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A critical part of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s mission is safeguarding the human and animal food supply, helping to ensure that our food is not
Almost 200 foodborne outbreaks affecting 800 people were reported in Hong Kong in 2019, according to a new report.
The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental
The Pew Charitable Trusts, an independent non-profit, non-governmental organization (NGO), has earned a reputation as a change-agent for food safety. Pew’s latest goal is to bring “root cause analyses”
Food facilities from around the world are required to register with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration if they want a piece of the U.S. market, and once
Researchers in Scotland have increased knowledge of non-O157 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) in the country as part of work on severity of illness caused by these strains.
Food Standards
A number of salad products have been recalled in an Australian state because of Salmonella contamination.
Recalls in Western Australia involve the Loose Leaf Lettuce Co., Supreme Salads, Fresh Frontier
A California company is recalling fresh mushrooms imported from Korea after state testing returned positive results for Listeria monocytogenes.
The company, Guan’s Mushroom Co. of Commerce, CA, is recalling
Food safety attorney Bill Marler’s petition to ban meat from containing any of 31 Salmonella outbreak serotypes “would be one of the most significant policy changes affecting the meat
The next time you eat sashimi, nigiri or other forms of raw fish, you should consider doing a quick check for worms, according to a team of researchers.
A new
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
The former managing director of an egg company in Germany linked to a multi-country Salmonella outbreak in 2014 has been given a suspended prison sentence of one year and nine
