Platform: There Is No Premarket Approval for Food, Says the Senior Food Adviser at HHS. Ten Days Earlier His Own Secretary Called the Exception to It a Loophole That Industry Hijacked.

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A revolution is on the way in how apples are harvested

FDA warns California raw pet food maker after Listeria found in products

High-risk food linked to fatal Belgian E. coli outbreak

Home-delivered meals linked to UK Listeria death

The Sunday Edition: GMOs

Sprout company recalls products linked to 15-state outbreak

Publisher’s Platform: Twenty-One Outbreaks Is a Normal Year. Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Sick From One of Them Is Not.

Patient count for parasite outbreak linked to lettuce tops 10,000

Sprouts outbreak grows to 55 patients in 15 states; company declines to issue recall

Scientists push for toxoplasmosis recognition

IAEA project to look at edible insect safety

Publisher’s Platform: There Is No Premarket Approval for Food, Says the Senior Food Adviser at HHS. Ten Days Earlier His Own Secretary Called the Exception to It a Loophole That Industry Hijacked.