The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
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Under pressure from Congress, Trump’s USDA wants to take the 2015 origin of livestock rule out for a spin.
USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) decided to first open
The USDA has named the executive director of Canada’s National Centers for Animal Disease to head the new U.S. National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in Manhattan,
Food recall response time is lengthened by distance between the supplier and manufacturer but reduced when supplier and affected firms operate in related sectors, according to a study.
Researchers found
During a 15-year period a total of 26 foodborne outbreaks were due to consumption of raw, unpasteurized milk in England and Wales, according to results of a study. A
In response to a recall by Consider Bardwell Farm, Whole Foods Market stores in the Northeast and North Atlantic regions are voluntarily recalling Dorset cheese because of a potential contamination
Health officials are reporting that dozens more imported frozen chicken products are being recalled in Canada because of Listeria contamination. Outbreaks in the U.S. and Canada have been traced
Commercial development is underway for a third E. coli O157:H7 vaccine for cattle to help prevent human illnesses with a Nebraska field trial set to begin soon.
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Although the most recent confirmed illness onset date was July 26, the CDC waited until Monday to declare the end to a cyclosporiasis outbreak traced to basil from Mexico.
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After a series of large-scale food safety problems almost a decade ago, Congress passed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Act, or FSMA, to
A study on Campylobacter in Norwegian broiler flocks older than 50 days at slaughter has indicated age and outdoor access are important risk factors.
The research work in 2018 shows
Nine in 10 sushi businesses did not have adequate controls to safeguard human health during a Food Safety Authority of Ireland audit.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) conducted
