The nomination of Mindy Brashears, currently deputy undersecretary for food safety, to be the USDA’s Under Secretary for Food Safety was reported favorably Tuesday out of the Senate Committee
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Editor’s note: This article was published by the Penn State Extension Service and is reprinted here with permission.
It seems we hear about food recalls more frequently. To
Two cases of hepatitis have been associated with a brand of turmeric food supplements, according to Italian health authorities.
The Istituto Superiore di Sanità (National Institute of Health/ISS) reported
Less than a third of people in Germany have heard of Campylobacter, according to a survey by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR).
Campylobacter, the most common bacterial
A Texas subsidiary of California’s Taylor Farms is recalling more than a half ton of H.E.B. brand salads because they do not comply with federal law requiring
USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service took 31 administrative actions against 21 of the nation’s largest meat and poultry facilities during the second quarter of of the federal
Countries are doing a good job of keeping unsafe food out of Europe but some shortcomings were identified during a series of audits on the import control system.
The report
With more than two decades of experience at Feeding America, including time as the non-profit’s director of food safety, Mitzi Baum this week takes over the reigns at Stop
A chipotle chili product was the most likely vehicle of infection in the largest recorded norovirus restaurant outbreak in the United Kingdom, according to researchers.
During October and November 2016,
As of today, another 19 patients have been added to the toll in an E. coli outbreak traced to ground beef, bringing the total number of people with laboratory-confirmed infections
Editor’s note: This is part of a series on food safety costs for businesses. The series is sponsored by CERTUS Food Safety. This piece explores the development of effective
Almost as many food companies this year have been caught up in California’s Proposition 65 cancer and toxic warnings than during all of last year.
Speaking last week in
