Governments have an important role to play in food safety to ensure it gets the attention and investment it deserves, according to a senior food standards officer with the Codex
The number of overseas outbreaks involving people returning to Scotland halved in 2019 compared with the year before, according to a new report.
In 2019, there were 36 potential outbreaks
Lakeside Refrigerated Services of Swedesboro, NJ, is recalling almost 43,000 pounds of ground beef products sold under Walmart’s Marketside brand because they may be contaminated with E. coli
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) plans to expand its routine verification testing to include six Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (non-O157 STEC; O26, O45, O103, O111,
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Editor’s note: Each Spring, attorneys Bill Marler and Denis Stearns teach a Food Safety Litigation course in the LL.M. Program in Agricultural and Food Law at the
Mini jelly cups from Taiwan have been recalled from more than 25 countries because they may pose a choking risk.
ABC jelly fruit cup sweets are subject to recall because
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
Swedesboro, NJ -based Lakeside Refrigerated Services this weekend recalled approximately 42,922 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157: H7, according to USDA’s
Five people in the Netherlands have been affected by ciguatera poisoning likely caused by frozen red snapper steaks from India.
Those sick had a meal together in mid-May and
Illinois officials have issued a public alert regarding certain ground beef because product testing following a reported illnesses showed E. coli contamination.
Testing showed the non-O157 E. coli was
Officials in Norway are investigating an increase in Yersinia infections in the past month.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health (Folkehelseinstituttet) reported a Yersinia enterocolitica O3 infection has been detected
Following choking deaths related to a similar product, Xi Zhi Liang fruit jelly cups are under recall because of potential choking hazards.
“The potential choking hazard was noted during a
